PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES OF E-LEARNING IN NIGERIA
Keywords:
e-learning, Computer, Information Communication Technology, Internet, Private Service ProviderAbstract
This paper gave an insight into what e-learning is and that it has been around for decades. Immediately after the invention of computer in 1960s, the educational potentials of computer were noted by Psychologists and Educationists. The paper looked at the various definitions of e-learning by different authorities and traced the history of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Nigeria to when telecommunication was introduced in 1886 with a cable connection between Lagos and the colonial office in London to the present post modern era of the intervention of the GSM. The educational implications of the new development especially as they relate to e-learning were discussed. Prior to this time, mobile phones were seen as exclusive rights of the privileged until the commencement of liberalization of the industry which was used to break the monopoly of the Nigerian Telecommunication (NITEL).
The prospects of e-learning in Nigeria were also discussed while bandwidth, power issue, cost of pc and internet service, government attitude and exposure to online pedagogical issue are some of the challenges of e-learning in Nigeria
