Preparing Nigerians for

communication with the Global

Academic Community.

Technology for Teaching Math at the University of Jos -

CONCEPTS

Project Description

Redesign and develop local

content.

Promote active participation in the

classroom.

Enhance students’ experiences

with technology

Make teaching interactive, learning

pleasurable.

A research and training

project for National

Development.

Funded by; JCPC, HP

and STEPB to start with.

An evolving model for e-

learning.

A STEM COI for Jos and

Nigeria.

Development Model

Local content

Research

TrainingDevelopment

MTH 103: OLI Calculus provides complementary material and self assessment.

Over 5000 students and six lecturers impacted

Presentations expose the public to the partnership with Carnegie, HP, and STEPB.

Heavily subscribed compulsory first year courses

More than 1500 students per class.

Class size prevents staff-student interaction.

Poor performance as

lack of affordable text.

Lessons from the literature and experience-

more about pedagogy, less about technology.

Phase I -- Static

Training Abroad

LMS training at UniJos

Lecture notes uploaded

Students printed

hardcopies

Phase II -- Interactive

Integrated UP &

Camtasia

Interactive assessment

Online

training/Community of

Practice (Listserv)

Membership of the

worldwide community

of “HP Technology for

Teaching” (TfT) grant

recipients.

Opportunity to tap the

resources and

experience of this HP

community.

Jim Vanides

Course redesign for MTH101 and CS101

Work with the Dean FNS to extend this experiment to all departments in the faculty.

Work with other faculties to replicate across the University of Jos.

Work with other partners to replicate in other HEIs across Nigeria.

Stimulate STEM education in Nigeria.

Course redesign and

local content for MTH

101, MTH103 and

CS101.

Comprehensive

impact assessment.

63 more tablet PCs

for faculty interactive

laboratory.

All in 12 months.

Next 12 months.

Replicate in every

department in the

FNS at UJ.

Scale cycle 1 to

include Polytechnics,

Colleges of

Education, Secondary

Schools and other

Universities.

2 Unexpected Outputs-Enriching the Teaching and Learning Experience Through the use of Technology

A university wide e-

learning fellowship

sponsored by the

JCPC and PHEA.

JCPC DI for more

local content creation

mentored by e-

fellows.

Lifelong learning for

all.

A Tradition of Partnerships

Partnering with Carnegie Corporation,

Hewlett Packard and STEPB to Improve

Students' Performance in Mathematics and

The Sciences Using Technology.

Measuring the Impact of Integrating

Technologies for Teaching and Learning in a

Nigerian University

Support under the

leadership of the VC.

Faculty Support from

the Dean.

Departmental Support

from the Head.

We are already

enjoying all of it and

we trust it will be

always there!

“The Maths story is an exceptional one. You

started with modest JCPC funding -

US$45,000! Now you have US$436,000 in

grants from HP and StepB combined!!!!

Wow! This story will help others envision

what they can do if they start modestly. It's

inspirational! I've told the story a few times

and I see how eyes light up wondering how

they can get onboard.”

Expressions of interest to Partner

Geography and Planning, Geology and

Mining, Pharmaceutical Chemistry-UJ

University of Ilorin, BUK, University of

agriculture, Makurdi, FUT Minna and ATBU

Federal College of Education, Pankshin

Anticipating these Exps of Interest

We introduced an evolving model for e-

learning in Nigerian HEIs.

A 25 week proposal to train and mentor

teams in the Nigerian education space.

We are working on a proposal for a STEM

Centre of Innovation in Technology for

Teaching.

In Perspective- Preparing Nigerian students for better

communication with the Global Academic Community.