ISSN 2360-7963
Abstract: The study investigates the role of technology in improving adult education curriculum Development in Nigeria. The design of the study adopted was descriptive survey design. The population of the study was all 60 adult instructors and all 168 adult learners in all the eight adult education centers in Jalingo urban. There was no sampling as the entire population was used for the study. The instrument adopted for the research was questionnaire which contains 20 structured items. The instrument was validated by three experts two from the Department of Adult Education and Extra-Mural Studies one from Measurement and Evaluation Unit, Science Education Department all in University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained using test-retest method outside of area of the study. Using pearson moment correlation coefficient, a reliability co-efficient of 0.84 was obtained. This indicates that the instrument was reliable for the study. Mean statistics was used to analyze data in order to answer the research questions and t-test statistic was used to test the null hypotheses that guided the study. The Findings revealed that technology will help in the provision of independent learning, entrepreneurship skills among others. The study also revealed that technological materials are very expensive. Based on the findings, the study recommended among others that government, donor agencies and individuals should assist in providing technological materials (ICT) to enhanced teaching and learning processes.
Keywords: Technology, Adult Education and Curriculum Development