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Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is the study of the technology used in handling information and its concepts that aids communication. It has been identified by many international development institutions as a crucial element in developing the worlds' poorest countries, by integrating them into the global economy and by making global...
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... In the dimension of the virtual world, one's activities are difficult to limit because information technology is very cheap and easily accessible from any part of the world [3]. As a result, everyone can commit crime both among internet users and other people who have never been in contact with those who are involved [4]. For example, someone makes a transaction with another person's credit card without the owner's knowledge. ...
The presence of the internet can penetrate the boundaries between countries and accelerate the spread and exchange of information throughout the world. Although there are many positive impacts of internet use, there are also negative impacts that disturb the community. One can easily become a criminal (cyber crime) only by creating blogs, accounts, applications, programs, sites in various mass media and social media to commit fraud, data theft, illegal use of credit cards, the spread of pornographic content, online gambling, online prostitution, hate speech, radicalism, terrorism and so on. To overcome crime in the virtual space, the government has issued Law No. 19 of 2016 concerning Amendments to Law No. 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions. But not all internet users know and understand the substance of the law. Therefore, the government, employers and institutions that are engaged in information and communication technology have the responsibility to socialize the law to the public to prevent crime in the virtual space.
This paper focuses on the impacts of Information and Communication Technology on the Academic Staff performance at Ebonyi State University. The emergence of ICT has changed the practices and procedures of human interactions. In the institutions of higher learning, the use of ICT became paramount to improve the level of teaching, research, creativity, and innovation among lecturers. The specific purpose of this study was to ascertain the degree of ICT impacts on the academic staff performance in Ebonyi State University and discuss the challenges on the use of ICT by the academic staff in Ebonyi State University. The study was guided by two hypotheses. The study adopted the survey research design. Taro Yamane's sample size determination formula was used to determine 274 sample sizes from the 866 population of the study. Both primary and secondary sources were used for data collection. The findings of this study showed that ICT has moderately impacted academic staff performances in terms of speedy interactions with the students and sourcing of research materials. However, the study also found out that there were inadequate ICT facilities for use among the Academic Staff in Ebonyi State University and that inadequate power supply and internet connection are the major challenges on the use of ICT in Ebonyi State University. This study recommended that since ICT plays a vital role in the performance of academic staff, the university management should make the use of ICT tools in teaching and research mandatory for all academic staff and consistently train and retrain the academic staff on the use of ICT. Also, that an alternative power system is needed in all Nigerian universities to maintain steady energy.
