ICE2022 Proceedings 152 ADOPTING YOUTUBE VIDEO TECHNOLOGY USAGE AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS Haruna Abubakar 1 , & Hasnah Binti Muhammed 2 ¹Federal College of Education Zaria, Nigeria ²University Technology Malaysia Email corresponding author: harunshika@gmail.com ABSTRACT - The technology of YouTube video is not only a place where people might upload, share, post, and comment, is also a platform where lecturers can use to facilitate teaching, learning and collaborate with their students. This research examines how YouTube educational materials could be adopted as instructional materials in the classroom situation. The main goal of this study is to provide well-informed and straightforward answers about how to adopt YouTube as an instructional material in classroom teaching process. This study used descriptive research design, whereby, 60 questionnaires were distributed to the respondents and 41 returned. The data collected was analysed using SPSS. The finding of the study revealed that lecturers agreed that, using YouTube as alternative instructional material improves students’ performance. Five recommendations were made based on the findings. the study recommends that lecturers need orientation on the usage of YouTube as an educational resource, government should equip the college with educational materials and the college management should make it mandatory for every lecturer to adopt electronic instructional materials on every lesson. Keywords: Adoption; YouTube; Instructional; materials; (ISM); Technology; ICT 1. INTRODUCTION YouTube video technology is indispensable and inseparable portions of learners' life, since the beginning of pandemic era (COVID-19), and it will still be lingering up to the end of the World. This statement is explored to the curriculum design and stakeholders in the field of education to co-opt the technology in curriculum right from elementary school. When this technology is applied in the teaching process as an instructional material, it will streamline the teaching cycle. YouTube video technology clips attract students' devotion, through injecting sound clips of entertainment, or motivating and inspiring videos to the class, although covering every specific topic. The problem that researcher observed in Federal College of Education, Zaria, is that 95% of the college's teachers used to deliver their classes without ISM, which may cause poor students' academic performance. Yes, the skill of stimulus variation in using YouTube as instructional material will manifest and would arouse and capture the interest of learners to the lesson. The study examines the impact of adopting YouTube video technology as an instructional material and how it can be instrumental as an educational resource that will guide, improve and increase students' understanding. 2. OBJECTIVES i. To examine the effects of YouTube adoption and usage on teaching-learning process ii. To evaluate the effects of YouTube as an instructional material in learning process iii. To investigate the impact of usage of YouTube on teachers’ job performance