Authors :
Rev. Fr. Dr. Bahago Samaila Benedict; Dr. Ogunlade Bamidele Olusolaogunlade; Fadipe B. Michael; Tyopenda Joseph Shima
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 1 - January
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5878935
Abstract :
The outbreak of Corona virus in 2019
necessitated the emergence of new technologies in search
for alternative means of teaching and learning in
Institutions worldwide. Before this development,
effective and standardized school structures like faculty
blocks, classrooms, chairs, desks, learning boards and
affective learning were emphasized. With emerging new
technologies for adequate learning due to COVID-19
now, standardized school structures, learning boards,
chairs, classrooms, etc; all seem obsolete because almost
everywhere people are being advised to adhere to
COVID-19 guidelines which include social distancing
from physical persons and surfaces. Although,
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) had
been around for some time, for example, learning was
carried out through Mails, Google classroom,
WhatsApp, Zoom, etc, the advent of COVID-19 has
brought to the fore its importance and usage. More and
more schools are beginning to step outside of the box to
explore and employ the use of ICT in teaching and
learning. Hence, the prime question is, how can ICT
affect teaching and learning in light of the new normal
and the challenges it has entrenched on the school
environment where people are being encouraged to stay
at home and learn online? This study discussed the role
and immense contributions of ICT for quality education
amidst COVID-19 pandemic in Veritas University,
Abuja. A sample of 500 respondents was selected for the
study out of a population of 3,490. The sample was
selected using a simple random sampling technique. The
instrument for data collection was an organized
questionnaire titled: “Role of ICT for Quality Education
Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic Questionnaire”
(RICTQECPQ). Two experts validated the instrument.
In order to obtain the reliability of the instrument, test
re-test was carried out on some respondents outside the
sample area. 0.81 correlation co-efficient was gotten
which was high enough to determine the reliability of the
instrument. The collected data were analyzed using
mean to answer the research questions while t-test was
used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance.
The results indicated that ICT usage had a positive
impact on teaching and learning amidst COVID-19
pandemic in Veritas University Abuja. Based on the
results of the findings, it was recommended that the
university management should provide ICT facilities and
lecturers and students should ensure that there is
internet facilities especially during teaching-learning
process
Keywords :
Information Communications Technology (ICT), COVID-19 Pandemic, E-counselling, Veritas University, Education.
The outbreak of Corona virus in 2019
necessitated the emergence of new technologies in search
for alternative means of teaching and learning in
Institutions worldwide. Before this development,
effective and standardized school structures like faculty
blocks, classrooms, chairs, desks, learning boards and
affective learning were emphasized. With emerging new
technologies for adequate learning due to COVID-19
now, standardized school structures, learning boards,
chairs, classrooms, etc; all seem obsolete because almost
everywhere people are being advised to adhere to
COVID-19 guidelines which include social distancing
from physical persons and surfaces. Although,
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) had
been around for some time, for example, learning was
carried out through Mails, Google classroom,
WhatsApp, Zoom, etc, the advent of COVID-19 has
brought to the fore its importance and usage. More and
more schools are beginning to step outside of the box to
explore and employ the use of ICT in teaching and
learning. Hence, the prime question is, how can ICT
affect teaching and learning in light of the new normal
and the challenges it has entrenched on the school
environment where people are being encouraged to stay
at home and learn online? This study discussed the role
and immense contributions of ICT for quality education
amidst COVID-19 pandemic in Veritas University,
Abuja. A sample of 500 respondents was selected for the
study out of a population of 3,490. The sample was
selected using a simple random sampling technique. The
instrument for data collection was an organized
questionnaire titled: “Role of ICT for Quality Education
Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic Questionnaire”
(RICTQECPQ). Two experts validated the instrument.
In order to obtain the reliability of the instrument, test
re-test was carried out on some respondents outside the
sample area. 0.81 correlation co-efficient was gotten
which was high enough to determine the reliability of the
instrument. The collected data were analyzed using
mean to answer the research questions while t-test was
used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance.
The results indicated that ICT usage had a positive
impact on teaching and learning amidst COVID-19
pandemic in Veritas University Abuja. Based on the
results of the findings, it was recommended that the
university management should provide ICT facilities and
lecturers and students should ensure that there is
internet facilities especially during teaching-learning
process
Keywords :
Information Communications Technology (ICT), COVID-19 Pandemic, E-counselling, Veritas University, Education.
