IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES (IJELCS )

E-ISSN 2545-5702
P-ISSN 2695-2157
VOL. 6 NO. 1 2021

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Challenges of E-Learning during Covid-19 Pandemic in Colleges of Education in South East States, Nigeria

Ezinine, Roseline Ujunwa

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Abstract

The decision to move traditional physical classrooms to e-learning in response to COVID-19 appears to be inadequately planned and too sudden as there are many infrastructural and technical challenges in tertiary institutions. This prompted the study which examined the challenges of e-learning during COVID-19 pandemic in colleges of education in south east states, Nigeria. One research question guided the study. The research design employed for the study was descriptive survey. The population of the study comprised 2,184 lecturers out of which a sample of 437 was drawn for the study using stratified proportionate sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire. The instrument was duly validated by three experts and the reliability of the instrument was ascertained using Cronbach Alpha which yielded coefficient of 0.83. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The result of the study revealed that the challenges of e-learning during COVID-19 pandemic in colleges of education in south east states include: epileptic power supply, high cost of procurement of electronic devices, high cost of maintenance of ICT equipment for e- learning, poor internet connectivity, shortages of relevant software, low level of incentive to lecturers, low level of student accessibility to internet facilities, poor technical support from management and high cost of data bundle to connect e-learning platform. Based on the findings, it was concluded that e-learning cannot produce desired results as the best alternative platform for instruction during COVID-19 pandemic due to these challenges in colleges of education in south-east, Nigeria

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