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    Open and Distance Learning (ODL): A Veritable Tool for Reaching the U nreached in Nigeria
    (West African Journal of Open & Flexible learning Volume 9, Number 2,, 2021-01) Eyisi, Joy (NOUN); Elom, Philomena; Eyisi, Joy; Onuh, Frank; Okolo, Chinonso; Oparaduru, John 0.; Mac-Ozigbo, Adaobi
    Open and Distance Learning (ODL) ha<; become a critical part of modern education. This development is a result of technological advancement and increasing demand for skills retraining and upgrade. As compared to the traditional face-tojace classroom, open and distance education offers more flexible, free and easy access to students. Moreover, it has been proven over time that the conventional mode of education cannot cater for the entire student community, making open and distance education very essential. ODL brings knowledge to those learners who are ordinarily neglected by the conventional learning setting such as traders, entrepreneurs, prison inmates, people living in isolated areas like island<;, women whose culture or religion deprives of educational socialization, school dropouts, full time workers who want to further their education but are constrained by their jobs, and others. Hence, ODL offers a second chance and lifelong education for individuals while playing a crucial role in sustainable development. This paper examines the roles ODL plays in reaching the unreached in society with a view to encouraging its optimal deployment, in order to serve the educational need<; oft he masses.
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    The Need for Technology in Promoting Teacher Education in Nigeria through Open and Distance Learning
    (West African Journal of Open & Flexible Learning Volume 10, Number 1, 2021) Eyisi, Joy (NOUN); Onuh, Frank; Oparaduru, John 0.; Eyisi, Joy; Okolo, Chinonso; Mac-Ozigbo, Adaobi; Elom, Philomena
    This paper considers Open and Distance Learning (ODL) as the mode of education delivery where learners and teachers need not be in physical contact. ODL possesses a high range of flexible learning environments, enhancing access to tertiary education. The paper goes further to explore how ODL is made effective in Nigeria through the use of a variety of media and technologies in providing quality education for a large number of learners in the country. Nigeria is a highly populated black nation. This paper further portrays how ODL could be used to enhance teacher education through technologies. As a result, the government alone cannot provide the basic educational needs ofthe teeming population 1Vithin aformal classroom setting. Therefore, there is the recourse that with the help of technology, Open and Distance Learning becomes very essential. Distance education provides programmes for various levels. The paper discusses and concludes by sholVing how ODL promotes cost-effective pre-service and in-service teacher education in society, thus supporting school-based pre-service and continuing professional development programmes for teachers to upgrade unqualified teachers and enable qualified ones to acquire higher teaching qualifications, especially those in remote areas. This paper also sees the role technologies play in enhancing teacher education, therefore recommends that ODL or ODE institutions should pay more attention to the use of technologies in their mode of delivery than otherlVise.