VIRTUAL LEARNING IN NIGERIA UNIVERSITIES AMID PANDEMIC: GOOGLE CLASSROOM USED AT LEAD CITY UNIVERSITY

Authors

  • Azeez Adebamgbola ADEOYE Department of Library and Information Science, Lead City University, Ibadan.
  • Morenike Grace OBASEKI Joseph Ayo Babalola University,IkejiArakeji Osun State
  • Victor Omeiza JATTO Department of Library and Information Science, Lead City University, Ibadan
  • Basirat Jumoke ADEOYE Department of Library, Archival and Information Studies, University of Ibadan.

Keywords:

Pandemic, Google Classroom, Virtual Learning

Abstract

The paper examined the adoption of virtual learning in the Nigerian university system amid COVID 19. A survey research design was adopted. An online close-ended google form questionnaire as the research tool and data was collected from undergraduates in the faculty of social and management science, 2020/2021 academic year. The study was analyzed using frequency count and percentages and presented in tables. The study revealed that a very high percentage (82.6%) of the respondents adhered strictly to COVID-19 guidelines while few respondents performed fairly in advanced ICT skills like the use of cloud storage (32.6%).
The (60.9%) respondents found Google classroom easy to use while the majority (65.2%) of (58.7%) respondents agreed that Google classroom is user friendly. The adoption of virtual learning is a growing educational pedagogy in Nigeria and this study is one of the few to investigate the adoption of Google classroom in Nigeria University with original empirical research data .

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Published

2023-02-02

Issue

Vol. 22 (2021): IFE JOURNAL OF THEORY AND RESEARCH IN EDUCATION

Section

Articles