When completed, the project will help to accelerate students learning, research and social collaboration using a combination of the latest and best- in- class advanced education technologies that can only be found among top universities in Europe, Asia and America, a statement from the university’s media consultant said.
Vice chancellor of Babcock University, Professor Kayode Makinde said the technologies will connect lecturers and students in real-time collaboration, learning and problem solving, ensure through the use of a special tool for content creation, authoring and publishing capacities for lecturers. Besides, parents are integrated into the world of real- live education development of their wards.
Makinde said the institution is working with a consortium of six companies from Canada, Israel, Germany, USA, France and India backed by two topmost Nigerian banks to deploy 12,000 customised Babcock Learning Tablets (BLT) for students with 32 Gigabit android powered 10.1 inch tablets.
The BLT each comes with solar charger that serves as keyboard designed to double the life span of the battery’ compresses bandwidth to ensure students have free access to basic internet facilities meant for education purposes only built by a Canadian company with eighteen patents for its peerless education learning tablets.
Professor Makinde said the total classroom revolution is evidence of the school’s management unwavering commitment towards the continuous achievement of academic excellence that Babcock is known for since its inception “This new project will further consolidate the leadership position of Babcock as a pacesetter and the best in the league of private universities in Nigeria.”
