INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR MANAGING DIGITAL LEARNING IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN RIVERS STATE

Abstract

The study investigated institutional policies and procedures for managing digital learning in universities in Rivers State. Two (2) objectives, two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The design of the study was descriptive survey design. The population of the study was 199 Head of Departments from the three universities in Rivers State (University of Port Harcourt 88, Rivers State University 78 and Ignatius Ajuru University of Education 33) and sample was the entire 199 head of departments from the same universities while the sampling technique were census and stratified random sampling techniques. The instrument adopted for data gathering was a self-designed 10 items scale titled ‘‘Institutional Policies and Procedures for Managing Digital Learning Questionnaire’’ (IPPMDL) and reliability coefficients of 0.82 was established which showed that the instrument was reliable. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation while the hypotheses tested using z-test at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed different institutional policies such as academic policies, communication policies, staff development policies etc for managing digital learning in public Universities Rivers State. Hence, it was concluded that, institutional policies and procedures are very important and needed for managing digital learning in public Universities in Rivers State. It was recommended that there should be institutional policies such as academic policies, communication policies etc. and procedures which will serve as guide for managing digital learning in public Universities in Rivers State.