Abstract
In most learning Institutions in Nigeria, the quality of teaching delivered by Lecturers/Teachers are not usually given the attention it requires and where such is done, it is often done in a crude way using semi-automated approaches. This research is conceived to examine how Information and Communications Technology could be employed to collect data for the assessment of quality of teaching delivered by Teachers/Lecturers in the Institutions of higher learning in Nigeria. To achieve this, this research studies a University of Technology in the South-East of Nigeria, conceives and designs an object-oriented model for harnessing the relevant data needed to conduct such assessment into a central database. This system can be used to submit feedbacks on the performances of the Lecturers and also enable educational administrators view statistics of submissions. As the data is collated in a central database, analytical tools could be employed in conducting further analysis on Lecturer performance evaluation to drive advanced decision making.
Highlights
We examine how lecturers are assessed in Institutions of higher learning in Nigeria
We present the design of a model/prototype web application which can be used to collect, collate, analyze and store the various data that may be needed to assess the performance of lecturers
This paper is aimed at designing database-driven system, which will support the assessment of quality of teaching procedures in an Institution of higher learning
Summary
As students are at the receiving end, it may not be unusual to infer that the knowledge or skill acquired by a student during the learning period is a direct function of what is offered by the Institution in question. Knowledge or skill transfer process is usually engineered by the teachers/lecturers, who are the direct agents or representatives of the Institution. The quality of what is offered to the students will determine the performance of the students during and after the training period. The process whereby students are given the responsibility to provide relevant information on their learning experience in a given period as regards to the lectures or teaching received may be regarded as “an assessment of the quality of teaching”. Physical forms are made available to students, which they are required to complete and return to the indicated authority within an Institution
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