Distance Education In Nigeria And Gender Difference On The Experience Of Hidden Curriculum Using Mobile Phones

The study aimed at determining the National Teachers Institute NTI students general use of mobile phone based on gender. Two hundred and sixty-eight of the subjects were randomly sampled comprising 137 males and 131 females from Oyo State Nigeria. Structured questionnaires were used to determine the interests and frequency of use of mobile phones for diverse of operations as medium of experiencing hidden curriculum. The findings revealed that distance learners had flair and interest for general use of mobile phones watches moviesvideos listens to music and frequently surfs the internet for fun entertainment making friends chats and the like than surfing through educative job or profession related sites to broaden their knowledge horizons regardless of their gender. It was recommended among others that the use mobile devices could be adopted by distance learners in re-channeling students flairs and interests towards academiceducative forum for learning collaborations assignments and the related pedagogical experiences. This could be achieved by organizing seminars workshops and trainings for distance learners on how to harmonize the use of mobile devices for effective teaching and learning usefulness and ease of use of mobile technologies for accessing cutting edge discoveries useful and current information that will help to broaden their knowledge-base.