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ASSESSMENT OF E-LEARNING SYSTEM ADOPTED BY THE UNIVERSITIES IN KWARA STATE DURING COVID-19

Ajao Rasheed Lanre, Olagunju Oluwaseun Cecilia, Abubakar Mohammed, Yusuf Abubakar & David, Yakubu Lai

Abstract


The emergence and explosion of new information and communication technologies (ICT), had introduced an irresistible revolution into education particularly in the areas of teaching and learning. Hence, this advancement in technology has geared up educational system to adopt e-learning system of education in the last decade, especially in few years back of the COVID-19 experience. This study therefore, examined by assessing the e-learning system adopted by the Universities in Kwara State during COVID-19. Qualitative design of phenomenology approach was adopted for the study. Convenience sampling technique was used to select six respondents in different departments in the Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin. Interview was conducted to extract in-depth information from the respondents on the four research questions raised in the study. The interview conducted was transcribed verbatim into textual material and were analysed thematically following the theme and variables in the research questions raised. The findings revealed among others that, students were not satisfied with the e-learning system platforms adopted by the University for instructional deliveryduring COVID-19 due to the challenges they encountered such as poor network, high cost of data, limited access to the platforms etc. It was recommended among others that, the University should take into consideration the costs and technical issues while choosing e-learning system platforms for instructional delivery.

Keywords: E-learning System, Online Learning, Virtual Learning, COVID-19, Moodle, Telegram, WhatsApp, Google Meet, Zoom, and Google Classroom.
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