Continuity of Academic Work through e-Learning during the COVID-19 Lockdown: The Case of Ghana

Mateko Okantey, Nana Annan, Dennis Soku, Samuel Mensah, Isaac Korboe, Kojo Frimpong

2021

Abstract

The outbreak of the Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) pandemic took the whole world by surprise. It virtually brought everything to a standstill due to the lockdown. Though every sector of the global economy had its fair share of the dire consequences of the COVID-19, one of the most affected area included education. Educational institutions shut down to avoid the spread of the virus. The situation led to the compulsory adoption of E-Learning or online learning as a step in the gap to enable the continuation of academic work. The objective of the study was to categorize the technologies used by universities during the COVID-19 pandemic; determine the extent of use of these technologies during the lockdown; examine the effectiveness of these technologies for teaching and learning. The survey approach of research design was used to observe education institutions adoption of e-learning technology during the COVID-19 and interpreted the findings based on existing theory. The result shows that the strongest relationship amongst the factors was perceived usefulness and attitude towards use.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Okantey M., Annan N., Soku D., Mensah S., Korboe I. and Frimpong K. (2021). Continuity of Academic Work through e-Learning during the COVID-19 Lockdown: The Case of Ghana. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-502-9, pages 216-224. DOI: 10.5220/0010443302160224

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu21,
author={Mateko Okantey and Nana Annan and Dennis Soku and Samuel Mensah and Isaac Korboe and Kojo Frimpong},
title={Continuity of Academic Work through e-Learning during the COVID-19 Lockdown: The Case of Ghana},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,},
year={2021},
pages={216-224},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010443302160224},
isbn={978-989-758-502-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,
TI - Continuity of Academic Work through e-Learning during the COVID-19 Lockdown: The Case of Ghana
SN - 978-989-758-502-9
AU - Okantey M.
AU - Annan N.
AU - Soku D.
AU - Mensah S.
AU - Korboe I.
AU - Frimpong K.
PY - 2021
SP - 216
EP - 224
DO - 10.5220/0010443302160224