In recent times, as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, higher institutions in Nigeria have been shutdown and the leadership of Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) said that Nigerian universities cannot afford to mount Online learning platforms let alone conduct such learning system in Nigeria due to lack of infrastructure, capacity and skill sets in the face of COVID-19 pandemic. In the light of this, this research undertook an online survey using University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) as a case study to know which type of online learning system ASUU leadership is talking about -Asynchronous or Synchronous? How did ASUU come about their facts? Did ASUU base their assertion on facts, if YES, what are the benchmarks? Therefore, this research project is focused on providing benchmarks to assess if a Nigerian University has what it takes to run a synchronous Online Learning. It includes Infrastructure needed (Hardware, Software, Network connectivity), Skill sets from staff (Computer literacy level). In a bid to do this, an online survey was administered to the staff of Centre for Distance and Elearning of UNN and out of the 40 members of that section of the University, we had 32 respondents. The survey seeks to find whether UNN has the requisite infrastructure and the skill sets to mount synchronous online learning. The results of the study reveal that the infrastructure domain of the questionnaire consist of 13 questions. Therefore, the maximum scores that a respondent can have is 13. From Table II below, only 3 (9.4%) respondents scored 13. This shows that the rating for excellence is quite low among the population sampled, hence we conclude that University of Nigeria, Nsukka does not have the infrastructure to mount synchronous online learning. The Skills sets domain of the questionnaire consist of 18 questions. Therefore, the maximum scores that a respondent can have is 18. From Table I below, only 8 (25%) respondents scored 18. This shows that the rating for excellence is quite low among the population sampled as they were not even up to 50%. This shows that University of Nigeria, Nsukka does not have the skill sets required to mount synchronous online learning.
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