Technology
Telehealth in COVID19 times: providing free health services to the community in Ecuador
The CEDIA team stepped up to quickly develop a web platform and partner with health professionals to provide Ecuador's citizens with medical advice during lockdown.
Supporting the unique needs of the education community in Oman
The Mirsal file sender service meets the higher education and research communities’ requirements for sharing learning materials and large data sets.
An automated security alerts management system for the community
Cyber Security
Knowledge Exchange
Technology
CEDIA (Ecuador)
CUDI (Mexico)
MoRENet (Mozambique)
REUNA (Chile)
Let's talk about Yari, a system that senses and identifies possible cyber security problems in an institution's networks and allows us to proactively alert them, avoiding future breaches or attacks.
Advancing online learning technologies in Zambia
When universities in Zambia closed down due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, the Zambia Research and Education Network stepped in with its high capacity network to assist 22 of its member institutions deploy Moodle.
Open Science made in Africa
Libraries and national research and education networks in West and Central Africa join forces to make scientific data more accessible.
Using satellite imagery to solve real world problems
Digital Earth Australia, a ground-breaking open source platform, transforms spatial data and satellite imagery into easily accessible tools for planning and decision making, and relies on AARNet for moving data around the research community.
Smooth connectivity for Nordic academics
Knowledge Exchange
Technology
CSC (Finland)
DeIC (Denmark)
NORDUNet (European Nordic)
RHnet (Iceland)
UNINETT (Norway)
The new eduVPN app allows academics and staff at Nordic universities to enjoy their fast university network connection when working at home.
Ensuring students and faculty have access to online resources
The Kenya Education Network has collaborated with the country’s mobile service providers to provide data bundles at discounted prices to KENET institutions’ students and faculty members.
What does Mars sound like? Turning the red planet’s data into music
Ever wondered what the planets sound like? The Mars Soundscapes project uses sonification to transform data from the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft, and images from rovers, Curiosity and Opportunity.
Nordic boom in distance learning
Education
Knowledge Exchange
Technology
CSC (Finland)
DeIC (Denmark)
NORDUNet (European Nordic)
RHnet (Iceland)
SUNET (Sweden)
UNINETT (Norway)
Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the number of distance learning users in the Nordic countries has risen dramatically.
Supporting distance learning with eduMEET in Ukraine
Within the first week eduMEET became a popular tool and is now attracting up to 120 users per day.
Teaching and learning moves online for 11 universities in Somalia during COVID-19
Online teaching and learning in this period of the COVID-19 pandemic would have remained a far-fetched dream for some Somali universities if it were not for the timely intervention of the Somali Research and Education Network.