1. The Future of Classrooms
in the
Nigerian Education System
!
by
H. Tomi Davies, Laptops4Learning

2. Our Traditional Classrooms
• Students !
• Teacher !
• Lessons &
Rules!
• Physical
Space!
• Tools

3. Future Classroom Design Criteria
• Student-Centred Architecture!
• Teacher Facilitated Learning!
• Technology Access

4. Students
• Learning through doing &
discovering!
• Collaboration!
• Learning to Learn

5. Teachers
• Continuous Training & Development!
• Facilitator & Coach!
• Teamworking

6. Classroom Lessons & Rules
• YESTERDAY!
• Teacher-centred!
• Content coverage!
• Memorising Information!
• Quiz & Test Assessment!
• Textbook Dependent!
• Individualistic!
• TODAY!
• Student-centred!
• Learning by doing!
• Using Information!
• Performance Assessment!
• Multi-Source!
• Collaborative

7. Physical Space
• Safe & Secure!
• Decentralised Seating!
• Enabling to Teachers &
Students

8. Today’s Frontier - Classroom Tools
• Teacher & Student Devices !
• Presentation - Board/Screen!
• Audio - Microphone/
Speaker !
• Video - Camera/Screen!
• Printing & Scanning!
• Internet Access - Cloud

9. Conclusion
• We are already in the 21st Century!
• Technology is no longer optional!
• Todays world belongs to learners

10. THANK YOU!
H. Tomi Davies!
www.l4ln.org!
t.davies@l4ln.org!