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 out among friends and colleague…

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. It is expected that more graduates are willing to join the teac…

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 of social media in learning and teaching. Recently, m…

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 Wha…

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 and quality learning an…

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 with bottom-up practices and i…

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 can follow. That is why I am using Teaching at University of Nottingham as a …

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 presiding over as Vice-Ch…

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 in tertiary institutions, such as FUNAAB. According to…

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 of Soil Physics in the Col…

23 January 2015 The Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) Branch, recently commissioned its 18-Seater Hummer Bus at the NASU Secretariat Office, purely for commercial use. The Branch Chairman of NASU, Comrade Isiaq Odunjo, expressed his appreciation to Comrade Kolawole Adenekan, the National Deputy President of the Union; Comrade Femi Soetan, the Sta…

20 January 2015 The 2014/2015 Academic Session Matriculation for fresh students and the Third Commencement Lecture of the University, which would formally kick-start the new Academic Session, are to hold on Wednesday, January 28, 2015, at the FUNAAB Ceremonial Building, at 10am and 12 noon respectively. The lecture, titled, "Promoting Youth Entrepreneurship in Nigerian Universities: Students' Choi…