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 and learning. Let us read a published article from Patty H. …

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 of collaborative teaching,  as proposed by Karen Hughes Miller in h…

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 to F), or as a number (for example, 0 to 100). I be…

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. Interestingly, today’s edition of TIME newspaper h…

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 in disseminating courses for improving student…

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 determine our strengths and shortcomings. However, we can make a…

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…