Nwire Sunday Oscar1, Udoikah Joseph Micheal2& Omebe Mathew Amuche3
1Department of Public Administration, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike – Ikwo, Ebonyi State, Nigeria
2&3Department Public Administration, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria
Corresponding Author’s E-mail:oscarplus79@gmail.com
Abstract
Academic Staff Development through electronic learning in Nigeria Universities, was undertaken with a view to explore the extent with which e-learning have improved on the academic staff development in Nigeria universities towards effective teaching and learning. The study adopted descriptive survey method. The study was carried out with the population of fourteen thousand, five hundred and sixty academic staff drawn from the five federal universities in the south east, Nigeria. Taro Yamani formula was used to determine the sample size of three hundred and eighty nine (389) academic staff. Pearson Moment Correlation Coefficient of determination was used to determine the relationship training on e-learning has on developing the academic staff of Nigeria universities. While t T-test was used to analyze the tested hypotheses to show the extent dependent variables have affected independent variables. From the data analyzed, the study revealed that the activities of the ICT specialist in the development of academic staff of these federal universities have not been fully achieved as compared with other universities in the western world, the result showed that there is significant correlation between inadequate funding and provision of ICT facilities in these which have not developed as new federal some of these universities in the south east, and the study showed that e-learning have done well to certain extent in developing the academic staff of other universities, but more efforts needed to put in improving academic staff performance in these universities The study concludes that the successful development of academic staff through e-Learning training in Nigeria universities largely depends on the degree of supports system from the government in order to boast their performance effectively. The further recommend that Government should provide Information Communication Technology facilities through effective funding to boost training on e-learning process in order to develop academic staff to perform optimally, Federal government through their network agency should work on their network service provider to ensure adequate and steady network services to the users, Federal government through universities governing council should take adequate measure in providing conducive working environment that can drive the activities of the ICT specialists to have impacted on the development of the academic staff.
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