Omeluzor Saturday U, Okonoko Vera N, Anene Onah Evelyn
University Library, Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun (FUPRE), Delta State, Nigeria.
University Library, University of Delta, Agbor, Nigeria.
Sci Afr. 2023 Jul;20:e01602. doi: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2023.e01602. Epub 2023 Feb 24.
Technology has played an important role in several areas of human endeavour. Emerging challenges such as COVID-19 pandemic is increasing the use of technology in tertiary institutions. This study investigated the technologies for recovery and growth in post-COVID-19 era in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey design focusing on all the academic staff in the 49 federal universities in Nigeria with a total of 490 respondents who were purposively sampled. The findings revealed evidences of positive and negative effects of COVID-19 pandemic on the academia. It showed that the positive effects of COVID-19 pandemic outweighed the negative effects. The findings further showed that technology is an important tool for recovery and growth in post-COVID-19 era that will enhance communication, collaboration, teaching and research of academics. The findings indicated that among the challenging factors affecting recovery and growth in post-COVID-19 era are inadequate support from the Federal Government, unpreparedness of stakeholders, lack of palliative for lecturers, inadequate ICT facilities for distance and online learning among others. The study concluded with several recommendations to improve the use of technology in tertiary institutions for recovery and growth in time of crisis.
技术在人类努力的几个领域发挥了重要作用。诸如新冠疫情这样的新挑战正在增加高等院校对技术的使用。本研究调查了尼日利亚高等院校在新冠疫情后时代用于恢复和发展的技术。该研究采用描述性调查设计，以尼日利亚49所联邦大学的所有学术人员为重点，共490名受访者是经过有目的抽样选取的。研究结果揭示了新冠疫情对学术界产生的正面和负面影响的证据。结果表明，新冠疫情的积极影响超过了负面影响。研究结果还表明，技术是新冠疫情后时代恢复和发展的重要工具，将加强学术界的沟通、协作、教学和研究。研究结果表明，在影响新冠疫情后时代恢复和发展的诸多挑战性因素中，包括联邦政府支持不足、利益相关者准备不足、缺乏对讲师的缓解措施、远程和在线学习的信息通信技术设施不足等。该研究最后提出了若干建议，以改善高等院校在危机时期为恢复和发展而对技术的使用。
