“If we can work from home, why is it so hard to study from home?”
This is the question that faced participants at a Tech Summit in Nairobi on the 16th of February 2022. Undoubtedly, the pandemic dramatically altered the higher education landscape and amplified the importance of technology in education. We cannot transform our education if we remain rigid and continue to deliver our teaching and learning in four-walled classrooms. We cannot continue to prepare and deliver content the way we did 15 or 20 years ago and expect our graduates to meet the needs of employers in 2030 and beyond. It is time to digitize our universities.
I am delighted that Moi University, through Moi University IODeL, is taking measures to fully embrace technology and ensure that both students and staff are fully empowered to enjoy the benefits of a #DigitalCampus.
It is imperative that we are able to change our attitudes towards technologies, acquire the right digital skills, and fully embrace cloud computing and Learning Management Platforms that are easy to navigate and friendly. As a University we are talking to Amazon Web Services (AWS), Lenovo and UMWARE Limited to ensure that when our Centre for Competence in Digital Education (C-CoDE) is fully operational — thanks to EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) — we take full advantage of the well-equipped digital studio.
Sessions at the Tech Summit, Nairobi
