DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE INNOSSON CENTRE FOR DISTANCE LEARNING (NOW, GENERAL STUDIES BUILDING), ENUGU STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (ESUT), AGBANI

Abstract

Distance learning is a type of teaching and learning in which the students are separated from their teachers and course mates resulting in the students learning remotely without a chance of meeting either their teacher or peer face-to-face, in classrooms. Rather, learning instructions are provided online using Zoom meetings, e-mail and radios. Over time, incessant malpractices in the conduct of examinations trailed its operation and as a consequence, institutions devised means of conducting special lectures for final classes and supervised examinations. The scheme aims to research and design a centre for distance learning with spaces for lecture and seminar spaces which, in turn, will serve as an examination hall. The objectives of the design brief determined the activities in the centre for distance learning, assigned appropriate spaces to the expected activities and zoned the scheduled activities. The brief was taken from the ESUT administration and was used to interview 10 key personnel in the Faculty of Education. The survey was carried out in schools that operated the sandwich programmes, business schools, and other certificate schools in Enugu state. Materials used include digital measuring instruments, compasses, logs, pens, and papers to enter the information on the logs. A site survey was done by the Department of Survey and Geoinformatics, ESUT and the data provided was used to analyse the site. To scope the capacity of the facility, the design relied on the information from the university authority and the benefactor (INNOSSON GROUP LTD) about the budget.