Abstract
Covenant University aspires to be one of the ten leading university in the world by 2022. To achieve
this noble goal, the university has set in motion various strategies, some of which are to improve the
learning process of students, empowerment of faculty and staff in gaining skills in teaching
methodologies and the use of e-learning/new technologies. The university has currently invested a lot
of funds in the acquisition of relevant and contemporary e-learning technologies, such as
teleconferencing centres (five in all), e-learning lecture and delivery and assessment platforms (e.g.
Moodle, TurnitinTM, et cetera), Smart interactive digital boards, fully digitized podiums etc. In a bid to
maximize these investments, the need for identifying and addressing teachers’ phobia and
demonstrated barriers to the new technologies and aids becomes imperative. The barriers to the use
of appropriate teaching methodologies and the use of new technologies relevant to teaching were
identified. The paper focused mainly on barriers related to lack of awareness of effective teaching
methodologies, non-availability of appropriate e-learning/new technologies and psychological barriers
to effective use of new technologies acquired by the institution. The paper also highlights efforts made
by the institution in acquiring new technologies applied to education, sensitisation of faculty and staff
to the effects of teaching pedagogies in the educative process and the personality factors in the utilisation of new technologies.
Atayero, A (2021). Overcoming Barriers To New Learning Technologies In A University Setting: The Case Of Covenant University. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/overcoming-barriers-to-new-learning-technologies-in-a-university-setting-the-case-of-covenant-university
Atayero, A. "Overcoming Barriers To New Learning Technologies In A University Setting: The Case Of Covenant University" Afribary. Afribary, 20 May. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/overcoming-barriers-to-new-learning-technologies-in-a-university-setting-the-case-of-covenant-university. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
Atayero, A. . "Overcoming Barriers To New Learning Technologies In A University Setting: The Case Of Covenant University". Afribary, Afribary, 20 May. 2021. Web. 23 Nov. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/overcoming-barriers-to-new-learning-technologies-in-a-university-setting-the-case-of-covenant-university >.
Atayero, A. . "Overcoming Barriers To New Learning Technologies In A University Setting: The Case Of Covenant University" Afribary (2021). Accessed November 23, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/overcoming-barriers-to-new-learning-technologies-in-a-university-setting-the-case-of-covenant-university