Challenges of undergraduates towards the adoption of e-learning methods during Covid-19 Pandemic in Redeemer’s University, Ede.

Abstract

The emergence of COVID-19 pandemic led to the sudden lockdown of schools in March 2020 in Nigeria, this introduced the use of various e-learning platforms which was inevitable in enabling continuous educational activities. This study was conducted to investigate “Challenges of undergraduates towards the adoption of e-learning methods during COVID-19 pandemic in Redeemer’s University, Ede”. The descriptive survey research design was used with 354 respondents selected through multistage and accidental sampling methods. The respondents were selected from undergraduate students of Redeemer’s University Ede, Osun State, Nigeria. The data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the objectives of the study. The results were tested at a 0.05 level of significance. The ANOVA test showed that age was not a determinant of students' adoption towards e-learning (F (2, 351) = 0.07, p > 0.05). Some of the challenges faced by students were erratic power supply (66.4%), low connectivity (57.9%), network slowness (76.3%), the cost of internet charges (69.2%) and practical nature of some courses (67.6%).Based on the findings, it is conclusive that Redeemer’s University students are interested in using e-learning systems because it makes them more productive in their learning tasks.