For two days last week, three ambassadors of the giant online search engine, Google, trained selected students of the departments of Computer Science and Geography and Environmental Management of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) in a programme tagged “UNILORIN Google Mapping event”.
The initiator of the programme, Tayo Fagbohun, is a 300-Level student of Home Economics. He is the Google Student Ambassador on the campus.
The training was divided into practical and theoretical classes. Participants started with the theoretical aspect while they were required to carry out the practical lesson, which was dedicated to the online mapping exercise, with what they learned the previous day.
Facilitators included Faith Adegboye, a graduate of the university, who spoke on entrepreneurship and a project called “I live in Ilorin”. Other were Ayo Adesokan, a serving Corps member and Google map maker, who talked on A crash course in map making; Damilare Oyinloye, Kwara State University Google student ambassador, spoke on Tips and Tricks in Google Map.
In attendance included a lecturer from Geography and Environmental Management department, Dr. Y. A. Ahmed. He tutored the students on Cartography has gone digital. A Google Map Advocate of Nigeria, Abiodun Adepoju, also deliever a lecture during the session.
The e-Learning Centre, UNILORIN, was used for the practical class. Thirty students were prepared for the mapping exercise, which lasted for almost four hours. The students were made to realise that the mapping exercise was continuous and they could do it during their leisure.
At the end of the entire exercise, Tayo told CAMPUSLIFE the rationale behind this project was to make students contribute to the development of Nigeria’s electronic map. “Students may not be able to construct roads but they can contribute their quota to the development of the country by specifying strategic locations on Google map. This will help ease navigation by visitors to the community. We have a fantastic training by involving the students and encouraging them to see the importance of technology to the development of the university and the country as a whole. With the mapping by thirty super mappers including the trainers, UNILORIN is on the global map and my Google team members and I have made history by this,” he said.
Fatimah Adedoyin, a participant from Geography and Environmental Management, commended the programme. “It is a good thing that my university can be located easily on the Google map. I am happy that I am part of this feat. At least, I have a legacy when I pass out from this institution.”
Peter Makafan, Computer Science, said the training would add to his curriculum vitae. “I learn much outside the class today. The certificate will speak well for me in future. It is a worthwhile experience,” he quipped.
The initiator of the programme, Tayo Fagbohun, is a 300-Level student of Home Economics. He is the Google Student Ambassador on the campus.
The training was divided into practical and theoretical classes. Participants started with the theoretical aspect while they were required to carry out the practical lesson, which was dedicated to the online mapping exercise, with what they learned the previous day.
Facilitators included Faith Adegboye, a graduate of the university, who spoke on entrepreneurship and a project called “I live in Ilorin”. Other were Ayo Adesokan, a serving Corps member and Google map maker, who talked on A crash course in map making; Damilare Oyinloye, Kwara State University Google student ambassador, spoke on Tips and Tricks in Google Map.
In attendance included a lecturer from Geography and Environmental Management department, Dr. Y. A. Ahmed. He tutored the students on Cartography has gone digital. A Google Map Advocate of Nigeria, Abiodun Adepoju, also deliever a lecture during the session.
The e-Learning Centre, UNILORIN, was used for the practical class. Thirty students were prepared for the mapping exercise, which lasted for almost four hours. The students were made to realise that the mapping exercise was continuous and they could do it during their leisure.
At the end of the entire exercise, Tayo told CAMPUSLIFE the rationale behind this project was to make students contribute to the development of Nigeria’s electronic map. “Students may not be able to construct roads but they can contribute their quota to the development of the country by specifying strategic locations on Google map. This will help ease navigation by visitors to the community. We have a fantastic training by involving the students and encouraging them to see the importance of technology to the development of the university and the country as a whole. With the mapping by thirty super mappers including the trainers, UNILORIN is on the global map and my Google team members and I have made history by this,” he said.
Fatimah Adedoyin, a participant from Geography and Environmental Management, commended the programme. “It is a good thing that my university can be located easily on the Google map. I am happy that I am part of this feat. At least, I have a legacy when I pass out from this institution.”
Peter Makafan, Computer Science, said the training would add to his curriculum vitae. “I learn much outside the class today. The certificate will speak well for me in future. It is a worthwhile experience,” he quipped.
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