A professor of Academic Administration and Planning within the Division of Academic Foundations, College of Schooling of the Nationwide Open College of Nigeria (NOUN), Prof. Samuel Ogundiran, has lamented that various educators and college directors in Nigeria are nonetheless discovering it troublesome to transition from conventional strategies to technology-driven options.
Ogundiran acknowledged this in Abuja whereas presenting the college’s twenty eighth Inaugural Lecture, which came about on the NOUN headquarters.
With the subject: “Academic Administration and Know-how: A Marriage of Inconvenience,” the lecturer careworn that regardless of the supply of technological gadgets, comparable to laptops and digital studying instruments, points like poor coaching, insufficient entry to electrical energy, and unreliable web connectivity proceed to hamper the efficient use of such gadgets.
Ogundiran described his journey in adapting to expertise, from battling primary pc duties to now absolutely integrating expertise into his work, and acknowledged that not all educators have been as lucky, with many nonetheless counting on outdated strategies due to an absence of correct assist and assets.
He urged instructional establishments to put money into technological coaching for his or her workers, making certain that each one educators have the talents essential to navigate a quickly evolving instructional panorama.
The lecturer defined intimately the advantages of expertise in instructional administration whereas additionally noting the inconveniences that come up from adopting technological improvements.
“Though expertise ought to theoretically enhance instructional administration, the various deficiencies and complexities of the executive system might hinder the total realisation of this splendid. In consequence, the incompatibility between expertise and academic administration might turn out to be extra pronounced than the anticipated advantages,” he mentioned.
The inaugural lecturer really useful enhancements in expertise adoption in instructional administration, together with addressing infrastructure, coaching, and monetary motivation points.
He urged policymakers to handle the “marriage of inconvenience” between instructional acquisition and expertise, stressing that for Nigeria to progress, there must be a concerted effort to supply entry, coaching, and assist for educators and directors to totally harness the facility of expertise within the classroom.
On his half, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Olufemi Peters, famous that NOUN has a customized like each different college all around the world to request, ask, and demand that one who has risen to the submit of a professor renders to the college group and society at massive what he/she has achieved in his/her tutorial journey.
Prof. Peters careworn the significance of the inaugural lecture as a trademark of educational excellence.
He lauded Professor Samuel Ogundiran for his intensive contributions to the sector, mentoring numerous college students and serving as a examine centre director in varied capacities, and acknowledged that presenting an inaugural lecture will not be solely a practice however a pivotal profession second for any tutorial, because it permits the professor to replicate on his/her scholarly contributions.
