There is no better time than now, especially since the emergence of the COVID 19 pandemic and the sudden transition to remote teaching/learning, to talk about the innovative educator and strategic moves necessary to bridge the “Digital, Technological and Education Divides in a Borderless World.” This international hybrid Conference proceedings provided a common ground for collaboration and integration of ideals to meet the educational needs of teachers, students and other stakeholders

The 2021 ADECT conference brought together scholars to share with and learn from each other on the continued power of technology in education. The conference began with keynote addresses by innovative educators such as Tony Carr who spoke on Growing online professional development across Africa; Prof Robert C.M. Branch on How to promote Instructional design and facilitate student-centred learning and Prof Tutaleni I. Asino on “Learning without Borders: from advocacy to implementation.” The conference consisted of numerous sessions that explored the use of technology across educational systems and outlining the issues faced by innovative educators as well as challenges from digital divides.

There are numerous conferences around the world that deal with the topic of Information Communication Technologies in Education, which is also commonly referred to as Educational Technology. What distinguishes ADECT from many others is the ability to bring together scholars and practitioners across Nigeria to share about their context as they see it, as well as experts from AECT to explore topics together. The proceedings that result from this conference are not only a matter of cataloguing a collection of papers, rather they continue to be a way for the involved scholars to share with each other and an intentional contribution of Nigerian Scholarships to the global knowledge body.

Prof Ana J. Donaldson
University of Northern IOWA (RTD)