Handling Disrupted Learning During COVID-19 Pandemic: Learners’ Experience in Nigeria

Abstract

Coronavirus has affected not only the human health but also the educational sector. As a result of this pandemic, schools were forced to suspend face-to-face learning and implement an alternative method of learning which is online learning. The focus of this paper is to investigate the accessibility and efficiency of learning during the lockdown period. The paper examined the effectiveness of vodcast (video and podcast) lessons as a strategy in online teaching by using learning management system (LMS) and to what extent the strategy met the needs of the learners during the challenging period of the covid-19 pandemic. The study adopted mixed method research which consisted of three main phases of design. The questionnaire used in this study comprises 15 items and is divided into two sections and 50 participants participated in the study. The findings indicated that learners displayed positive perceptions towards the use of vodcast lessons during the pandemic period. Furthermore, they reported that online learning should be used to complement face-to-face teaching even after the pandemic period is over.

Building Resilience in Education for Academic Continuity During Disruption

“…This section outlines the research design, participants, research instrument used, and data analysis. The study used a mixed convergent parallel research design (quantitative and qualitative) response to collect data from the participants (Afolabi, 2020). The two sets of data were collected simultaneously and combined and are expected to contribute good knowledge of the case by providing a good understanding of the subject matter.…”

“…COVID-19 threatened people's survival and the way and manner in which the government communicated to society only increased the fear response (Devi, 2020). The induced fear of becoming infected caused individuals to withdraw and avoid each other in their daily routines and caused huge disruption in all aspects of the education sector (Afolabi, 2020;Ogel-Balabam, 2022). In Nigeria, institutions of higher learning were badly affected by the pandemic; it posed a great challenge to learning as no one was prepared for the sudden disruption (Afolabi, 2020).…”

“…The induced fear of becoming infected caused individuals to withdraw and avoid each other in their daily routines and caused huge disruption in all aspects of the education sector (Afolabi, 2020;Ogel-Balabam, 2022). In Nigeria, institutions of higher learning were badly affected by the pandemic; it posed a great challenge to learning as no one was prepared for the sudden disruption (Afolabi, 2020). The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO, 2020) stated that around 1.6 billion students in 165 countries were out of school as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.…”

“…From nursery to post-secondary education, the pandemic tested the resilience of education. For many, things became unusual, disoriented, and disturbing (Afolabi, 2020).…”