Digital Media Literacy And Innovation Teaching Skill Among Communication Educators In Ebony State
[A CASE STUDY OF EBSU AND FUNAI]

This study was carried out on digital media literacy and innovation teaching skill among communication educators in Ebony State using EBSU and FUNAI as a case study. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprise of communication educators in  EBSU and FUNAI, Ebony State. In determining the sample size, the researcher conveniently selected 35 respondents and all were validated. Self-constructed and validated questionnaire was used for data collection.

The collected and validated questionnaires were analyzed using frequency tables. The result of the findings reveals that the extent to which digital media is accessible to communication educators is high. Furthermore, it was discovered that communication educators are able to create and utilize digital media in their teaching process; and digital media literacy helps communication educators to source for credible information online to enhance their innovation teaching skills.

Therefore,it is of the researcher’s opinion that the communication educators should constantly enhance their skills and abilities to use digital media for instructional purposes; and governments and school administrators should make efforts to ensure that digital mediaand multimedia is included in school curriculum at the elementary and higher levelstoincrease awareness of the media for academic purposes.