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Vol. 19 No 1 (2021): Revue de l’enseignement supérieur en Afrique

5 - ICT Utilisation and Associated barriers in Teaching among Middle-level Academics in Nigerian Universities

https://doi.org/10.57054/jhea.v19i1.1890
John Lekan Oyefara
Pius Adejoh
Waziri B. Adisa
Khadeejah A. Abdulsalam
Tunde Alabi

Corresponding Author(s) : John Lekan Oyefara

loyefara@unilag.edu.ng

Revue de l’enseignement supérieur en Afrique, Vol. 19 No 1 (2021): Revue de l’enseignement supérieur en Afrique

Résumé

Cet article cherche à comprendre les obstacles à l’utilisation des technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC) chez les enseignants de niveau intermédiaire dans les universités nigérianes. Il fait appel à une enquête transversale et à des entretiens avec des informateurs clés pour examiner le problème. Au total, 1.325 enseignants de niveau intermédiaire issus de 12 universités du sud-ouest du Nigeria ont participé à l’étude. En raison de la nature et du caractère de l’État nigérian et des contextes historiques de son enseignement supérieur, l’approche de l’économie politique a été adoptée, ainsi que la théorie de la résistance à l’utilisation des TIC pour expliquer les obstacles à l’utilisation des TIC dans les universités nigérianes. L’article montre qu’il existe une relation significative entre la disponibilité, l’utilisation et la qualité de l’enseignement dans les universités nigérianes. Plus précisément, l’étude révèle que dans les universités où les enseignants disposent de tablettes, ils sont 1,5 fois plus susceptibles de dispenser un enseignement de qualité. Il constate également que dans les universités où les enseignants utilisent des projecteurs multimédias, les étudiants sont 2,7 fois plus susceptibles de recevoir un enseignement de qualité. En ce qui concerne les obstacles à l’utilisation des TIC, l’étude révèle que le manque de financement, l’absence de politique institutionnelle forte et d’infrastructures d’appui, telles que la connectivité Internet à large bande et l’alimentation électrique constante, sont parmi les principales contraintes à l’enseignement supérieur basé sur les TIC. Il suggère donc le développement d’une politique globale sur l’enseignement basé sur les TIC et un investissement massif dans l’enseignement universitaire au Nigeria.

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TIC Niveau académique intermédiaire Nigeria Université
Oyefara, J. L., Adejoh, P., Adisa, W. B., Abdulsalam, K. A., & Alabi, T. (2022). 5 - ICT Utilisation and Associated barriers in Teaching among Middle-level Academics in Nigerian Universities. Revue De l’enseignement supérieur En Afrique, 19(1), 95–120. https://doi.org/10.57054/jhea.v19i1.1890
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Bibliographies de l'auteur

John Lekan Oyefara

PhD, Department of Sociology, University of Lagos, Nigeria. Email: loyefara@unilag.edu.ng

Pius Adejoh

PhD, Department of Sociology, University of Lagos, Nigeria. Email: padejoh@unilag.edu.ng

Waziri B. Adisa

PhD, Department of Sociology, University of Lagos, Nigeria. Email: wadisa@unilag.edu.ng

Khadeejah A. Abdulsalam

PhD, Department of Electical and Elecronics, University of Lagos, Nigeria. Email: kabdulsalam@unilag.edu.ng

Tunde Alabi

M.Sc., Department of Sociology, University of Lagos, Nigeria. Email: taalabi@unilag.edu.ng

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