Diffusion and use of google G suite by Faculty Members of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria

Google G suite for education, a suite of cloud-based applications packaged and powered by Google, provided free of charge to educational institutions mostly higher institutions. The researcher is motivated to undertake this study due to the paradigm shifts in 21st century education system which is the shift from traditional knowledge acquisition to teacher-centered classroom. This work is carried out to investigate the usability of Google G Suite for education platform by faculty members of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. To ascertain this objective, the researcher harnessed the use of structured questionnaire which was administered on some faculty members in the university and retrieved for analysis. The study found that the Faculty Members know the Google G Suite for education tools and are aware of its benefits but are not using the tools for teaching and learning, thereby recommending that technologies, technology savvy specialists be employed and the school community be technology friendly.