Classrooms with Electronic Walls: An Emerging Collaborative Teaching Learning System for Effective Distance Education in Nigeria

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This paper describes research and development efforts on building classrooms with electronic walls. As part of their training towards a first-degree programme, the 300Level students of Computer Science in all universities in Nigeria are mandated to undergo a compulsory six months industry based training. During this period, the students are ‘disconnected’ from the university community and from their course mates. By using notebook computers, pen-based interfaces, wireless network infrastructures and customized software; the classroom setting can be simulated to create a collaborative learning setting. The students though are geographically distributed across the country; they can be linked together by shared data, collaborative discussions and pedagogical guidance of the IT coordinators and instructors. The work will show how students through this approach can acquire skills in inquiry, research methodology, and statistical and mathematical analysis.

Stream: Technology in Learning; Maths, Science and Technology Learning

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Ms Oladipo, Onaolapo Francisca holds an MSc degree in Computer Science from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka Nigeria. She is currently a lecturer and PhD student in the department of Computer Science of the same institution. She has published a number of papers in journals and presented papers in a number of International conferences. Her current area of interest is virtual reality modelling of virtual teaching and learning environments.