VIRTUAL LEARNING SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION HEALTH OF PUBLIC TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN RIVERS STATE

Abstract

The study examined the relationship between virtual learning system and communication health of public Tertiary Institutions in Rivers State. The objective of the study was to examine how virtual learning system relate with measures of communication health of public Tertiary Institutions in Rivers State.  The cross-sectional explanatory survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consisted of eight (8) public tertiary institutions in Rivers State. The study was a census research with three hundred and eighty (380) administrative heads (Deans, Directors of ICT Centres, and Heads of Departments) as respondents. Structured questionnaire was used to elicit response from the research pigments after it had undergone face and content validation by the supervisors and one other expert in Office and Information Management. Cronbach alpha was used to test the internal consistency of the instrument. Out of three hundred and eighty (380) copies of the questionnaire distributed, the researcher was able to retrieve 342 copies. Simple percentage was used for the demographic analysis, Mean and Standard Deviation were used for the univariate analysis while the bivariate analysis was done using Spearman rank order correlation in SPSS Version 22.0. The findings revealed that virtual learning system has significant positive relationship with communication health of public Tertiary Institutions in Rivers State. The study concluded that that virtual technology adoption enhances communication health in public tertiary institutions in Rivers State. The study recommended that management in public Tertiary Institutions in Rivers State should ensure that office and administrative centres are adequately powered by providing power generating sets and other alternative sources of power supply.