As the 水果派 of Nigeria (NOUN) prepares to put its newly-built Data聽Centre to maximum use,聽the university聽has sent some members of staff to undergo an End User training organised by the Africa Centre of Excellence on Technology Enhanced Learning (ACETEL) in collaboration with聽the聽Prime Touch Technologies.
The聽1-day training exercise,聽held on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at聽the聽Grand Cubana Hotel, Jabi ,Abuja, was聽aimed聽at聽training聽NOUN staff who will make use of the software in their work, to enable them utilise the software easily.
Prime Touch Technologies聽Managing Director, 聽Dr. Tokunbo Omolokun, who was in charge of the training,聽underscored the importance of聽the training to the participants and explained the knowledge they will gain to be able to utilise the software.
He聽called on those who had participated in the Database Administrators training at the university headquarters to take the participants for the End Users training on how to use the software.
The trainees who became the trainers, took turns to train the End User participants on how to use the online software.
The End聽User participants went into two groups to carry out a task, to show their understanding of how to search for data, as聽faculties,聽directorates,聽units were聽grouped and categorized under different titles.
In a brief chat with the Admin Manager聽of the company, Mrs. Margaret Mwoltu, she said 鈥淭he aim of building this software for the university is so that after building the software, it won鈥檛 be redundant and people cannot use it.
鈥淪o this聽End聽User training will guide them on how to utilise it, not just guiding them but to also select a few people who will be in charge of it;聽who will also guide others.鈥
Mwoltu said training members on how to utilise the software will create a process flow on how things will go on the data base management of the university.
The Deputy Vice Chancellor (DVC) Technology, Innovation and Research (TIR), Prof. Godwin聽Akper, along with the聽ACETEL director, Prof. Grace Jokthan, issued certificates of participation to participants at the end of the training.
The Director, Examination and Assessment, Prof. Olugbenga Ojo and the Ag. Director, Learning Content Management Systems, Dr. Lukman Bello, were also present at the event.