The Africa Digital Campus (ADC) project was officially launched on Tuesday, 25 October, at the Golden Tulip le Diplomate Hotel in Cotonou by the government, with the support of the Agence Française de Développement (Afd) and the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF), to strengthen cooperation in distance learning and network infrastructure in West Africa.
Present at the momentous occasion were Eléonore Yayi Ladékan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research; Aurélie Adam Soulé Zoumarou, the Minister for Digital Affairs and Digitisation; Alexandra Chauveau, AFD’s Cotonou Pole Manager and Dr Boubakar Barry, CEO of WACREN, Marc-André Loko executive director of ASIN, Laurent Ilboudo, Deputy regional director; Tizane Daho – Deputy Director UV-BF.
All stakeholders expressed committment to the successful implementation of the project.
Outputs
- About 80 educators have been trained on how to design online courses for e-learners
- More than 20 network engineers have been trained on designing and operating campus networks
- A community of practice comprising of 50 teachers have been established for knowledge exchange on e-learning
By the end of the pilot project in Benin, the following will have been achieved:
Competent educators
Teachers will have gained the requisite skills to leverage approrpiate technology and content for e-learning education.
e-learning infrastructure
There will have been a solid infrastruture to support e-learning. This will include high speed internet, LMS and open educational resources
Academic continuity
A robust academic environment that continues pedagogy delivery in spite of the external shocks.
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