MOUNTAIN TOP UNIVERSITY (MTU) STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF ONLINE LECTURES AMIDST COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

Prior COVID-19 lockdown across the world, learning was done in a face-to-face system where teachers and students meet at a specific location for teaching and learning to take place. However, the advent of internet and information technology contributed to the development of virtual educational impartation in higher institutions of learning around the world. Due to the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, most institutions across the world migrated to a full-fledged online lecture delivery in order to reduce the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on students, such as delay in student graduation, possibility of student engaging in unruly activities during lockdown and breakdown in the student cognitive learning process. Hence, this study sought to investigate the perception of students of Mountain Top University online lectures adopted during and after the covid-19 pandemic lockdown. This study employed descriptive survey research design and the instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire. 308 questionnaires were retrieved from the respondents. Data collected was analyzed using tables, frequency counts and percentage. Study revealed that majority of the respondents have a positive perception towards online lectures and its platforms and claimed to have been fully ready to use the technology. The findings also showed that majority of the respondents have the required skills and competencies, most especially the use of ICT for online lectures. However, it is recommended that Provision of faster internet services with lesser cost and other facilitating conditions such as availability of technical assistance, internet, computer system, mobile phone , and power supply to aid the use of online lectures by students be provided.