21st century classroom for nigeria

The Future of Classrooms in the

Nigerian Education System !

by H. Tomi Davies, Laptops4Learning

Our Traditional Classrooms

• Students !

• Teacher !

• Lessons & Rules!

• Physical Space!

• Tools

Future Classroom Design Criteria

• Student-Centred Architecture!

• Teacher Facilitated Learning!

• Technology Access

Students

• Learning through doing & discovering!

• Collaboration!

• Learning to Learn

Teachers

• Continuous Training & Development!

• Facilitator & Coach!

• Teamworking

Classroom Lessons & Rules

• YESTERDAY!

• Teacher-centred!

• Content coverage!

• Memorising Information!

• Quiz & Test Assessment!

• Textbook Dependent!

• Individualistic!

• TODAY!

• Student-centred!

• Learning by doing!

• Using Information!

• Performance Assessment!

• Multi-Source!

• Collaborative

Physical Space

• Safe & Secure!

• Decentralised Seating!

• Enabling to Teachers & Students

Today’s Frontier - Classroom Tools

• Teacher & Student Devices !

• Presentation - Board/Screen!

• Audio - Microphone/Speaker !

• Video - Camera/Screen!

• Printing & Scanning!

• Internet Access - Cloud

Conclusion

• We are already in the 21st Century!

• Technology is no longer optional!

• Todays world belongs to learners

THANK YOU!

H. Tomi Davies!

www.l4ln.org!

t.davies@l4ln.org!