IDENTIFICATION OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR 21ST CENTURY ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC TECHNICAL EDUCATION STUDENTS’ SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA

By O.R. Ikechukwu

Abstract: The study investigated the artificial intelligence and green technologies for 21st century electrical/electronic technical education students’ skills development in College of education in Rivers State, Nigeria. Two research questions were answered. The study was a descriptive survey design. The population was manageable, therefore, the entire population was used for the study without sampling. A self-made survey questionnaire served as the instrument for data collection. The instrument was structured in the pattern of Likert 5-point rating scale of agreement. The instrument was face validated by two experts in the Department of Electrical/electronic technology education in Federal College of Education (Technical), Omoku. The reliability of the instrument was established using Cronbach Alpha Reliability Coefficient, which gave a reliability coefficient of .84. Mean and Standard deviation were used to answer the research questions and to ascertain the homogeneity of responsest. The study found that AI based fault detection and diagnosis trainers, predictive maintenance training system, AI powered IoT home automation training kit, AI powered circuit design and simulation tools, AI Chatbot for technical support, AI in smart grid management simulators, AI driven robotics in electronic assembly training and AI + AR/VR for virtual electrical labs, Solar photovoltaic PV system, Solar inverter & battery storage systems, smart energy meters, LED & smart lighting system, energy management system, electric vehicle EV charging station, Microgrid and smart grid technology, wind energy system and Biomas/Biogas power system are AI and green emerging technologies for 21st Century Electrical/Electronic Technical Education students in colleges of education in Rivers State, Nigeria. Therefore, it was recommended amongst others that Electrical/electronic technology educators should be trained on emerging technologies for teaching so as to advance teaching and learning process in electrical/electronic technology education programme and to bridge the technology gap in electrical/electronic technology education programme.
Keywords: Education, Electrical, Electronic, Emerging, Skill, Technical and Technology