As a way to make teaching and learning more engaging and results-oriented in Nigerian schools and Africa by extension, some stakeholders in the education sector including the immediate past Commissioner for Education in Lagos State, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo and the Associate Dean of Faculty of Education, Queen’s University, Canada, Dr Peter Chin, would be sharing their thoughts and perspectives on how best educators in Africa could explore technology and innovations to achieve the dream.
They would do these at an education conference organised by Edves, an edtech company in Lagos, on Friday, June 2nd.
The Chief Executive Officer of Edves, Dimeji Falana, made this known in a statement, emphasising that the essence of the conference, tagged: “Edves Catalyst 2023,” is to bring together those stakeholders who are considered to be lovers of quality education to reflect on the old teaching and learning methods in Africa and chart a new modern technology way as a new trend towards achieving global best practices in the sector.
He said the technology has really brought about a new face to teaching and learning and also underscored the importance of innovation and creativity to the development of education in Africa.
According to him, the realities that surround modern education nowadays anywhere globally required that educators create valuable ideas and leverage.
on innovative pedagogical approaches as well as technological advancement to boost learning outcomes.
He said that is why participants at the hybrid conference are expected to be equipped with the requisite knowledge of digital tools and devices and their right applications to thrive consistently as educators in this era of the digital learning ecosystem.
“So, we need to use this conference to unlock the audacious potentials in us and revolutionise our education system for this generation and the one yet unborn,” Falana stressed.
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