Challenges of Academic Faculty and Opportunities in Virtual Learning at The University.

Abstract

For several decades prior to the pandemic there was a move towards enhancing Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in learning ICTs were seen as the sure way to achieve all the SDGs. The Covid 19 Pandemic serendipitously provided an unprecedented opportunity to test the readiness of the education sector in the use of technology in teaching and learning. When traditional classroom learning was rendered impossible, institutions went into ICTS assisted learning. Literature has termed as online/distance learning. In addition is the concept of virtual learning that is also internet based