www.ijird.com July, 2020 Vol 9 Issue 7 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INNOVATIVE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT DOI No. :10.24940/ijird/2020/v9/i7/JUL20021 Page 128 Impediments to Effective Utilization of E-learning Platforms for Quality Teaching and Learning in Universities in Niger-Delta, Nigeria 1. Introduction Teaching and learning are two academic activities that go simultaneously in any formal educational institutions. It involves the coming together of a teacher and students (learners) for quality interactions through effective communications leading to knowledge transfer and information sharing. According to Adiele, Leigha and Abraham (2010), teaching entails a triadic connection between the teacher, subject matter and the student. Teaching can be regarded as the act of passing information by the teacher to the learners to boost their knowledge concerning certain phenomena, events, concepts, principles and theories. The main aim of teaching is to achieve quality learning. When the learner utilizes the knowledge gained through quality interactions with the teacher and other learners to solve practical problems, one can say that the teaching-learning exercise is effective. No meaningful learning can take place without a teacher. Hence, quality teaching brings about quality learning. A teacher is one who facilitates quality instructional delivery to students using an effective curriculum. The work of the teacher is to guide students aright in course of facilitating quality teaching and learning in class. Learning in formal education can be described as the act of acquiring knowledge, skills and experience from an expert through a well-planned instructional curriculum leading to a change in the learners’ cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains of learning. Effective learning occurs when what is being learnt is put into practice. That is, when learning brings about a change in the learners’ knowledge, feelings and practical experiences. Oyeniran, Oyeniran, Oyeniyi, Ogundele and Ojo (2020) posit that the aim of learning is knowledge preservation, transmission and creative application, therefore, it is expected that the students memorize the new information during the study process and apply it appropriately on a later date. In Nigeria, teaching and learning in schools at basic, secondary and higher education levels. Higher education institutions include the universities, polytechnics, colleges of education, monotechnics, among others. A university is an educational institution established primarily to champion human capacity development through quality teaching, research and community services. A university is known as a citadel of excellence in teaching, learning and research for human and societal development. According to Amadi and Urho (2015), the vision of universities is to become pace-setting institutions in learning, character building and service to humanity with a duty to produce competent and creative graduates of high moral standards in the society as well as championing a comprehensive development of men and women in an enabling environment through appropriate teaching, research and service to humanity, influenced ISSN 2278 – 0211 (Online) Owo Offia Tugwell Ph.D. Research Student, Department of Vocational and Technology Education, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Ajie Prince Maduabuchukwu Lecturer, Department of Metalwork, Federal College of Education (Technical), Omoku, Rivers State, Nigeria Abstract: The Nigerian educational system is bedeviled with multifarious problems ranging from poor funding, poor service delivery, poor research and development, inadequate training facilities, unfavourable policies among others. These challenges are more pronounced in higher education than basic and secondary education. These issues already stated and many more constitute barriers to quality teaching and learning. In Nigeria, the use of e-learning for quality continuous education at higher education level is not effective due to the issues of poor information and communication technology (ICT) skills acquisition by both staff and students, irregular power supply, lack of internet connectivity, poor professional development of staff among others. This Paper entitled “Impediments to effective utilization of e-learning for quality teaching and learning in universities in Niger-Delta, Nigeria” therefore examined the factors which as barriers to effective e-learning usage for quality teaching and learning in universities in Nigeria, with a view to finding a lasting solution to the menace of poor teaching and learning which adversely affected human capacity development in the country. Keywords: E-learning, university teaching and learning, online education, ICT