In order to meet its e-learning demands, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has opened a cutting-edge facility.
The centre, the first of its sort to be established by any academic school in Ghana, is designed to support digital education and has 23 studios for live and recorded sessions.
With a section devoted to instructional design, it provides professors with a platform to educate and connect with students online as well as record lectures to post for students to view at their convenience.
A cutting-edge facility has been opened by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to serve its e-learning requirements.
The center, the first of its sort to be established by any academic school in Ghana, has 23 studios for live and recorded lessons and is designed to support digital education.
There is a section dedicated to instructional design, and it provides lecturers with a platform to interact with students and teach online while also recording lectures that can be uploaded for students to watch at their convenience.
In an effort to transform higher education in the nation, he said that the university had made enormous investments over the years to modernize its academic infrastructure.
The opening was a part of events commemorating the “KNUST E-Learning Week,” which saw staff, students, and stakeholders participate in numerous webinar sessions, according to Prof. Eric Apau Asante, the director of the E-Learning Centre.
This, he said, has educated staff and students on how to use the “VClass” library resources for efficient online learning, content production, online assessment methodologies, and disability access for online learning.
Through student-led discussions, it also served as a platform to reconsider online teaching and learning and forge technological connections with education.