Nepal’s oldest science campuses go online
Since the Tri-Chandra College in Kathmandu, Nepal, introduced remote education in response to the national COVID-19 lockdown in spring 2020, e-learning has spread rapidly to other institutions
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On track for faster railways in Sri Lanka
Digital technologies underpinned by LEARN enabled PhD students to continue to participate in a railroad research project during COVID-19.
Sri Lanka: digital civil engineering field camp
An annual field camp is a cornerstone in the education of civil engineers in Sri Lanka. With assistance from the national research and education network (NREN) the camp was converted to a digital format during COVID.
Digital classes help Thailand cope with COVID
Efforts to advance distance learning in Thailand got off to a jump start, as the COVID-19 pandemic hit by spring 2020 thanks to a collaboration to deploy Zoom.
Remote education relieves second wave of COVID in Nepal
Member institutions and other public academic institutes including government schools used Zoom to operate online classes.
Distance learning revolution in Bangladesh
The national research and education network of Bangladesh has assisted its member institutions in setting up online education and conferencing services in response to the global pandemic.
The week that brought Sri Lanka e-learning
Networks collaborate to deploy online learning technology to the research and education community during the pandemic
A silver lining to COVID-19 in South Africa
For the national research and education network of South Africa, WhatsApp groups are the go-to tool for communicating with institutions during the pandemic.
Fighting fake academic diplomas
Building on blockchain technology, the new service SWITCHverify allows universities in Switzerland to guard themselves against fake academic diplomas.