Kenyan universities turn to e-learning

Kenyan Universities are increasingly turning to e-learning as a tool to facilitate improved education, reports The Globe and Mail.

They also want to rope in more students through better access to facilities, hoping to reach a wider base in a cost-effective way. The efficiency accruing from e-learning is among the advantages gained by local universities that have adopted the use of technology.

Using different platforms, students are able follow lectures online, interact with lecturers, submit assignments and check on their grades. Lecturers are also able to upload course materials, post assignments and generate discussions online using blogs.

Buchanan High School is close to completing a green tech centre that will prepare students for an expected surge in renewable energy jobs, states Fresnobee.

State officials say the Buchanan Energy Academy will be one-of-a-kind, exposing students to an array of renewable energy systems in a building designed to meet the highest sustainable building methods and energy efficiency.

The $5.2 million building on the Teague Avenue side of Buchanan's campus will feature wind turbines, solar panels, hi-tech skylights, floor heating and water storage from rain runoff to irrigate a rooftop garden.

The IT recovery continued into fourth quarter 2009, and although overall workforce numbers in the sector were down slightly on the previous quarter, so were unemployment rates and reports of redundancies, according to the latest bulletin from sector skills council e-skills, says Computing.co.uk.

The organisation found the number of ICT professionals working in the UK was down slightly on the third quarter 2009, declining by about 20 000 people to 1 041 000.

The unemployment rate for ICT professionals fell from 5.2% to 4.7%, ending a period of increase spanning three consecutive quarters. The rate for the wider UK workforce remained unchanged at 8.3%.