Online Teaching and Learning during Covid-19 in Nigeria: Prospects, Challenges and Revelations

Abstract

Globally, the education industry hurriedly introduced innovations which it did not consciously plan for, one of which is online teaching and learning. Using the philosophical methodology, the paper discusses online teaching and learning occasioned by the outbreak of coronavirus especially in developing and under developed states. The paper identified prospects and challenges of online teaching and learning but systematically noted that developments in the education industry within the period were epically and phenomenally revealing, notably that the pandemic has potentials to lay foundations for inclusive new beginnings in general policy formulations and behavioural dispositions. Deriving from this, the paper makes a case where social justice can become a priority with a strong indication that the security and well-being of the wealthiest man and state anywhere in the world cannot be guaranteed except the conditions of the poorest man and state anywhere in the world is improved. The paper among other things strongly recommends new thinking along lines where global social justice and global moral consciousness can become norms for guiding educational practices. Keywords: online teaching and learning, Covid-19, Prospects, challenges, revelations.