Editorial Team
OJED Chief Editor
Prof. Nworgu, Boniface Ginikanwa
Chief Editor: Open Journal of Educational Development (OJED)
Prof. Nworgu, Boniface Ginikanwa is a Professor of Educational Measurement & Evaluation and Director, Distance & e-learning, UNN. Department of Science Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Professor Boniface Ginikanwa Nworgu was born in Alulu autonomous community in Ngor-Okpala LGA of Imo State on January 10, 1959. He had his primary and secondary education at Central School , Alulu and Okpala Secondary School. Okpala respectively. A ‘Distinguished Alumnus’ of the University of Nigeria, Professor Nworgu obtained the Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree [ First Class Honours] in Physics Education in 1982. He was the only candidate that made a first class in the entire Faculty that year and the first and only candidate ever to obtain a first class in Physics Education in the history of the University of Nigeria. He therefore bagged the awards for the Best graduating student in his Faculty and Department respectively in 1982. He also bagged and enjoyed throughout his undergraduate career the Federal Government Academic Merit Award for outstanding academic performance. On account of this exceptional academic performance, the University of Nigeria offered him automatic employment as a Graduate Assistant in 1983. He obtained his Masters and Ph.D degrees in Measurement and Evaluation in 1985 and 1990 respectively. He bagged the Vice-Chancellor’s award for the ‘Best Graduating’ PH.D candidate in the Faculty and one of the ‘Best Three Graduating’ PH.D candidates in the entire University in 1990. Due to his outstanding scholarship and productivity, Professor Nworgu made it quite early to the top of his career. At the age of 35, (i.e. 1994) he had climbed to the professorial cadre as an Associate Professor and at 39, (i.e. 1998) he earned a substantive Professorial Chair. He was Head, Department of Science Education (1994-1998) and Dean, Faculty of Education (2006-2008), at the University of Nigeria. A distinguished and renowned international scholar and researcher, Professor Nworgu at various times was Guest lecturer, Dept of Didactics, University of South Africa, Pretoria; Visiting Scholar, Science Education Center, University of Iowa, USA and Assistant Professor in Research and Evaluation, Dept. of Educational Studies, Ohio University, Athens, USA.
Email: editor@openjournalsnigeria.org.ng
Prof. Emmanuel Olusola ADU
Editorial Board Member: OJN
Prof. Emmanuel Olusola ADU is working as a Professor of Teacher Education & Curriculum Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Fort Hare, East London Campus, South Africa. Specializes in Education Management & Leadership, Teacher Education, Curriculum Studies, Educational Research, ICT in Education, and Economics Education. Registered and Accredited Trainer by Botswana Training Authority (BOTA), with Certificate of Evaluation South Africa Qualification Assessment (SAQA) NQF 10 and Certificate from Higher Education & Training Education Qualifications Programme, South Africa. REQV 16. Member, History of Education Society of Nigeria (HESON) and Member, Executive Committee of South African Education Research Association (SAERA).
Email: eadu[at]ufh.ac.za, onlylad69[at]gmail.com
Ass. Prof. Arianne Rourke
Editorial Board Member: OJN
Ass. Prof. Arianne Rourke is an Associate Professor, Program Director, Master of Design, Faculty Postgraduate, esearch Co-ordinator, Faculty Grievance Officer, University of New South Wales, Australia. With research focus on educational psychology, specifically in the area of examining ways of improving the use of visuals in instructional design to assist towards promoting the long-term retention of learning. Member, Australian Association of Research in Education (AARE) (55 055 668 963), National Art Education Association, NAEA (membership no. 554260) and ASCILITE, the Australasian Society of Computers for Learning in Tertiary Education.
Email: eadu[at]ufh.ac.za, onlylad69[at]gmail.com
Prof. Chiome Chrispen
Editorial Board Member: OJN
Prof. Chiome Chrispen is a Zimbabwe Open University Research Professor in Educational Leadership with Bachelor of Education in Educational Administration, Planning and Policy Studies. Masters in Educational Administration Planning and Policy Studies and PHD in Educational Leadership and Policy. Currently advancing teacher development through ODL in Africa. Teaching Educational Research methods and Educational Leadership at the Doctoral Levels.
Email: chrischiom[at]yahoo.ca
Prof. Deonarain Brijlall
Editorial Board Member: OJN
Prof. Deonarain Brijlall is a professor of Mathematics Education at School of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education at UKZN. Member of the Association for Mathematics Education for South Africa. Member of the Southern African association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education. external examiner for student proposals and dissertations for research in mathematics education for University of Limpopo, University of Witwatersrand and Rhodes University. Nominated by Faculty of Education (UKZN) to serve on the Higher Education Quality Committee of CHE as an ACE evaluator.
Email: brijlalld[at]ukzn.ac.za
Prof. Francisco Raso Sánchez
Editorial Board Member: OJN
Prof. Francisco Raso Sánchez is a Professor of the Department of Didactics and School Organization, Faculty of Education Sciences of the University of Granada. Area of Specialization: Organization, Management and Cultural Reality of Rural Schools in Spain. Information and Communication Technologies Applied to Education in Support 2.0. Implications of Social, Emotional and Neuroscience Intelligence in the Teaching - Learning Process.
Email: fraso@ugr.es
Dr. Ayanwale, Musa Adekunle,
Ayanwale Musa Adekunle, Ph.D is a Nigerian, he obtained his Ph.D from the Institute of Education, University of Ibadan, Nigeria in 2019. His doctoral work focused on the efficacy of Item Response Theory in the validation and score ranking of dichotomous and polytomous response mathematics achievement test in the public examining bodies. A Master degree holder in Educational Evaluation and Research (Test and Measurement) from the University of Ibadan and Bachelor’s degree in Statistics from the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. He has published articles in reputable journals both local and international in the area of Classical and Item Response theory, structural Equation Modeling and computer adaptive testing. Also, he as attended and presented papers both at local and international conferences. He joined the service of Osun State University and Ekiti State University, Nigeria as a temporary staff between 2015 and 2020. Later, he secured permanent lecturing appointment with Kampala International University, Uganda. Due to my background as an evaluator, I was given administrative position as deputy director quality assurance monitoring and evaluation for the University. He is a member of international bodies of educational assessment such as International Association for Computerized Adaptive Testing, American Educational Research Association, Educational Assessment and Research Network in Africa and Association of Computerized Adaptive Testing in Africa respectively. His research areas are educational assessment, Computer adaptive testing, Test theories, Generalizability Theory, instrument development and educational evaluation.
Area of Specialization: Educational Test and Measurement
Affiliation: Kampala International University, P.O.BOX 20000, Kampala, Uganda
Journal: Open Journal of Educational Development (ISSN: 2734-2050)
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Dr. Shashi Kumar
Editorial Board Member: OJN
Dr. Shashi Kumar is an Assistant Professor, Navjivini Institute for Special Education and Research. Affiliation: Government Regional Institute for Intellectual Disabilities, Special Education (GRIID) - Formerly RIMH, Ashadeep Building, Sector-31, Chandigarh. Specialization: Education
Email: shashi_kumar005[at]yahoo.com
Ass. Prof. Olufunmilola Leah Dominic
Editorial Board Member: OJN
Ass. Prof. Olufunmilola Leah Dominic is the Managing Editor, Ilorin Journal of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Associate Professor in the Department of Human Kinetics Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.
Email: lolafunmidom[at]gmail.com
Dr. Alexander Essien Timothy
Dr. Alexander Essien Timothy is a senior lecturer at the Department of Arts Education, Faculty of Education, University of Calabar, Nigeria. Specialise in Curriculum Studies and Development
Email: profalext[at]gmail.com, alcarot[at]yahoo.com
Dr. Egwuasi, Princewill Ikechukwu
Dr. Egwuasi, Princewill Ikechukwu hass a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Educational Management and Planning, Department of Curriculum Studies Educational management and Planning, University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State
Email: princewilliegwuasi[at]uniuyo.edu.ng
Dr. Kwaku Darko Amponsah
Dr. Kwaku Darko Amponsah is a Lecturer in the Department of Teacher Education, School of Education and Leadership, College of Education, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana. He holds a Master of Philosophy Degree in Science Education from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, and a Ph.D. Degree in Chemistry Education from the University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa. His research interests include gender studies and STEM Education, teacher education and professional development, teaching and learning science, concept development in chemistry and science classroom environment.
Email: kdamponsah[at]ug.edu.gh
Dr. Gabriel Odeh Ankeli
Dr. Gabriel Odeh Ankeli holds a Ph.D in Science Education, Benue State University, Makurdi. Former, Head of Department, Department of Physics, Benue State College of Education, Oju, Benue State.
Email: gankeli[at]yahoo.com
Dr. Julius G. Otieno Gogo
Dr. Julius G. Otieno Gogo is a holder of a PhD degree in Education Management from the University of South Africa, a masters degree in Planning and Economics of Education from Maseno University and an ordained Anglican priest. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at Maseno University in the Department of Education Management and Foundations. Rev. Dr. Gogo has taught at the university for over ten years and served as an Academic Registrar at Daystar University. Prior to joining university, he taught in various secondary schools for 25 years six of which as a Principal. His research interests are in education management (i.e. administration, planning and economics, leadership). He is a member of Education Management Society of Kenya (EMSK) of which he is the current Chairman. Apart from EMSK, he is also a member of the Society of Educational Research and Evaluation in Kenya (SEREK).
Email: jotieno2009[at]gmail.com
Dr. Muh. Asriadi AM,
Editorial Board Member: OJN
My focus area of expertise is in the field of assessment and evaluation of physics education
Area of Specialization: Assesment and Evaluation
Affiliation: Yogyakarta State University, Sleman, Indonesia
Journal: Open Journal of Educational Development (ISSN: 2734-2050)
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Dr. Sagir Muhammad
Dr. Sagir Muhammad Lecturer and Ag. Head of Department, Science Education, Kebbi state University of Science and Technology Aliero, Kebbi state. Nigeria.
Email: sagiraliero[at]gmail.com or sagir.muhammad[at]ksusta.edu.ng
Dr. SHANKAR KUMAR CHAUDHARY,
Editorial Board Member: OJN
I am currently working as Senior Software Engineer. I have Completed B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT BHUBANESWAR in 2017. I have published two paper related to Malware Analysis using Machine Learning.
Area of Specialization: Malware And Its Mitigation
Affiliation: IIT BHUBANESWAR
Journal: Open Journal of Educational Development (ISSN: 2734-2050)
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