Open AccessCOVID-19 pandemic and pharmacy education in a developing country: A case study from Nigeria
Author(s) -
Basira Kankia Lawal,
Anas Haruna,
Fatima Shuaibu Kurfi,
Kenneth Bitrus David
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pharmacy education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.198
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1477-2701
pISSN - 1560-2214
DOI - 10.46542/pe.2020.202.1516
Subject(s) - syllabus , covid-19 , pandemic , government (linguistics) , distance education , pharmacy , state (computer science) , medical education , political science , online learning , developing country , medicine , sociology , pedagogy , economic growth , nursing , computer science , multimedia , economics , linguistics , philosophy , disease , pathology , algorithm , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Since March 2020, all schools in Nigeria have been closed to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 virus. This paper presents the case study of the e-learning strategies adopted by Kaduna State University to reduce the educational disruption during these unprecedented times. As the University had no established e-learning resources, there was a need for prompt training of staff in online teaching. The online teaching methods to be adopted came with their fair share of challenges as e-learning activities had not been taking place at the University prior to the emergence of COVID-19. The University, with the full support of the state government, were making plans to ensure a fixed structure for the integration of e-learning into the syllabus. This case study provides some recommendations that could be adopted by similar institutions that have no previous e-learning structures. The COVID-19 pandemic has opened up opportunities to upgrade the educational mode of delivery and shown the need to embrace emerging technologies.