My latest round of presentations took me to Nigeria. The administration of the Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology in Vom, Nigeria decided that all of the 150 faculty should have mandatory training in how to teach. So I was asked to do the training. The faculty were divided into two groups and I spent a week (November 12 – 22) with each group. It was a challenge using technology in my workshops because the electricity would go off 3-4 times a day. Fortunately, the college had a standby generator that would come on when the electricity went out. The faculty were very courteous and truly wanted to improve their teaching. It was a pleasure to work with them. I even created a web site for the training if you want to check it out – agteaching.wordpress.ncsu.edu. What was impressive was that the Provost and Deputy Provost of the College participated in the training. This is setting an example for the faculty.
