Don harps on full digitalization in Education, as Crown Poly, Ado Ekiti organizes seminar for staff

By Babatunde Philips

Ado Ekiti

A University Don, Dr Faloye Bankole has encouraged academics across various Institutions in Nigeria to key into the world of digitalization in the education sector.

Dr. Faloye, a senior lecturer at Bamidele Olumilua University, Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State said this at a one-day seminar organized for the academic staff of Crown Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti by the Management of the Institution.

The theme of the seminar is; Realigning to digital trends in the academia: Nigeria Polytechnics in perspective.

According to him, the academic world is shifting to full digitalization and Crown Polytechnic Ado Ekiti should not be left behind, hence the import of the seminar.

He said, so many Lecturers and Institutions have so much relied on the conventional mode of teaching which has undoubtedly  created a gap between them and the students whose world are digitalized.

Dr. Faloye added that digital literacy was very essential for academics, helping them to be ahead of their contemporaries.

Part of what digital literacy does, is that it brings and improves functional skills, creativity, critical thinking and evaluation, cultural and social understanding, collaboration, the ability to find and select information, effective communication, and above all e-safety.

“One of the things that put me ahead of my mates during my Ph.D. program was the fact that I engaged in self-learning. This made me combine the study of Language with initialization.

“I have attended several conferences, seminars, and workshops, and it had helped me a lot.”

He encouraged academics to embark on self-learning to make them stand different before their mates.

In his remark, the Rector of the Institution, Mr. Ajisola Kolawole said the importance of the seminar is to update the knowledge of the academic staff of Crown Polytechnic.

He advised members of staff to always make themselves available for training and seminars of such nature to develop themselves. The second session of the program featured the general review and appraisal of the 2021/2022 academic session.

Members of staff gave suggestions that could move the Polytechnic forward.
Participants expressed their happiness in the Polytechnic management for organizing the seminar and were given a certificate of participation at the end of the program.

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