CC Hub Launches Mobile Application for Personalized Learning

Co-Creation Hub, a social innovation centre dedicated to accelerating the application of social capital and technology for economic prosperity has launched a mobile application for personalized learning for secondary schools in Nigeria called the EFIKO.

The launch took place at the Co-Creation Hub in Yaba, Lagos and included an award ceremony for students who excelled using the platform during its pilot test in Lagos.

EFIKO is a mobile social quiz platform designed to enhance learning through self assessment with topical quizzes tied to the National School Curriculum.

EFIKO is available on multiple platforms such as Android, Nokia S40 and mobile web for other mobile devices.

EFIKO was conceptualized and developed at  Tech-In-Education, a  48-hour gathering of ideas, people and digital tools aimed at creating novel web & mobile solutions to improve learning at primary and secondary school levels in Nigeria run by the Co-Creation Hub in February 2012.

The Team behind EFIKO came first at the end of the competition and since then has been working towards releasing the product to the market.

Bosun Tijani, chief executive officer, Co-creation Hub (CC Hub) said, “Following a successful and highly insightful pilot of EFIKO in  eight secondary schools across Lagos State, we are further convinced that EFIKO will enhance learning amongst Secondary school students by helping them take responsibility for their own performances in a fun mobile environment with minimal supervision”.

With sponsorship support from Samsung Electronics West Africa, each winner from the pilot test received a Samsung Chief Hero E1500 mobile phone which they can use to download the EFIKO Mobile Application.

According to Mr. Oyekanmi Bolade, Digital, Mobile Content Analyst, Samsung Electronics West Africa, pledged the company’s continued support for such creativity and innovation, “This is why we have partnered with the Co-Creation Hub, to support the Efiko project.

“We believe that the wealth of this nation is not only its natural resources but majorly in its human capital potential. We will always be willing to support the realisation of this potential”.

Some of the key features of EFIKO include: topical based learning: Students learn as they are taught according to the national curriculum; standardized content: This is especially important for Students in Schools with a shortage of Teachers for certain subjects; instant scoring with a leader board: Students are challenged to do better when they see their current scores and ranks as well as that of their peers; social based learning: Peer-to-peer engagement makes learning fun for students. Students can challenge each other on social media to become top student for different subjects, among others.

EFIKO was formally launched with a National Secondary school challenge competition.

The project team expressed confidence that for the next six months, the top student on the EFIKO leader board in five (5) subjects will win a mobile phone that is 15 students every month for six months totaling 90 students.