KENET is partnering with selected universities for the remote teaching pilot project. The pilot project includes the use of web conferencing technology for remote teaching. These universities include CUEA, Daystar University, and UoN with KENET as the implementation partner and project funder. The objective of the pilot project is to reduce the cost of teaching multiple classes and explore the possibility of remote teaching using a web conferencing. Read more
The KENET Schools Connectivity Initiative (SCI) aims to coordinate the different commercial, educational and government organizations that are interested and willing to promote the use of ICT in Kenyan schools for teaching, learning and administration. The general objective of the initiative is to improve the quality of education by transforming teaching, learning and administration of schools in Kenya.
For more information about Schools Connectivity Initiative contact us on info@kenet.or.ke
As part of the IBM Africa Skills Academy Program, the IBM Cloud Lab hosted by KENET supports IBM's premier training and certification initiative for academia in Kenya. The program provides unique academic roadmaps for faculty members and students preparing them to succeed in demanding positions unique to the market. The program provides a world class training experience, leverage of IBM official courses, IBM official instructors and hands-on laboratories in multiple languages.
A visit by KENET to 10 Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVETs) Institutions in Western Kenya, from Bomet to Baringo revealed the increasing need for Internet services in these colleges. The five-day (Sep 12-16) visit by the KENET team provided an opportunity for KENET to assess the institution’s connectivity to the KENET internet as well as listen to their needs. The survey found that the increasing need for Internet connectivity was attributed to factors such as increasing student population, expansion of curriculum and facilities.
KENET is pleased that two of the three universities participating in the remote teaching project have already started teaching using the equipment provided. Web conference equipment was installed at all the sites including Daystar Athi river, Daystar town, CUEA langata, CUEA gaba, University of Nairobi main, University of Nairobi Mombasa and University of Nairobi Kisumu campuses.
KENET has setup remote teaching classrooms at each of the campuses of the participating Universities using the KENET web conferencing system. The KENET Web Conference system is an online service for organizing collaborative activities such as webinars, webcasts and meetings. The system can also be extended to teaching through the setup of appropriate audio visual infrastructure.
All the proposal written to the vice chancellors of the three participating universities namely university of Nairobi, Daystar university and Catholic University of East Africa were accepted. The following are the agreed project activities:-
The higher education and research community (i.e., students, faculty, researchers and staff) takes Cloud Services for granted. In fact, most members of the community have a Google mail or Yahoo e-mail address (vc@gmail.com or steve@yahoo.com) and are vaguely aware that their e-mails are stored somewhere in the Internet or in the cloud.
KENET operates three data centers that host the network equipment used for providing broadband connectivity to the KENET member institutions. The data centres also provide community cloud services (dubbed enterprise services) to the KENET community. These services include co-location services, storage as a service and hosting services on dedicated virtual private servers.
KENET offers a range of shared services to its member institutions whose cost is bunndled with connectivity. This means that the members are not charged any additional fee for therse services. They include:-
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