IMPLEMENTATION OF BLENDED LEARNING FOR EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY IN HIGHER INSTITUTIONS IN SOCIO-POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY IN ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA

Socio-political uncertainty is the issue which threatens the free flow of academic activities and other activities of the state and the country at large. These uncertainties which range from poverty, killings, kidnappings, unknown gunmen issues, and Mondays’ sit-at-home among others are the issues observed by the researchers as disrupting the normal and daily activities of schools. This disruption makes many schools not being able to meet up with the teaching and learning activities of the school. Hence, this study investigated the implementation of blended learning for effective instructional delivery during the period of socio-political uncertainty. Descriptive survey research design was adopted and two research questions utilized. The sample size for the study comprised 108 lecturers randomly selected from two out of four higher institutions in the study area using two-stage sampling procedures of purposive and simple random sampling. A-16 item questionnaire validated by three experts, which was tested using Cronbach Alpha and yielded reliability coefficients of 0.75 and 0.82 respectively for the two clusters was used for the study. Data collected were analyzed using mean. The findings of the study revealed that there are means of implementation of blended learning for effective instructional delivery during the period of socio-political uncertainty so as to maintain the free flow of instructional process. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that higher institution lecturers should as a matter of importance acquire the necessary skills needed towards the implementation of blended learning for effective instructional delivery during the period of uncertainties.

Blended learning, instructional delivery, implementation, socio-political, uncertainty,

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