COVID-19 pandemic: Nigerian University lecturers’ response to virtual orientation

Cogent Arts & Humanities

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Adebola Femi Barnabas¹  Adebola Olukemi Grace²  Iseolorunkanmi Ojo Joseph³  Adebisi Tunde³  Nweke-Love C. Henry³  Lawal A. Isola³  Rotimi E. Mathew⁴ 

[1] Federal University of Technology;

[2] General Studies Unit, School of Sciences, Federal University of Technology;

[3] Landmark University;

[4] School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, University of Kwazulu-Natal;

关键词: covid-19;    pandemic;    nigeria;    universities;    virtual orientation;   

DOI  :  10.1080/23311983.2021.1932041

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic globally and the disruptions occasioned by it has far-reaching implications on societies in general and most especially the educational sector with governments across the globe ordering lockdowns including the closure of education institutions thereby necessitating alternative teaching and learning methods other than the usual face-to-face interaction to avoid a total collapse of the education sector. This study investigates Nigerian University lecturers’ perspective and response to virtual learning as an alternative to face-to-face teaching method during the pandemic. Relying on primary data source collected using questionnaires, a total number of 435 lecturers responded across both public and private universities and their responses analysed using SPSS. The study found that lecturers from private universities responded to virtual teaching than those from public universities; that the presence of infrastructural orientation influences virtual orientation; and that a negative relationship exists between the sociodemographic/occupational variables (gender, current position, years of experience) and virtual orientation of lecturers of Nigerian universities.

【 授权许可】

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