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The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted learning with many learning institutions across the Country remaining closed since March 15, 2020. The uncertainty of the duration of the pandemic has forced learning institutions to find ways to ensure learning continues using ICT Technologies to allow students to access learning materials outside the campus premises.
In line with the KENET vision, “transforming education using ICT”, KENET has partnered with mobile service providers to supply discounted E-Learning Bundles to facilitate online learning among the higher education community. The E-Learning Discounted Bundle is an ideal...
KENET has awarded a total of USD ($) 60,000 for the innovation grant in the use of Education Technology to four (4) research projects. The call was announced in January 15, 2020 and attracted 26 applicants from 16 Kenyan Universities After a rigorous selection process that lasted three (3) months, four top proposals were selected in the areas of Engineering Education (EE) and Computer Science Education (CSE).
The grant awarded to the four (4) lead researchers from four (4) universities also extends to 11 other researchers who served as team members of the projects. At a cost of Ksh. 1,500,000 (15,000 USD) for each winn...
Following the closure of learning institutions due to the COVID – 19 pandemic, there demand for online learning has increased. This has in turn led to extensive uptake and use of virtual classroom tools and learning management systems. The growing demand for online learning has spurred the demand and use of the KENET Web Conferencing platform (virtual classroom) https://conference.ke/ that has enabled member institutions to conduct online learning seamlessly.
On 6th and 7th May, 2020 KENET conducted a virtual training for nominated online teaching ch...
KENET successfully held a training on Scalable Campus Network from February 24-28th, 2020. The training was conducted at the KENET training room located at University of Nairobi and had a total of 24 participants from 21 KENET member Institutions. The training was primarily aimed at equipping network/system administrators and ICT infrastructure managers from KENET member TVETs and Teaching Hospitals with the necessary skills to administer a campus network effectively
The participants strengthened their knowledge and skills in the areas of VLAN implementation, scalable designs of their networks, optimizing ne...
KENET has awarded a total of $ 60,000 Computer Science, Information Systems and Engineering Multi-Disciplinary Mini-Grant to four (4) research projects. After a rigorous selection process that lasted three (3) months, four top picks were selected in the areas of Internet of Things (IoT) in Agriculture and Health. The call was announced in August 8, 2019 and attracted 26 applicants from 18 Kenyan Universities and University Colleges.
The grant awarded to the four (4) lead researchers also extends to 15 other researchers who served as team members to the projects. At a cost of $15,000 for each winner,...