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Ahead of the formal
inauguration of its N3b Wireless Infrastructure project lead-sponsored
by Google Inc, faculty and staff of the University of Nigeria Nsukka
(UNN) commenced training last week on integrating technology in course
design, teaching and research.

Google is one of
the key facilitators of the course in collaboration with the Innovation
Centre, UNN and human capital development firm OrgLearning Consult
Limited.

Chidi Onyia of
OrgLearning Consult Ltd, the lead facilitator, said the programme seeks
to prepare the first batch of staff on the use of the enhanced
technology tools that would be available to the university from
September this year. UNN plans to inaugurate its Information and
Communication Technology project that has the sponsorship and
partnership of about 10 leading players in ICT.

Google is lead
sponsor of the project under its University Assistance project. UNN is
the first recipient of the Google sponsorship of a major programme that
helps to avail African universities and young people with 21st century
productivity tools. Google is providing 150mb of international Internet
bandwidth to the University of Nigeria as well as support with
applications and training.

The institution’s Vice Chancellor, Bartholomew Okolo, said at the
opening ceremony of the programme at the Enugu campus of the university
that the programme is “in consonance with the vision of university
management to provide an enabling environment for realisation of the
new vision of making UNN a global centre of learning”.