Association of Educational Media and Technology Students (AEMTS) Holds Digital Skills Acquisition Workshop

Students of the department of Educational Media and Technology, University of Ilorin in conjunction with Google organized a capacity building workshop on digital skills tagged, #digitalSkills4Africa.

The event was held yesterday Wednesday 21st June, 2017 at the Education Lecture Theatre (EDLT). It's on record that over a thousand participants attended the workshop.

UCJ UNILORIN learnt that the life-changing event was made possible by the AEMTS President, Comrade Ojo Isaac Damilare, and members of his team known as the Undaunted Achievers.

Among the dignitaries who attended the event include: the AEMTS Staff Advisers, Dr. C.O. Olumorin (who also doubled as the compere of the event) and Dr. Mrs. Ogunlade, the Dean, Faculty of Education, and representative of the Vice Chancellor, Prof. N.B. Oyedeji, and the HoD of AEMTS, Prof. S.A. Onasanya.

Others include the entire teaching and non teaching staff of the department and those from other sister departments, postgraduate students of the department, departmental presidents, and the President of the Faculty of Education, Comrade Snazzy.

The training was an avenue for students to make most of their passions in surfing the web in order to fight the current economic situation. It was flagged off with a brief introduction of the program and its objectives by the facilitator who is a Google instructor, Mr Ishola Adebayo.

Before delving into the main gist of the training session, participants were thrilled with an audio-visual feed, titled 'A Day Made Of Glass 2,' which demonstrated the ease that technological advancement brings in every facet of human endeavor.

Going forward, Mr. Ishola Adebayo described the various opportunities involved in the digital space which include advertising among others. He also discussed some benefits of the internet, and the basic marketing concepts in relation to the digital world.

He aptly described the steps to make local businesses go global, part of which are; setting up a Google My Business listing on google.com/business, getting onto a review site, creating a website and setting up a social media profile.

Mr. Adebayo highlighted the basics for creating a website
domain name to reflect the name of the business as well as
opportunities in the digital world
for those interested in upgrading their employability status. He urged students to visit g.co/digitalskills for more information and materials on acquiring digital skills.

The audience was finally entertained with an amazing video put together by the students of Educational Technology, University of Ilorin. It bothered on the essence of the course and the opportunities that abound in the labour market. Participants found it educative and entertaining.

There facilitator gave out freebies to participants who answered his questions correctly.

The event ended with the Unilorin anthem and group photographs were taken afterwards.

Olowoyo Ganiyya
UCJ, UNILORIN.