Papers by Dr Moses Kayode Hazzan
African Educational Research Journal, Dec 10, 2023
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) presents a new vision of three-dimensional international coope... more The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) presents a new vision of three-dimensional international cooperation and relations that break not only the regional development model of scattered distribution but also strengthen connectivity and economic collaboration between China and participating nations. Domestically, it runs through eastern, central and western parts of China, linking major coastal port cities and extending to ASEAN countries. Overseas, it embraces Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia via land and connects Europe and Africa via sea, further forming a circular economic zone linking sea and land. This article reviews the literature on the role of BRI in promoting economic cooperation among countries along these routes. Similarly, it examines criticisms leveled against the BRI and clarifies misconceptions embedded in such criticisms. With specific reference to Africa, the paper analyses the benefits inherent in the BRI and critically examines the challenges that may confront the Initiative. The article equally takes into cognizance the inevitability of future challenges and frictions that may occur between China and Africa and, therefore, suggests a co-development model that could be used to ameliorate, if not solve, these challenges. In conclusion, the paper recommended that despite the high risks and existing threats, the BRI can be implemented successfully with both China and Africa achieving a balance of interest as well as long-term and mutual benefits.
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Globalisation has not only given rise to unprecedented dimensions of mobility of people and ideas... more Globalisation has not only given rise to unprecedented dimensions of mobility of people and ideas across national borders, but it has also enhanced the activities involved in international education (IE) and inevitably drawn attention to the growing levels of cultural diversity and the necessity for cultural exchange among the ‘global communities’. Arguably, these phenomena have equally given rise to the possibilities of both cultural exchange and conflicts of interest in what constitutes an effective IE. Besides, recent phenomenal development in digital technologies has enabled people across vast far afield to be in close relations with one another; thus, opening new vistas to an effectively transnational world that could be aptly regarded as a global village. Parts of the fundamental concepts of IE which have agitated the minds of several international scholars are cosmopolitanism and global citizenship (GC). As part of the tenets of GC and cosmopolitanism, it is expected that peo...
Nigerian Journal of Technology, 2020
Water current modelling and prediction techniques along coastal inlets have attracted growing con... more Water current modelling and prediction techniques along coastal inlets have attracted growing concern in recent years. This is largely so because water current component continues to be a major contributor to movement of sediments, tracers and pollutants, and to a whole range of offshore applications in engineering, environmental observations, exploration and oceanography. However, most research works are lacking adequate methods for developing precise prediction models along the commodore channel in Lagos State. This research work presents water current prediction using Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs). The Back Propagation (BP) technique with feed forward architecture and optimized training algorithm known as Levenbergq-Marquardt was used to develop a Neural Network Water Current Prediction model-(NNWLM) in a MATLAB programming environment. It was passed through model sensitivity analysis and afterwards tested with data from the Commodore channel (Lagos Lagoon). The result reveal...
Qeios
Technological advancement is one of the main drivers of economic growth and development. It prope... more Technological advancement is one of the main drivers of economic growth and development. It propels increased productivity, boosts per capita income, affects consumption patterns, and significantly alters the nature of work in both developed and developing countries. The issue of unemployment has traversed different historical epochs, with several scholars proffering solutions to the problem based on their conceptualisations of the problem's causes. In recent times, technological unemployment (TU) has assumed critical proportions of scholars looking at the issue from different perspectives, thereby offering divergent insights into its impact on job creation and destruction in the present and the prognosis of what may happen in the future. The post-pandemic period has brought about a phenomenal increase in the utilisation of e-learning and other technological devices for effective and efficient modes of teaching and learning. The effects of technology on employment have become ap...
represents the synopsis of the whole gamut of the research work, therefore, it is apposite that t... more represents the synopsis of the whole gamut of the research work, therefore, it is apposite that the methodology as well as the gap(s) filled by this work vis a vis the existing literature on similar works should be plausibly established. These two ingredients should be included before making recommendations (page 1).
Postdigital Science and Education
He is founding editor-in-chief of Postdigital Science and Education journal and book series 1. Pe... more He is founding editor-in-chief of Postdigital Science and Education journal and book series 1. Petar is 45 years old and lives in Zagreb, Croatia. *** The 'Teaching in the Age of Covid-19' Trilogy In 2020, Postdigital Science and Education published 'Teaching in the Age of Covid-19' (Jandrić et al. 2020) which is a collection of short testimonies and workspace photographs submitted in the first half of 2020. 2 Each biography is labelled as [Unchanged biography.] or [Updated biography.]. For updated biographies, readers are encouraged to refer to 'Teaching in the Age of Covid-19' (Jandrić et al. 2020) and 'Teaching in the Age of Covid-19-One Year Later' (Jandrić et al. 2021a) for comparison. 3 Each figure is labelled as [Unchanged figure.] or [New figure.] For new figures, readers are encouraged to refer to 'Teaching in the Age of Covid-19' (Jandrić et al. 2020) and 'Teaching in the Age of Covid-19-One Year Later' (Jandrić et al. 2021a) for comparison.
Postdigital Science and Education, 2021
With my home-office still in my living room, which I share with my partner and two cats, nothing ... more With my home-office still in my living room, which I share with my partner and two cats, nothing much has changed professionally. My employment as a research
Postdigital Science and Education, 2020
After several months of personal journey towards accepting that the coronavirus pandemic is real ... more After several months of personal journey towards accepting that the coronavirus pandemic is real (see Jandrić 2020a, b), in early March, it dawned on me that the pandemic does not need only so-called essential workers. Self-quarantined after returning from abroad weeks before the Croatian government locked down the country, I immediately wrote an editorial for Postdigital Science and Education and argued that 'While doctors, nurses, politicians, food suppliers, and many other brave people self-sacrifice to support our daily survival, this editorial argues that academics have a unique opportunity, and a moral duty, to immediately start conducting in-depth studies of current events.' (Jandrić 2020c: 234) I had no idea how to even approach these studies, yet I had a strong feeling that something needed to be done urgently. So, I just did what I know best and issued calls for 3 different types of Covid-19-related material to be published in Postdigital Science and Education: short testimonies, longer commentary articles, and full-length original articles. I had no idea how much material I would receive, what this material would look like, and what I would do with this material. I just had a deep gut feeling that we are witnessing a unique time in human history, a once-in-a-lifetime event, that needs to be recorded as it unfolds. For better or for worse, I decided to follow that feeling. This general vision, without a clear idea of what I was doing, paved a bumpy road for the development of this collection. On 17 March 2020, I shared the Call for Testimonies on Postdigital Science and Education social network sites and I emailed it to the journal's mailing list. Based on my previous experience with similar calls, I expected to receive 10 to 15 contributions and produce a standard-length collective article aiming at postdigital dialogue (Jandrić et al. 2019) about the pandemic. Yet my call went 'viral', at least for academic standards, and a couple of weeks later, I had more than 50,000 words written by more than 80 authors. So how do I make sense of all that material? My dear friend and Associate Editor of Postdigital Science and Education, Sarah Hayes, came to my rescue. We first tried to make sense of the contributions using critical discourse
E-Learning and Digital Media
The phenomenal increase in the level of digital technologies has in no small measure enabled and ... more The phenomenal increase in the level of digital technologies has in no small measure enabled and opened new vista of possibilities that were hitherto inconceivable before the advent of these digital technologies. Indeed, this phenomenon has also increased the ‘crescendo’ of various seemingly impossible trends in the area of circulation of information in the globalised world in ways such as global rapid communication, unhindered and constant access to information, democratised production and dissemination of information and digital content, and the ability to coordinate global political activities or movements through several populist strategies and political antics employed by politicians. Currently, it is somewhat seemed intractable to separate truth from falsehood due to striking similarities in the appearance of the two. However, these phenomena have brought about untoward development resulting in the amplification of various forms of digital deceptions peddled on several digital...
Journal of Education and Practice, 2019
The article uses a comparative approach to analyse the educational systems of China and Nigeria. ... more The article uses a comparative approach to analyse the educational systems of China and Nigeria. It examines the present approaches involved in Chinese and Nigerian educational systems. And in the final analysis, it also compares the education of Chinese students and Nigerian students. Secondary qualitative data were used in both explanatory and descriptive approach. Empirical studies that are related to education system in both China and Nigeria were also assessed. These types of data are mostly used in both survey type and case study analyses. Thus, case study research method is used in the article. Data gathered were presented to compare the education system in both China and Nigeria . The gathered data were used to juxtapose and compare the education systems in both China and Nigeria . The article is expected to: provide better understanding of China and Nigeria education systems; provide a vivid comparison of educational systems of China and Nigeria; show comparisons of Chinese...
Educational Philosophy and Theory
The inspiration for this collective writing project began with a digital conference entitled ‘Kno... more The inspiration for this collective writing project began with a digital conference entitled ‘Knowledge Socialism, COVID-19 and the New Reality of Education’ held at Beijing Normal University. In t...
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Papers by Dr Moses Kayode Hazzan