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Paul, A. K.
Federal College of Education Ididep, Akwa Ibom State.
kufreakpan50@yahoo.com
Track: AI, Emerging Technologies and Future Learning
Use of Artificial Intelligence in Virtual Classroom Instruction and Students’ Learning Outcome in University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Faculty of Education Experience.By Akpan, Kufre Paul (Ph.D)Department of Curriculum and Teaching, Federal College of Education Ididep, Akwa Ibom State, NigeriaKufreakpan50@yahoo.comA Paper Presented at the International Conference of University of Kigali, Kigali, Rwanda on Bridging the Digital Divide: Reimagining Future-Ready Higher Education Ecosystem in Africa, on 23rd -27th November, 2026AbstractThe paper investigated use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in virtual classroom instruction and students’ learning outcome in University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Faculty of Education experience. The study was guided by two objectives of the study, two research questions and one hypothesis. The population of the study was made up all the post graduate students in Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria for 2024/2025 academic session who are currently on their Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE), Masters in Education (M.Ed.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) programs which is 311 students. (office of the Faculty Officer, Faculty of Education). While the sample for the study was three hundred and eleven (311) students selected using census sampling technique. “Virtual Classroom and Students Learning Outcome Questionnaire (VCSLQ) was used for data collection. Test-re-test method was used to ascertain a reliability coefficient of 0.76. Simple and multiple linear regression analyses were used to answer the research questions and to tests the null hypotheses at .05 level of significance. Findings of the study revealed that there exists a relationship between availability of virtual classroom instruction and students learning outcome in Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt. There exists a relationship between the usage of virtual classroom instructional facilities for teaching and learning and students learning outcome in Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt. The study recommends that virtual classroom instructional facilities should be made available by the university management for both learners and instructors for easy access to online learning resources. Furthermore, learners and instructors should be encouraged to use virtual classroom facilities for their instructional delivery through training and re-training on virtual education by the university management.