UTILIZATION OF E-LEARNING IN PROMOTING TEACHING AND LEARNING IN NIGERIA TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN POST COVID ERA- CHALLENGES AND WAY OUT

Authors

Rashidat Adeìseun Ogundeji Department of Primary Education, Federal College of Education (Tech) Bichi, Kano
Hajarat Taiwo Kazeem Department of Accounting Education, Federal College of Education (Tech) Bichi,
Kayode Adesina Olanrewaju Department of Building Technology, Federal College of Education (Tech) Bichi,

Corona virus covid-19, E-learning, Education, Technology

ABSTRACT

Teaching and learning in educational institutions in Nigeria are currently based mainly

on traditional methods, That is, they follow the traditional face-to-face interaction in

classrooms. Although many academic units have also started blended learning, yet a lot

of them are stuck with old procedures. The sudden outbreak of the deadly disease,Covid-

19, caused by a Corona Virus (SARS-CoV-2) affected the entire world. The World

Health Organization declared it as a pandemic. This situation challenged the education

system across the world and forced educators to shift to online mode of teaching

overnight. Many academic institutions that were earlier reluctant to change their

traditional pedagogical approach had no option but to shift entirely to online

teaching–learning. This paper discusses the important place of e-learning, concept of

corona virus, problem associated with e-learning teaching as a panacea to tackling the

spread of covid-19 and its way forward.