BOOKS & BOOK CHAPTERS

Here are some of my publications that can be found online. A full list will be found on my CV page.

Effects Information Capitalism and Globalization on Teaching and Learning

As computers and Internet connections become widely available in schools and classrooms, it is critical to examine cross-cultural issues in the utilization of information and communication technologies.

Effects of Information Capitalism and Globalization on Teaching and Learning examines issues concerning emerging multimedia technologies and their challenges and solutions in teaching and learning. This premier reference work explores the global society’s effect on learning, a crucial topic for educators, technologists, students, and researchers looking to find, create, or adapt technology for use in other cultures.

Culturally Different Learning Styles in Online Learning Environments: A Case of Nigerian University Students

Blessing Foluso Adeoye (University of Lagos, Nigeria)

Abstract

The importance of individual culture depends on the characteristics of national culture and the individual’s background; within individual culture, different learning styles also exist. This paper addresses the topic of how learning style interacts with receptivity to online methods in different cultures, in this case in Nigeria. It examines and analyzes online learning environments in terms of differences in the learning styles of Nigeria university students according to their cultural backgrounds, specifically tribes, gender, and program of studies and how that can affect their online learning. The differences in tribes and learning styles affect the way the students respond to online learning. Despite the need for improvement, the future of online learning environments seems bright. The online instructor should try to offer learning activities that will appeal to the widest variety of learning styles possible. The ethnicity and cultural diversity of students needs to be considered in online systems design.

Poverty and Phobia of Internet Connectivity and Usage Among University Students in Southwestern Nigeria

Blessing F. Adeoye (University of Lagos, Lagos-Nigeria), Grace Modupe Adebo (University of Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria) and Felix Kayode Olakulehin (National Open University of Nigeria, Nigeria)

Abstract

The impact of the Internet on teaching and learning processes has taken previously unimaginable dimensions, by curriculum specialists and educational technologists, from both developed and developing societies. Though the Internet has transformed the way knowledge is created, presented and acquired, it has also deepened the fundamental inequalities which have affected the quality of higher education provision in the 21st century, especially in developing societies like Nigeria, where poverty and underdevelopment are still an integral part of the social realities. This chapter examines the phenomenon of poverty and phobia regarding Internet connectivity and usage among university students in south-western Nigeria. Using the descriptive survey research method, a five-point likert-type structured questionnaire was administered on 362 randomly selected students from 7 universities in south-western Nigeria. Findings indicated that respondents have a high confidence level of 78% for Internet usage, with the major challenge being the cost and low quality Internet connectivity, notwithstanding the urban locations of the institutions. Internet access by students is generally low due to high costs of Internet connectivity, access, sporadic and unstable electricity. There is general absence of financial aid mechanisms and this makes it difficult for students to procure reliable Internet access, even though they have high confidence level to utilize it.

Culturally Different Learning Styles in Online Learning Environments: A Case of Nigerian University Students

Blessing Foluso Adeoye (University of Lagos, Nigeria)

Abstract

The importance of individual culture depends on the characteristics of national culture and the individual’s background; within individual culture, different learning styles also exist. This paper addresses the topic of how learning style interacts with receptivity to online methods in different cultures, in this case in Nigeria. It examines and analyzes online learning environments in terms of differences in the learning styles of Nigeria university students according to their cultural backgrounds, specifically tribes, gender, and program of studies and how that can affect their online learning. The differences in tribes and learning styles affect the way the students respond to online learning. Despite the need for improvement, the future of online learning environments seems bright. The online instructor should try to offer learning activities that will appeal to the widest variety of learning styles possible. The ethnicity and cultural diversity of students needs to be considered in online systems design.

E-Llearning Systems

Blessing Foluso Adeoye (University of Lagos, Nigeria)

Abstract

Technology has provided individuals around the world the convenience of constructing a virtual global learning community. A specific growing technology that complements the expanding global need is e-learning. Appropriate awareness of cultural differences and their effects on the individual user is vital to the success of e-learning systems. Most research of cultural differences has been conducted primarily in the fields of anthropology, sociology, business, communication, or cross-cultural education. While those fields focus primarily on cultural differences and address academic and/or practical questions, this book focuses on the relationship between national culture and the usability of an e-learning system.

In this digital age, technology has become a very vital factor of development in all disciplines. In the context of Educational Technology, it is understood as technologies that have arrived with the ‘Information Revolution’. Get a copy at http://www.adeoyenewbook.com/

Life is about going forward, no matter what is in front of you. In my word search for, ‘no matter what’, I came across several synonyms: “come what may”, “anyhow” “regardless” “in any case”, “despite everything”, “nevertheless” and I concluded that life is about going forward, no matter what. This book is a new addition to my books. It is entitled, Be a "No Matter What" Person.