Better Than Oxford, Cambridge Every AUN student and staff uses a laptop or iPad, VC boasts

Staff and students at the American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, have constant access to world knowledge through a laptop or an iPad, says the Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Dr Margee Ensign.

Staff and students at the American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, have constant access to world knowledge through a laptop or an iPad, says the Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Dr Margee Ensign .

Ensign disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday while addressing journalists at a two-day Conference on Technology-Assisted Learning in Nigerian Higher Education.

Ensign said multinational technology company, Google, visited AUN recently because its visibility on the worldwide usage map. "We are using e-books everywhere; every student and staff uses computer - a laptop or ipad," she said. "So, we have access to world knowledge; our jobs as faculty members and teachers are train people on how to access technology and how to evaluate it." She revealed that AUN was recently ranked above two of the world's best universities by the American Library Association. "The American Library Association recently ranked universities according to their digital holdings; AUN was one of the top three in the world - above Oxford and Cambridge. "We have one of the best digital holdings."

 Founded in 2004 by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, AUN is offers American programs.