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KEYNOTE SECTION
Olusegun Michael Adeniyi
Virtual Learning Space and Its Impacts During the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdowns:
A Case Study of Art Educators’ Hangout
Olusegun Michael Adeniyi, is an award winning Art educator-cum-social entrepreneur, passionate about SDG 4, most especially integration of quality art education in teaching and learning, and giving his students the best of Art education with a global perspective. His vision is to raise the standard of art education, advance the learning field of Art and inspire the next generations of artists and art lovers who will be innovative thinkers and global citizens. He teaches Art and Design currently at Caleb British International School, Lagos Nigeria and founder of Teaching Visual Art. He is the convener of Art Educators’ Hangout, a virtual meeting place for art educators on the continent of Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns. He has received several awards and recognitions which include David Shepherd Award 2020; President’s Teacher Excellence Award 2019; Inspiration Teacher of the Year 2019; Global Teacher Award 2018; Wakelet Ambassador; TeachSDGs Ambassador; Outstanding Staff Award 2019; MIE Expert/Trainer 2019/2020; Commonwealth Science Competition, Winner 2017; British Council “Your World” Video Competition, Country Winner 2016. He is available for collaborative work in education and environment sustainability projects.
Online Published Portfolio
Title of the conference paper: Virtual Learning Space and Its Impacts During the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdowns: A Case Study of Art Educators’ Hangout
Olusegun Michael Adeniyi
Abstract
There is a growing demand for global competence and cross-cultural skills, and that international experience is invaluable for teachers and their students; but the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic has put a halt to so many social and academic gatherings. For this reason, Teaching Visual Art has created a virtual meeting place for art educators tagged Art Educators’ Hangout. Reality of today’s world during the COVID-19 pandemic is that things are no longer the way they were. The world is observing social distancing and this has made it impossible for art educators to come together physically as the boarders are closed and countries are on lockdown. The Art Educators’ Hangout has offered the art educators the platform to discuss their works, interact and inspire one another towards advancing the learning field of Art and improving the quality of art education on the continent of Africa. The initiative is to foster dialogue and sharing stimulating art projects to improve creativity and art appreciation with the vision to build network of art educators across the continent of Africa that are locally relevant and influential with global perspective. This presentation provides the broad overview of the virtual learning space, Art Educators’ Hangout and its socio-economic impacts on Art educators during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns.
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