Social Media

Awareness in

Nigeria EducationDate: Sunday, 27th April 2014

Time: 2pm.

Theme: Social Media and Education

Venue: Tender tots Nur. & Pry sch., Isolo, Lagos.

Wale Micaiah

In January 2014, the first Social

Media report in Nigeria was

released by Alder Consulting

Organizations and Individuals

were recognized in 3

categories for their use of the

Platform for promoting their

Brands, Products and Services,

and advocating for one cause

or another:

Social Media Icons

Social Media Titans

Social Overlords

EN

TE

RT

AIN

ME

NT

FA

SH

ION

PO

LIT

ICS

SP

OR

TS

Organizations and Individuals received

accolades for effective use of Social Media in:

Education

Nothing!

The implication is that the

Nigerian public have shown some

kind of Apartheid towards

Education!

We are yet to accept that

Education is a vital tool for

Personal & National Development

and that Social Media is the new

Platform of Expression!

This is what motivated me to create

the first Nigeria Social Media report

in Education.

(Released March 15, 2014)

No. Institution Count

1 Ministry of Education & Agencies 26

2 State Ministry of Education & FCT 37

3 Universities 129

4 Polytechnics 81

5 Monotechnics 114

6 Colleges of Education 82

7 School of Nursing & Midwifery 188

8 Technical Schools 133

9 Secondary Schools 218

10 Innovative Enterprise Institutes 71

11 Support Services 62

12 Academic Unions 4

Awareness of Social Media in Nigeria Education:

No Institution Summary

1 FME & Agencies 5.4%

2 State Min. of Education & FCT 14.4%

3 Universities 19%

4 Polytechnics 17.8%

5 Monotechnics 5.2%

6 Colleges of Education 4.6%

7 School of Nursing & Midwifery -

8 Technical Schools -

9 Secondary Schools 4.2%

10 Innovative Enterprise Institutes 7.8%

11 Support Services 20.6%

12 Academic Unions -

11%SUMMARY

Social Media Awareness

Website 57

Facebook 27

Twitter 17

YouTube 8

Google+ 5

LinkedIn 4

Why Use Social Media in Nigeria Education?

First some background

information about

Nigeria…

Active Internet Users:

28.4% of the population

(48.4million)

Age Distribution13-15yrs - 2%16-17yrs - 4.2%18-24yrs - 36.7%25-34yrs - 35.1%35-44yrs - 9.5%45-54yrs - 4.5%55-64yrs - 1.2%65-100yrs - 6.8%

18-24yrs - 36.7%25-34yrs - 35.1%

71.8%

Approximately 3.9million Nigerian

Youth are on Facebook!

If approximately 4.0 million of your Customers

‘lives’ on a Platform, where else should you be?

Reasons!2 Nigerian Youths & Students

Leading institutions12

Institution FB TW UT

Harvard 3.2m 350k 140k

Yale 800k 125k 15k

Oxford 1.4m 130k 22k

Cambridge 660k 107k 35k

MIT 350k 110k 480k

UCT 35k 7k

UI 33k 3k 60

If most of the World’s Reputable Institutions are leveraging on a Platform, where else should you be?

38% of our population are Youths = 65m45% of our population are Students = 75mNumber of Internet users in Nigeria: 48m78% of Internet users are between 19 and 35

38millionNigerian Youth/Students are

Internet users!

Where else should WE be?

1) How are our Educational Institutions (Govt., NGO, Biz,Individuals) using Social Media Networks?

2) What prospects does Social Media presents forNigerian Educators & Learners?

3) How best can Social Media be used for Learning?

We posted these questions to Education Support Serviceswhose Social Media platforms have been identified ashuge resource base for Nigerian Students.

Our respondents independently agreed that our institutions are yet to realize

how best they can use the platform for the good of all.

Social Media is a TOOL. A tool is amoral, neither good nor bad, it only takes the form forwhich it is employed. For this purpose, we decide to use it positively for Education.

Below are some of the ways SM can be used: Facebook offers a perfect platform to build study groups Classroom sessions can be recorded and made available on YouTube Effortless collaborate with other students through discussions Student entrepreneurship becomes more visible through network Using social media to communicate and gather information about various topics. Social media tools can help students develop proficiency with technology; learn to create,

critique, analyze, and evaluate multimedia text; and manage, analyze, and synthesizemultiple streams of information.

Teachers/Lecturers can create Twitter hashtags specific to class projects or initiatives sothat students can collaborate, discuss the subject matter anytime they wish, and thenlocate all tweets that include that specific hashtag

Social Media provide a platform for Off-classroom engagement with Teachers. Institutions can create their professional profiles on LinkedIn, as well as provide summary

information on services available for public consumption. Link professional Alumni via their professional profiles on LinkedIn, this could come

handy during special celebration and fund raising. Cheapest way of maintaining global presence and awareness Schools can hold Tweetchat, Tweetminar and provide announcement to their Students. Students can hold tutorials via tweets - Tweetorial

Evidently, Social Media has

become the new Platform

where the Learned and the

Learner meet for Learning.

Amol Bhave, a 17-year-old from a

small city in India, he completed

the MIT prototype online course –

the sophomore- level Circuits and

Electronics (6.002x) – and earned

terrific marks on his final exam.

Signals and Systems, known at MIT as

“6.003”.

With 2 friends, they build the 6.003

course and shared it with the world

1,100 students signed up for the course

By September 2013, Bhave found

himself 7,500 miles from home in

Cambridge, Massachusetts, a member

of the MIT Class of 2017.

The story is clearly a

tribute to Bhave’s

audacious creativity

and drive, but it also

points to the growing

global reach and

impact of online

learning.

Know

Live Together

Do

Be

4Pillars of

Education

Learning to Know implies learning how to learn by

developing one's Concentration, Memory skills and Ability

to Think.

Learning to Do describes putting knowledge and learning

into practice innovatively through (1)Skill development

and (2)Practical know-how, (3)Development of

competence, (4)Life skills, (5)Personal qualities, (6)Aptitudes

and (7)Attitudes.

Learning to live together in peace and harmony is a

dynamic, holistic and lifelong process through which (the

shared values) are internalized and practiced.

Learning to Be involves activities that foster personal

development (Body, Mind and Spirit) and contribute to

creativity, personal discovery and an appreciation of the

inherent value provided by these pursuits.

Fleuri Academy has its

mantra as:

Learn. Do. Become

Social Media has

presented each of us

the Opportunity to

Learn, to Do, to Live

Together and ultimately,

to Become the person

we dream of becoming.