Title: Students' perspective on online teaching in higher institutions during COVID-19 pandemic

Authors: Roseline Oluwaseun Ogundokun; Muhammad Daniyal; Sanjay Misra; Joseph Bamidele Awotunde

Addresses: Department of Computer Science, Landmark University Omu Aran, Kwara State, Nigeria ' Department of Statistics, Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan ' Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria ' Department of Computer Science, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria

Abstract: Learning and teaching online is not a modern concept. For the past few years, it has been predominantly used for face-to-face teaching and learning purposes. This study aims to explore whether students of a developing country, Nigeria, are contented with the innovation of online education introduced by all higher establishments worldwide as a result of the new coronavirus called COVID-19. An online survey was conducted between 1-8 October 2020 to achieve this evaluation. A total of 1,419 students submitted complete survey information. The study findings highlighted that an overwhelmingly greater number of scholars are incapable of connecting to the net owing to technological and fiscal problems, thereby made online learning not to be able to yield desired results. The loss of one-on-one contact with the teacher, as well as the absence of normal teaching space, are among the few additional problems raised by university experts.

Keywords: coronavirus disease; COVID-19; online teaching and learning; higher institution; internet; Nigeria.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNVO.2021.120171

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations, 2021 Vol.25 No.3/4, pp.308 - 332

Received: 01 Nov 2020
Accepted: 09 Jan 2021
Published online: 10 Jan 2022 *

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