Technology
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.
Open source for distance learning thanks to the iorestoacasa.work initiative
GARR makes free web conference resources available that will particularly help schools with providing distance learning during the COVID-19 emergency.
COVID19 causes explosive growth of remote classes for Chilean universities
The suspension of classes, as a result of the health emergency, forced Chilean universities to accelerate their digitization processes and the incorporation of videoconferencing platforms.
Volcano surveillance in near-real time
Recent research on the Italian volcano Mount Etna, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, may have developed a new tool for predicting eruptions.
Coronavirus triggers Portuguese distance learning boom
The academic communities in Portugal have rapidly taken up distance learning services due to the COVID-19 epidemic. Over very short time, the number of daily users has risen from just below 2,000 to more than 60,000.