Tertiary education across African continent is set to witness a major boost with the launch of a new e-learning platform.
Making this disclosure yesterday was the Group Chief Executive Officer, Emerging Platforms Group, Mr. Kola Aina.
Aina made this submission at the E-learning Africa Conference 2015 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The e-Learning Africa Conference was a gathering of business professionals and education technology (edtech) entrepreneurs to showcase and debate on advancing education technology in Africa.
According to him, Africa and Africans cannot afford to be left out of the educational technology movement that is presently showcasing the best of e-learning solutions that are brining education closer to the people at their own convenience.
While presenting EduPlatforms, one of the start-up companies in Nigeria within the Emerging Platforms Group, Aina stated that personalised e-learning solution is a revolution needed in advancing education in Africa.
EduPlatforms which recently signed a partnership with the National Open University Nigeria and the Kano State University of Science and Technology is growing steadily with provision of customised e-solutions for tertiary education.
“With EduPlatforms, we have created an innovative and personalised e-learning solution for tertiary institutions with the aim of making learning more efficient and effective for both students and tutors. We realise that today’s students are digital natives; it is therefore important that School Administrators invest in academic solutions that are technologically driven which will meet today’s digital students at his/her comfort zone,” Aina said.
Speaking on the ilearn and ilearn Plus solutions for tertiary education at the exhibition, Aina informed that it is an end-to-end turnkey solution that provides world class e-learning services particularly for students of Open and Distance learning institutions.
“The ilearn spans the deployment of administration portals and learning management systems, instructional design, multi-media content production and support services. It offers more flexibility and convenience for students of Open & Distance Learning (ODL) institutions as well as conventional institutions, by providing an effective and personalised learning platform that encourages students to create study groups with students and tutors online.”