Professor Som Naidu is former Pro Vice-Chancellor (Flexible Learning), and Director of the Centre for Flexible Learning at the University of the South Pacific, and currently Principal Associate of Technology, Education and Design Associates—a Melbourne based educational technology consultancy service.
HYBRIDIZATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERIES IN THE EMERGING GLOBAL HIGHER EDUCATION ECOSYSTEM.
Prof. Mrs. Goski Alabi is a Full Professor and one of Africa’s leading experts in Quality Management and Leadership, and Co-Founder and President of Laweh University College, Accra. Prof. Mrs. Alabi is an academic, a consultant and an accomplished entrepreneur and author with more than 15 years of professional experience in academia, consultancy, regulation, advocacy and business.
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY AND LEARNING WITHIN A GLOBAL HYBRID ECOSYSTEM
Lexi Adams is a Senior Instructional Teaching and Learning Specialist at Carnegie Mellon University Africa. She holds a Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition from Carnegie Mellon University, a MAT in Foreign Language Education, and double BA in Linguistics and Hispanic Languages and Literature from the University of Pittsburgh. Her area of expertise lies in classroom discourse, multilingual education, evidence-based pedagogy, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.
EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE HYBRID PEDAGOGIES TO SUPPORT MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS.
Christine Iyetunde Ofulue is a Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics, Foreign and Nigerian Languages, Faculty of Arts, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). She is the Director of the Regional Training and Research Institute for Distance and Open Learning (RETRIDOL) and also the Director of the African Council for Distance Education Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency (ACDE QAAA) both hosted at NOUN.
PROGRAMME AND CONTENT DEVELOPMENT FOR TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING WITHIN A HYBRID ECOSYSTEM
Deputy-director of the Multidisciplinary Institute for Human Development with Technologies of the State University of Rio de Janeiro. Assistant Professor at the State University of Rio de Janeiro since 1982. Member of the “Board” of the International Council for Open and Distance Education. Temporary External Advisor for the World Health Organization’s Academy Learning Strategy Group.
BUILDING SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME – BASED HYBRID TEACHING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR INSTITUTIONAL SUSTAINABILITY
The University of Lagos is a dual mode university established by an Act of Parliament in 1962 to deliver qualitative and research-based education to Nigerians and all those who have entered its domain in search of knowledge.
It is prestigious, and arguably the most preferred university in Nigeria. The university is located in the scenic and cosmopolitan city of Lagos that has an estimated 22 million-person population. Due to its unique and cosmopolitan environment, the University was also required to provide facilities for studies through the Open Distance Learning mode.
The University recognises that ODL is a veritable alternative to increase access to higher education in both developed and developing countries thereby providing unique opportunities to all lifelong learners.
To be a Centre of Excellence in the provision of educational services through the Open Distance Learning mode.
Hybrid (Largely Physical + Online) Registration is free but it is required. Register by 1st July 2023
The 2nd International Colloquium with the theme: “Hybridization of Instructional Deliveries in the Emerging Global Higher Education Ecosystem” will bring together International and National ODeL practitioners to deliberate on the theme and conceptualize and critically thing through what should come next.
All educational practitioners particularly those involved in policy making and administration of Open Distance Education and E-Learning in Higher Educational Institutions, Ministries, Secondary School Teachers and Administrators, NGOs and all Stakeholders in Education.
NURUDEEN ALAO AUDITORIUM, DISTANCE LEARNING INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 21st July, 2023
Enquiries:
uudeani@unilag.edu.ng omodebulu@unilag.edu.ng
THEME: HYBRIDIZATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERIES IN THE EMERGING GLOBAL HIGHER EDUCATION ECOSYSTEM
B.Sc. Ed, M.Ed, Ph.D, D.Sc, MNAE, FCOL, FSTAN, FAAS. Professor of Science Education and Professor of Open and Distance Learning;
Immediate Past Secretary to the Government of Kogi State of Nigeria;
Immediate past Secretary-General/CEO of Association of African Universities;
National Coordinator of National Open and Distance Learning Programmes;
foundation Vice Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN);
Vice President (Africa Region) of International Council on Education of Teaching (ICET);
former President, now Global Ambassador of the African Council for Distance Education (ACDE);
Member of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board Committee on Internationalisation;
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows Association of Nigeria;
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of FutureX Technology;
Member of the Board of Trustees of Online Education System Video Conferencing Software;
Member Board of Directors Techplus Technologies;
Member Board of Trustees of Fintech Institute of Nigeria;
Chairman Board of Directors of Multeversity Africa and Multeversity Nigeria;
Chairman, of the Church of Nigeria Education Policy Drafting Committee;
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of eUniversity Africa;
Awarded the Best Vice-Chancellor in Nigeria 2009 by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), African Leadership Star Award for Excellence in Tertiary Education;
Globally renowned for his Theory of Collateral Learning propounded in 1995;
Developed ODL systems in various parts of the world;
Pro-Chancellor Littoral University, Porto-Novo, Republic of Benin;
Recipient of the International Council for Distance Education (ICDE) Prize of Excellence for Lifelong Contribution to the field;
Consultant to global agencies including AAU, EU, UNESCO, COL, World Bank, AfDB and UNDP.
Professor Jegede is Emeritus Professor at the National Open University of Nigeria.
Dr Akanimo Odon holds a master’s degree in Environmental Rehabilitation, a PhD in Environmental Management from Lancaster University, UK and business and enterprise certifications and fellowships from Cambridge University UK, Stanford University USA and MIT USA.
He specializes in cross-border education and innovations in research and is an expert in navigating, developing and managing relationships between academia, government and industry in Africa for economic viability, research impact and student employability.
He has been Africa Strategy Adviser for Aberystwyth University, University of Strathclyde; University of East Anglia; and currently he is the African Regional Adviser for the University of London, the Africa Adviser for Lancaster University and the Africa director for Zurich Elite Business School Switzerland.
He recently founded Flexy-Learn (www.flexylearn.com), a one-stop online shop for distance learning provision for Africa. He is Principal Consultant of Envirofly Consulting UK (www.envirofly-group.com) and Founder of Lancaster International, an international outreach school/programme focused on supporting primary and secondary schools in Africa (www.lancasterinternational.org).
He is the Strategic Adviser of the Innov8 Hub and Mentor on the Nigerian Government TETFUND funded TETFAIR Programme (https://innov8hub.ng/tetfair/). He is also Chair of the African Union Scientific Research and Innovation Council (UK) sits on several international boards including the largest and most reputable Think-Tank organization in Africa, the Africa Technology Policy Studies Network, ATPS, headquartered in Nairobi Kenya.
In the UK, he has been an Adviser to the British Government on developing international education policies under the National Student Forum; Education Consultant for British Council; Business Development Consultant for the Grow Creative Scheme under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF); Local Content Consultant to City and Guilds UK; and Local Content Adviser to BG Group.
In Africa, he has been Strategy Consultant for the National Centre for Energy and Environment under the Energy Commission of the Presidency, Nigeria; Technical Adviser for Lagos State Ministry of Environment; Non-Resident Research Fellow of the African Centre for Technological Studies, Kenya; Adviser for Africa Centre for Energy Policy in Ghana; Consultant for Trust Africa Senegal, reviewing capacity building policies in Nigeria, Mali, Bostwana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Gabon and Egypt; Adviser to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Tanzania; Local Content Consultant to the African Development Bank; and also consulted for the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas on capacity building.
He was an Adviser to the National Economic Empowerment Council Tanzania under the Prime Minister’s Office and an adviser to the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT); and currently is a visiting professor/faculty to Strathmore University Kenya and Igbinedion University Nigeria.
He has delivered training to over 40 African Universities especially on internationalization of education and research strategies and bridging gaps between academia and industry. He was also the Africa Adviser on the 7 million pounds UK Government Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Lancaster University RECIRCULATE project which focuses on capacity building for a circular water economy in six African countries – Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Malawi, Zambia and Botswana.
He was also African Adviser on the 20 million pounds UK Government GCRF Strathclyde University One Oceans Management project in Africa; and also, Africa Adviser on the 700,000 pounds Waste to Energy Project in African Universities (ACTUATE Project).
In the last ten years, Odon has organized and facilitated over 50 Africa-focused international workshops and conferences; liaised and collaborated with government, industries and academia in over 30 African countries; developed over 100 strategic educational, research and commercial partnerships between UK and African organizations; facilitated and supported the setting up of over 30 African-focused SMEs; designed and implemented over 40 strategic capacity building and knowledge transfer schemes and programmes; delivered innovative research impact and management training to over a thousand African researchers and mentored over 500 young African researchers and entrepreneurs under XN Foundation, an NGO he founded thirteen years ago.
He is an author of two literary books (a novel and an anthology of poetry) and a practical career transformation book titled ‘The Graduate Code’. He is a poet and a multi-award-winning film producer for his recent feature-length movie DRY. He is also creator of one of the most comprehensive and UK CPD certified suite of online career programme in Africa, the Career Enhancement Programme Online (CEPO) – www.flexylearn.com/cepo
Professor Folasade Ogunsola, is the 13th Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos and first female to occupy that position. She was the pioneer Deputy Vice Chancellor Development services where she was charged to oversee and develop the University”s internationalization, Innovation and Entrepreneurship as well as its Strategic partnerships.
She was the13th and first female Provost of its College of Medicine and First Female Chairman of the Association of Provosts of Colleges of Medicine, Nigeria. She is a medical Doctor, a Professor of Medical Microbiology and Consultant Clinical Microbiologist to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital,
Professor Folasade Ogunsola graduated from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) as a medical doctor in 1982.
Between 1982-1983 she did her housemanship at both the University College Hospital and Lagos University Teaching Hospital. After Youth service with Lagos state in 1984, she worked as a private practitioner till 1989 when she went back to school and obtained an MSc with distinction in Medical Microbiology in 1990 from the University of Lagos, College of Medicine.
In 1990 she started her residency programme in Pathology at the Lagos University Teaching hospital subspecialising in Medical Microbiology becoming a fellow by examination of the Nigerian National Postgraduate Medical College in Pathology (FMCPath) and the West African College of Physicians (FWACP) (Lab Medicine).
She later also obtained a PhD in Medical Microbiology from the University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff. She is also a fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists UK (FRCPath), a Fellow of the Nigeria Academy of Science (FAS) and a foundation fellow of both the National Academy of Medicine and Academy of Medical Specialties.
Her research interest has centered on the diagnosis and prevention of infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance. Her research into infection prevention started in the area of anaerobic bacteriology which led her into the field of HIV epidemiology and prevention She was the Site principlal Investigator for community-based efforts to prevent HIV, Tuberculosis and sexualy transmitted diseases in Lagos slums from 2003-06 in collaboration with the AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria (APIN) program of Harvarrd school of Public health.
This collaboration with Harvard school of public health led to other studies and programs. Notable Among several grants she attracted to the University is the B.R.A.I.N.S (Building Research and Innovations in Nigeria’s Science), a five year NIH funded grant (2015-2020) in collaboration with Chang School of public health of Harvard University and North Western University in the United States of America.
Through the B.R.A.I.N.S there was capacity building of several faculty and administrators through trainings and research in the University.
Within the university she has served on many committees and Boards as Chair of the entrepreneurship, skills development board, Chairman Board of Kessington Adebukunola Adebutu (KAAF) Maternity and Laboratory center as well as Academic Publishing Centre (Southwest Zone) amongst others. She is a three time member of the University of Lagos council.
Nationally she serves on a number of technical committees and boards, she is a Member of the Nigerian Expert Review Committee for the eradication of Polio, Chairperson National Infection Prevention Control Policy review committee at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Member of the Governing Council of the Lagos State Biobank. She is also on the board of Iwosan a private medical advisory board.
Internatiionally she was a member Peer Review panel of the Joint Programme Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR) -a global collaborative organisation and platform involving 29 countries in Europe USA. She has worked at different times with the World Health Organisation since 2003 as an infection control expert.
She is presently a member World Health Organisation Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on Infectious Hazards with Pandemic and Epidemic Potential (STAG-IH), Chair of the World Health Organisation Ebola Infection prevention and control Guideline Development Group (GDG)and a Member World Health Organisation, Technical Advisory Group on Hand Hygiene.
Professor Ogunsola has published over 150 papers in peer reviewed national and international journals, has presented papers at over 100 conferences, workshops and seminars. She has attracted over 21 research grants worth over $20million to her University. She reviews for and serves on the Editorial board of 13 national and international peer reviewed scientific journals including the American Journal of Infection Control.
She is a highly cited researchers with an H-index of 23 and has been cited more than 2232 times since 2017
Professor Folasade Ogunsola is a member of various professional associations some of which include: European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious diseases, American Society for Microbiology, Medical Women's Association of Nigeria, Nigerian Medical Association, Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria., She is currently the Chair of the Infection Control Africa Network (ICAN) with head office in South Africa.
Professor Ogunsola has also impacted her community positively. She is a member of the Mentors forum where she mentors young physicians, she is the Chairman board of EpidAlert: a community- based NGO focused on Communication of epidemics and disasters at grass-root level and a Member of the Governing Council of Vivian Fowler Memorial College for girls.
She loves classical music especially those by Handel, Mozart and Beethoven. She is an avid reader with special interest in biographies. She loves to travel and is happily married with Children and grandchildren.
Professor Uchenna Nkiruka Udeani holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology (B.Sc) and a Ph.D in Science Education from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. She is a Professor of Science Education and the current Director of the Distance Learning Institute (DLI) of the University of Lagos.
Professor Udeani’s area of research interest is conceptual learning relating to the use of prior conceptions and adaptive cognition in measuring the learning of science concepts. She has a special interest in the underrepresentation of girls and women in STEM disciplines and has developed a Gender Inclusive Instructional Strategy for use in secondary schools to help more girls learn science.
Currently she is working on an Affirmative Action Project aimed at improving girls’ attitudes and achievement in science. Professor Udeani is a consultant to many organisations including the Federal Government of Nigeria, UNESCO, World Bank, ENERGIA, Friends of the Environment (FOTE) ALOFOS, Science Foundation, Ajesola Majekodunmi Foundation (ASMAF) Nigeria Breweries, Felix Ohieweri Education Foundation. She is also on the Board of Directors of CDNet a Career Development Initiative for youths. She works as an Equal Opportunities Specialist for several non-governmental organizations.
Beyond her professional career, Professor Udeani is involved in several community projects aimed at empowering women in Leadership, Politics, Education and Life Skills. She founded the Girls and Science Outreach (GASO) a non-governmental, non-profit making organization aimed at popularizing STEM career and disciplines among Nigerian girls.
The seasoned scholar belongs to a number of professional organizations including the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Organization of Women in Science for the Developing World, African Women in Science and Engineering, Science Teachers Association of Nigeria, Phi Delta Kappa to mention a few. In 2017 she was appointed as a member of the Programme Committee of the International Dialogue on STEM (IDoS) in Germany.
Professor Som Naidu is former Pro Vice-Chancellor (Flexible Learning), and Director of the Centre for Flexible Learning at the University of the South Pacific, and currently Principal Associate of Technology, Education and Design Associates—a Melbourne based educational technology consultancy service.
Dr. Naidu has spent most of his professional life in the higher education sector in a variety of roles to do with enhancing learning and teaching in open, flexible, distance, online learning and distributed learning, and education more generally in a variety of jurisdictions. He possesses undergraduate qualifications in Education from the University of Waikato in New Zealand and graduate qualifications in Educational Technology from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. A former president of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia, Som has served as Executive Editor of the journal Distance Education (https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cdie20/current) (since 1997).
In May 2014 the Open University of Sri Lanka awarded Dr. Naidu a D.Litt. (Honoris Causa), in recognition of his extensive contribution to the field of open, flexible, distance and e-learning both regionally and internationally. And in July 2020, Advance Higher Education, UK, admitted Dr. Naidu as Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy for his commitment, contribution and strategic leadership in the scholarship of learning and teaching globally.
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Prof. Mrs. Goski Alabi is a Full Professor and one of Africa's leading experts in Quality Management and Leadership, and Co-Founder and President of Laweh University College, Accra. Prof. Mrs. Alabi is an academic, a consultant and an accomplished entrepreneur and author with more than 15 years of professional experience in academia, consultancy, regulation, advocacy and business.
Prof. Mrs. Alabi serves on several public, corporate and international boards and committees. She is the President of African Council for Distance Education(ACDE), the Chair of the African Network for Internationalisation of Education (ANIE), the West Africa Representative of the Executive Board of the African Council for Distance Education (ACDE) (from March 2017), Ghana’s Representative to the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Contaminants in Foods (2015 to date), Member of the Team of Experts of the African Quality Rating Mechanism of the African Union Commission (2015), and Member of the ISO Technical Committee on Consumer Policy (COPOLCO) (July 2014 to date), a certified Member of the Europe-Africa-Caribbean Liaison Committee (COLEACP) Inter Professional Association, among many others.
Prof. Mrs. Alabi was the Dean of the Centre for International Education and Collaboration. Prior to that appointment, she served as the founding Dean of School of Graduate Studies, at the University of Professional Studies Accra from 2009 -2016, starting from zero to about 1000 students in six years with nine distinct graduate programmes.
Prof. Mrs. Alabi is a Chemist and educationist with a BSc in Chemistry and a Diploma in Education from the University of Cape-Coast (1996), a Food Scientist with an MPhil in Food Science from the University of Ghana (2000).
Prof. Goski has a Doctor of Business Administration from the Swiss Management Centre (2011) and a PhD in Business Administration by the Central University of Nicaragua (2014). She has over 70 scholarly journal publications, books, conference and technical papers.
Lexi Adams is a Senior Instructional Teaching and Learning Specialist at Carnegie Mellon University Africa. She holds a Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition from Carnegie Mellon University, a MAT in Foreign Language Education, and double BA in Linguistics and Hispanic Languages and Literature from the University of Pittsburgh. Her area of expertise lies in classroom discourse, multilingual education, evidence-based pedagogy, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.
At CMU-Africa, Adams co-leads the Teaching and Learning Pillar in the Afretec Network and facilitates professional development, workshops, and training for faculty. Adams also has a background teaching Spanish, English as a Second Language, composition, and teacher education for K-12, undergraduate, and graduate students in the United States, South America, and the Middle East.
In addition to her work in educational development and teaching, Adams focuses on creating equitable, inclusive learning experiences for students through classroom research.
Guided by a sociocultural approach to learning and development, she uses qualitative research methods to explore how opportunities for learning are co-constructed through classroom discourse and interactions.
Adams aims to translate her research findings to evidence-based practices that instructors can use to facilitate classroom discussions and better support their multilingual learners.
Christine Iyetunde Ofulue is a Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics, Foreign and Nigerian Languages, Faculty of Arts, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). She is the Director of the Regional Training and Research Institute for Distance and Open Learning (RETRIDOL) and also the Director of the African Council for Distance Education Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency (ACDE QAAA) both hosted at NOUN.
She holds a PhD in Linguistics from Indiana University, Bloomington, U.S.A (1992), and a Postgraduate Diploma in Open and Distance Learning from the Indira Gandhi Open University, India (2008).
A Fulbright Visiting Scholar and Alumna of the U.S. Fulbright Visiting Scholar programme (2013-2014), Professor Ofulue has facilitated several research, training and capacity-building initiatives within the open and distance higher education space in Africa. At her institution, she has served in various leadership capacities including foundation head of Quality Assurance and foundation Director of the Directorate of Research Administration.
Prof Ofulue has authored several publications and has been featured as a speaker at national and international conferences. Her research interests in Linguistics are on language use in multilingual and technologically mediated contexts, exploring language ideology and identity construction as social practice; and on quality assurance and research in flexible learning in African higher education to improve educational outcomes and enrich students’ learning experiences. She is the principal investigator in a TETfund NRF-funded project, ‘Setting a Research Agenda for ODeL in the Global South: Nigeria as a case study.
Deputy-director of the Multidisciplinary Institute for Human Development with Technologies of
the State University of Rio de Janeiro. Assistant Professor at the State University of Rio de Janeiro
since 1982. Member of the “Board” of the International Council for Open and Distance Education.
Temporary External Advisor for the World Health Organization’s Academy Learning Strategy
Group. Member of the Special Committee to Combat Covid-19 of the City of Rio de Janeiro.
Member of the Coordination of the National Project “Sífilis Não” of the Ministry of Health of
Brazil, with decentralized execution by the Laboratory of Technological Innovation in Health at
the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte.
Fellow Researcher at the Laboratory of Technological Innovation in Health at the Federal
University of Rio Grande do Norte. Member of the Research Ethics Committee of the Municipal
Health Department of Rio de Janeiro.
Guest Professor of the Postgraduate Program in Infectious and Parasitic Diseases at the Federal
University of Mato Grosso do Sul on "Ethics and Integrity of Research and Academic Production".
Engr. Kayode Odedina [JP] is a Scientist, an Engineer, an ICT Practitioner, an Educationist, an Administrator and a Quality Assurance Practitioner.
Engr. Kayode Odedina holds a National Diploma (ND) of Ogun State Polytechnic, Abeokuta in Electrical/Electronic Engineering with Distinction in 1982. He obtained his Higher National Diploma (HND) of Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro in Electrical Engineering (Electronics Option) with Upper Credit in 1985. Engr. Odedina obtained his M. Eng. in Electrical & Electronic Engineering (with specialisation in Telecommunication Systems Engineering) of Anambra State University of Technology, Enugu in 1991. He also possesses an MBA in Technology Policy and Management of Ogun State University, Ago-Iwoye. Engr. Odedina holds a B.Sc. Degree in Information Technology of the National Open University of Nigeria as well as a Diploma in Management of Higher Education Institutes at the Galilee International Management Institute, Israel.
Engr. Kayode Odedina joined the services of the National Universities Commission in April 2002 as an Assistant Chief Hardware Engineer. He was appointed the Acting Director of the Directorate of Open, Distance and e-Learning in March, 2020.
Engr. Odedina has attended various professional and management training programmes both within and outside Nigeria. He is duly registered with both the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) and Computer Professional (Registration Council) of Nigeria (CPN. Engr. Kayode Odedina attained IC3 digital literacy certification in August 2020.
Engr. Kayode Odedina has won academic, professional and social laurels in the past that included the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission’s Professional Fellowship Award on e-education followed at the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation, UK in 2005.