Innovative Approaches to Funding Higher Education & Research in Africa
Dear Content Contributor, With the recent happenings in the world economy, there is the need for Higher Educational institutions to start thinking of how to sustain their finances and meet up with their financial obligations. Few weeks ago, a regional conference was organised in Lome, Togo, where discussions were held on the Innovative Approaches […]
Summary of 2014 Weekly Tips
Dear Content Contributor, Compliments of the season. I wish to express my profound appreciation for your support and comments so far received on the Weekly Tips issued by CISLT. I feel it is important that we remind ourselves of some salient points in the previous editions as we commence a new Academic Session, as […]
course design
Dear Content Contributor, I wish to sincerely appreciate you for the time spent in reading and commenting on our weekly tips since its debut, middle of this year. Your positive comments and constructive criticisms are impetus that have put us on the right path. However, this tip will be the last edition for the year […]
Effective Higher Education Teachers
Dear Content Contributor, As we are preparing to resume for active teaching and learning activities in few days to come, it is pertinent to plan our teaching strategies for the 2014/2015 Academic Session. However, as a University teacher, you have chosen to teach in the field of higher education because you are a subject-matter […]
Improving Students’ Interaction & Participation during Lecture Time
Dear Content Contributor, As we are planning to resume for the 2014/2015 academic session, let us take a look at a write-up by Maryellen Weimer, on how to effectively use questions in improving students’ interaction and participation during lecture time. However, let us consider the following questions: How many questions will be on the […]
Teaching Practice Inventory: Tool to help you Examine your Teaching
Dear Content Contributor, During this period of our recess, I think it is appropriate to reflect on our just-concluded teaching activities in order to evaluate our approach, disposition and methodologies adopted and their effects on our students’ learning outcome based on Senate-approved results. We need to ask: Is there any aspect that needs a change […]
Teaching for Transformation
Dear Content Contributor, I hope you are enjoying your annual leave although; research activities are still on-going? However, I will like us to use this period to reflect on the concept of Teaching for Transformation. Majority of high-performing teachers really want the best for their students; in terms of learning by regarding teaching as a […]
Mentoring in Higher Education
Dear Content Contributor, The issue of mentoring in Higher Education cannot be over-emphasized. As one is progressing in teaching career, there is the need to share our experiences and challenges with new entrants into the field, in order to impact on them sound knowledge and give them positive direction in the area of effective teaching […]
Collaborative Teaching: Inviting Guest Lecturers to your classroom
Dear Content Contributor, I want to use this medium to congratulate members of the FUNAAB Community on the successful completion of the 2013/2014 Academic Session. I wish all academic staff a blissful annual leave! However, as we are preparing for the forthcoming 2014/2015 Academic Session, I will like us to reflect on the issue […]
Effective Grading & Providing Timely Feedbacks
Dear Content Contributor, It is my pleasure to discuss the issue of effective grading and providing timely feedbacks to our students in a bid to improving our teaching and learning culture. Grading is the process of applying standardized measurements of varying levels of achievement in a course. Grades can be assigned as letters (Generally from A […]
News Published in January 2015
Information on EBOLA Viral Disease
Dear Content Contributor, The recent health challenge, caused by the EBOLA viral disease in some West African countries like Liberia, Sierra-Leone, Guinea and Nigeria, is now gaining popularity and arousing discussions day-by-day in America, Europe and the rest of the world. I think there is the need to educate ourselves on this important issue. […]
Course Design & Teaching Methods
Dear Content Contributor, In our last week’s tips, it was noted that if we make the right adjustments to our course designs and teaching methodologies, we will hear less of students complaining in our classes. Many world-class Universities as ours do make conscious efforts at designing their courses and carefully adopting the appropriate methodology […]
Effective ways of impacting your students
Dear Content Contributor, I really appreciate the feedbacks received so far from members of the University Community on our previous weekly tips on the various ways we can improve teaching and learning processes in FUNAAB. Obviously, there is need for us to evaluate or audit various activities in our classes in the previous years to […]
Microteaching: Practice of Teaching
Dear Content Contributor, As we are making conscious effort to ensure that FUNAAB attains a world-class status, there is the need to gradually cultivate this culture through the practice of microteaching. What Is Microteaching? Microteaching is an organised practice of teaching. The goal is to give instructors confidence, support, and feedback by letting them try […]
Guide to Effective Teaching & Learning
Dear Content Contributor, This week, I will like us to reflect on a guide that can help us to improve on our teaching and learning activities. This guide was extracted from a book titled, “Teaching American Students – A Guide for International Faculty and Teaching Assistants in Colleges and Universities”, written by Ellen Sarkisian. […]
Usage of Social Media in Learning & Teaching
Dear Content Contributor, Last week, we started our discussion on the use of Learning Management System (LMS) for effective teaching and learning in Higher Education like ours. I hope you find it interesting for adoption into FUNAAB classroom experience. This week, we want to continue in the series of Learning Technology by discussing the usage […]
Learning Management System (LMS) in Supporting Learning & Teaching
Dear Content Contributor, Many world-class Universities nowadays are cultivating stronger relationship with Learning Management System (LMS) platform in supporting learning and teaching. Elwin Jones and Katherine Quinley, corroborate this fact in their published article titled, “Cultivating Stronger Relationships with Online Faculty through an On-Campus Visitation Programme”. Read more What is Learning Management System? […]
Teaching & Learning Resources
Dear Content Contributor, The establishment of the Centre for Innovation and Strategy in Learning and Teaching (CISLT) by the University Management, led by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Bandele Oyewole, has placed FUNAAB among the world-class Universities such as Harvard, MIT, Stanford, University of Cape Town , South Africa, among others, which ensure that sound […]
Quality Teaching in Higher Education
Dear Content Contributor, Quality teaching in higher education matters for students’ learning outcomes. As an Institution, we need to ensure that the education we offer meets the expectations of students, the requirements of employers, and the benefits of our society; both for today and for the future. The institution-wide vision and strategy need to be well-aligned […]
Teaching & Learning: Enhancing Students’ & Lecturers’ Performance
Dear Content Contributor, I am thrilled to discover that a lot of work had been done in the areas of teaching and learning in order to enhance students’ and lecturers’ performance. In our recent research and discovery on learning and teaching process, we found out that some leading Universities had set the pace that we […]
Be Good Ambassadors – VC Charges Matriculating Students
03 February 2015 The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, has admonished the newly-matriculated students of the University to strive for academic excellence and be good ambassadors of the University. He made this call during the 2014/2015 Academic Session Matriculation ceremony, held recently. Professor Oyewole said it would be the third in the series, he would be […]
PenCom Set to Verify Retiring Varsity Staff
03 February 2015 The National Pension Commission (PenCom) is organising a verification and enrolment exercise for employees in the service of the Federal Government that are due for retirement between January and December 2016, by virtue of their attainment of the retiring age of 65 years for Non-teaching Staff and 70 years for Academic Staff […]
Professor Salako to Deliver 48th Inaugural Lecture
03 February 2015 The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Development, Professor Felix Salako, would deliver the 48th Inaugural Lecture of the University on Wednesday, February 4, 2015. The lecture, which is titled “For Soil to Oil the Nation: Advancing the Frontiers of Conservation Agriculture in Nigeria”, takes place at the FUNAAB Ceremonial Building, beginning at 2pm. A Professor […]