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SUMMARY:KEYNOTE 3: NRENs: The Pathways to Global Knowledge and Collaborati
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20181204T070000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Michael Foley (World Bank)\nThe presentation will fo
 cus on the key aspects of the report of the World Bank on "The Role and St
 atus of National Research and Education Networks in Africa" [1]\, which ar
 e applicable universally. The aim of this report\, which is an open educat
 ion resource\, was to provide guidance to governments\, institutions\, and
  development partners on how to approach the provision of advanced informa
 tion and communication technology (ICT) services to the higher education a
 nd research community in Africa. The premise of the report that the organi
 zation of ICT services and connectivity is best provided by a dedicated or
 ganization called the National Research and Education Network (NREN) is ba
 sed on international best practice and is applicable worldwide.\n\nBeginni
 ng with a brief overview of progress to date in all regions in Africa\, in
 cluding North Africa\, the presentation will dwell more extensively on the
  important but often invisible role that NRENs play in the creation and th
 e sharing of knowledge. NRENs not only provide the essential  connectivity
  services to higher education institutions\, but they do it uniquely withi
 n a global community that has its own rules and agreements for access and 
 identity. In this way they provide customized services to the academic com
 munity that are not part of the offering of commercial Internet Service Pr
 oviders (ISPs). The creation of an NREN in a country\, that is also connec
 ted to its neighbours and globally\, is a vital step to break through the 
 academic isolation that universites and colleges may have experienced in t
 he past and it can be the catalyst to be invited to join international res
 earch consortia. Creating new knowledge through research is now a thorough
 ly collaborative global endeavour\, but partipation is limited to those wi
 th adequate connectivity. And teaching and learning itself\, the ‘E’ i
 n NREN\, has moved beyond dependence on textbooks and local lectures to an
  exercise in independent learning based on researching multiple sources of
  knowledge\, which are primarily in digital form and accessible through el
 ectronic networks.\n\nThe presentation will outline the case for the estab
 lishment of an NREN\, along with the services that it may provide\, with p
 ossible governance models\,  and the various ways it can be made financial
 y sustainable. Finally\, the trends in the use of ICT in higher education 
 and how they might affect the operation of NRENs are discussed as a prelud
 e to guidance on how to go about establishing or strengthening an NREN\, w
 ith recommendations to the government\, the private sector\, institutions\
 , and development partners. \n\n\n[1] https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/
 handle/10986/26258\n\nhttps://events.chpc.ac.za/event/33/contributions/808
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LOCATION: Hall B+C
URL:https://events.chpc.ac.za/event/33/contributions/808/
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