Impediments to Effective Utilization of E-learning Platforms for Quality Teaching and Learning in Universities in Niger-Delta, Nigeria

The Nigerian educational system is bedeviled with multifarious problems ranging from poor funding, poor service delivery, poor research and development, inadequate training facilities, unfavourable policies among others. These challenges are more pronounced in higher education than basic and secondary education. These issues already stated and many more constitute barriers to quality teaching and learning. In Nigeria, the use of e-learning for quality continuous education at higher education level is not effective due to the issues of poor information and communication technology (ICT) skills acquisition by both staff and students, irregular power supply, lack of internet connectivity, poor professional development of staff among others. This Paper entitled “Impediments to effective utilization of e-learning for quality teaching and learning in universities in Niger-Delta, Nigeria” therefore examined the factors which as barriers to effective e-learning usage for quality teaching and learning in universities in Nigeria, with a view to finding a lasting solution to the menace of poor teaching and learning which adversely affected human capacity development in the country.