ICHEI Attended UNESCO’s Sub-Regional Workshop for Online Learning and MOOCs
June 27, 2019On June 17, 2019, a Sub-regional Workshop for Online Learning and MOOCs to Promote Quality Higher Education was held at National Open University of Nigeria in Abuja.
Secretary of ECOWAS, Vice Chancellor of National Open University of Nigeria, Director of UNESCO Office in Abuja and representative from Nigeria National Universities Commission and NATCOM Nigeria together with around 30 participants from Benin, China, Liberia, Morocco, Nigeria and Senegal attended the opening ceremony. An inaugural lecture on how to create a virtual university was delivered by Lagos State University. The 5-day workshop were carried out in two sessions: Design, Development and Use of an On-line Course and Steering and Design of a MOOC.


On June 21, 2019, UNESCO-ICHEI delegation had a meeting with Mr. Yao Ydo, Director of UNESCO Office in Abuja to discuss further cooperation for the two offices in 2020 on the important activities on ICT in higher education in the sub-region.
