THE ROLE OF MULTIMEDIA-BASED-PEDAGOGY IN AFRICAN RENAISSANCE AND SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT: KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Keywords:
Multimedia-based-pedagogy, African-renaissance, Knowledge, Skills, CompetenceAbstract
Purpose: With the advent of internet and social media such as Facebook, WhatsApp, tweeter, and a number of discussion forums, Africans can be easily reached and educated on the values of African renaissance in relation to the development of the African Continent. Multimedia based pedagogy has to do with the use of visuals, audio and audio-visuals in the transmission and development of knowledge, skills and competences. A people cannot be aware if they do not have knowledge (information), they cannot develop without skills and cannot consolidate their development without key competences. Therefore, multimedia-base-pedagogy is a key instrument in the creation of awareness on African renaissance, building of developmental skills, and the reinforcement of competences to consolidate attained development.
Methods: In the exploration of the objectives and question of this work, document analysis is the main method employed. The question focuses on the roles played by multimedia-based-pedagogy in developing an African renaissance mind-set that can lead to subsequent development of the continent. This is based on the concepts of knowledge development, skills for African development and competences to consolidate African development. The collections of documents for analysis are within the following categories: Official documents related to knowledge, skills and competences; and Research Studies, and publications.
Findings: Multimedia-based-pedagogy has an inevitable role to play in African Renaissance which will lead to subsequent development of the continent. However, the African educators, masses, politicians, scientist, businessmen, and industrialist need knowledge on African renaissance, they need skills that will develop African in all dimensions and they need competences to consolidate the development. At this juncture, they need education but not the traditional classroom type of education.
Recommendations: A good number of Africans can be enlighten, trained and equipped with knowledge skills and competences at a cheaper rate without geographical or physical obstacles. And this is where multimedia-based-pedagogy sets in to facilitate and hasten African Renaissance and subsequent development, through the development of knowledge, equipping Africans with skills and competences of African Renaissance and development.
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