OAU Commences Distance Learning Degree Programmes In Accounting, Nursing And Economics

By Adejumo Kabir

Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has introduced e-Learning for some of its programmes, which are to be administered through its Centre for Distance Learning.

Following the approval of the National Universities Commission (NUC), OAUCDL has started receiving applications into its E-Learning programme for B.Sc. Degrees in Accounting, Economics and Nursing.

Since its establishment, the Centre has been striving to keep abreast of the most up-to-date methods of distance learning practice by continually updating its modes of lecture delivery to reflect the latest proven concepts, methods and practices.

The centre is designed in a way that open and distance education is best accomplished through E-learning, which is the mode adopted by OAUCDL.

The programme is administered online through a customised study tablet called the Vigitab. Students do not have to report to a physical classroom. Their lecture room is on the Vigitab which would be given to each student upon resumption.

Quizzes and assignments would be taken and submitted online while lecture videos, hand-outs in PDF format and other additional materials and references as the instructor deems necessary would be distributed through the Vigitab platform.

The curricula for various programmes are the same as for regular in-house programmes within the University; hence, certificate for degree and diploma programmes are the same as for full-time students.

The total time to complete an online course is equivalent to that of campus regular programme and the same degree would be awarded after the completion of the programme.