My experience of the IDS Learning Event which took place at Strathmore University in July 2016.
I am very thankful
for having had the opportunity to be part of the IDS Learning Event that was
held at the Strathmore Business School in July 2016. Through the workshop, I
was able to network with lecturers from Kenyatta University (Kenya), Muhimbili
University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) (Tanzania) and Jimma
University (Ethiopia) as well as the facilitators from UK.
The workshop opened
with an ice breaker introduction session where we all had to introduce
ourselves and the institutions we had come from. The participation in the group
was the most amazing part - I sat with the Strathmore team and had a discussion
about ways lectures could be improved and the teaching methods in their classes
so that students do not get bored, or left behind, and the reasons why students
choose to come to Strathmore University, and the reasons why students do not
attend class, and why students fail.
Before this
discussion, I was thinking that teaching was an easy job where lecturers just
come to class to give students the course outline and the contents. Then the
lecturers discussed the approach they use to interact with the students in
order to improve in the class. At Strathmore, IT is the most important aspect
of teaching (e.g. the e-learning system and PowerPoint slides). I got a better
understanding about the process it takes before we students receive this
content.
Raj Patel is an
ACCA student studying at Strathmore University
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