Digitization is a tool that supports sustainable development in the area of education, teaching and conservation. Digitization has had a great positive impact on teaching and learning markedly since the global outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic.
It actually became progressively more serious during the pandemic, when restriction of movement necessitated the viable use of virtual participation in teaching and learning. This process serves to keep intact the usefulness of group participation (zoom) in an event without in-person attendance.
Digitization as a way of learning that has continued to be significantly relevant after the Covid-19 pandemic, for instance, in Nigeria today, due to surge in trove of terrorist attack and banditry, the Federal Ministry of Education has issued warning of palpable terror attack on Abuja the capital of Nigeria, thereby ordering all schools in Abuja and within its environs to close down.
In the event of a scenario of this kind, digitization will certainly close the gap created by absence of in-person participation.
Digitization has been widely embraced especially in western countries quite elaborately that, the World Economic Forum has projected that the Global Online Education Market would hit $350 billion by 2025. This assertion is true due to the fact that there has been increased inclusiveness in e-learning globally.
The surge in online teaching and learning undoubtedly - has excited ambition for learning amongst those who have increased accessibility and online facilities as it appears to offer a greater flexibility and comfort for learning, it also saves cost that would otherwise have been used on transportation to and from the institution. This is however, not the same with areas that are not well developed, Nigeria for instance, most people do not have access to online study materials, lack of equitable electricity and frequent lack of internet network - have constituted a huge challenge to online education. This is however, not the case with other countries.