The Project Coordinator, Africa Centre of Excellence, National Universities Commission (NUC), Dr. Joshua Atah has commended the Africa Centre of Excellence on Technology Enhanced Learning (ACETEL), 水果派 of Nigeria (NOUN) for its exploits and continued collaboration with relevant stakeholders in its efforts at promoting digital education in Nigeria.
Atah made the commendation at a 2-day workshop on policy initiatives for digital learning in Nigerian Universities, organised by the Regional Training and Research Institute for Distance and Open Learning (RETRIDOL), Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, Canada and the Africa Centre of Excellence on Technology Enhanced Learning (ACETEL).
鈥淟et me further express my deep satisfaction with the exploits of ACETEL as they continue to expand their collaborations with relevant institutions in their efforts to promote digital education in Nigeria.
鈥淪ome weeks ago, precisely聽May,聽2022, ACETEL collaborated with the Association of African Universities (AAU) and the Ecole Polytechnic 聽Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland to launch the Centre of Competence in Digital Education (C-CODE) pilot programme,鈥 he said.
Atah added the programme sought ways at deepening the education stakeholders鈥櫬爑nderstanding and participation in the digital education landscape, particularly in the post Covid-19 era.
鈥淎CETEL is making things happen in the digital transformation of our education system. I congratulate you on the achievement of national accreditation of your academic programmes by the NUC, which is one of the disbursement link indicators.
鈥淢ay I inform you at this juncture, that the NUC will continue to support you in your efforts to achieve the objectives of the ACE impact project, even as you prepare for international programme and institutional accreditation,鈥 the coordinator added.
He stated聽that digital education is the new face of education with digital discoveries that enhanced teaching, learning and research.
He recalled the hard lessons of聽Covid-19 where every sector came to a standstill including teaching, learning and research.
鈥淥nly a few institutions around the world mildly escaped it because they聽had some digital education programmes and facilities in existence before the assault of Covid-19.
鈥淲e are definitely in a new era in global education, and we must take advantage of these digital discoveries if we must make any meaningful progress in reaching learning and research,鈥 he聽said.
The workshop,聽which was attended by 19 Vice-Chancellors, 19 directors of ICTs of Nigerian universities, 13 ACE project Coordinator across the country and other stakeholders, sought聽to push for policy framework for digital learning, design an action plan for its development and implementation as well as provide the participants with an atmosphere of networking and collaboration for the promotion of digital learning among invited institutions.