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Perception of Lecturers on the Effectiveness of Using Whatsapp for Academic Activities Among University Students in North-Central Nigeria as a Panacea for Overcoming Lockdown

Fadipe Bayo Michael, PhD, Michael Olawale Ojo, Jibril Nma Mohammed, Obabori, Hezekiah Friday, PhD, Yunusa James Sunday, Bahago B Samaila, PhD

Abstract

Advancement in technology is expanding different ways of approaching academic activities both at secondary school level and tertiary institutions. One of the most widely used social media platforms that has won over young intellectuals is WhatsApp. This piqued the attention of the researchers, who used two research questions and one research hypothesis to lead their investigation into how lecturers saw the usefulness of using WhatsApp for academic purposes among university students in North-Central Nigeria as a way to get around lockdown. 200 randomly selected respondents from five universities in north-central Nigeria were asked to complete a questionnaire as part of the study's descriptive survey approach. Data was gathered from university instructors using a questionnaire called "Perception of lecturers on the effectiveness of the use of WhatsApp for academic activities" (PLEUWAA). With an index of 0.87, the Cronbach Alpha Coefficient was used to verify the instrument and assess its dependability. The data collected from the respondents was analysed using mean and standard deviation, and hypotheses were evaluated using the t-test at the 0.05 level of significance. The results showed that professors, both male and female, had almost identical opinions on how beneficial the WhatsApp platform was. Based on the results, it was suggested that instructors utilise the WhatsApp platform to instruct students during lockdowns, and that university administration provide data so that instructors may easily instruct students at the appropriate moment.

Keywords

PerceptionLecturersEffectivenessWhatsAppAcademic activitiesUniversity.

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