Eko-Konnect Research and Education Initiative’s support for communities during COVID-19 period

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to drastic changes in work culture and general lifestyle across the World, including Nigeria. Interestingly, the same period created an opportunity for Eko-Konnect to develop its cloud infrastructure.

To ensure participation of the Nigerian R&E community in the open science cloud services, Eko-konnect hosted a series of webinars to discuss the challenges and opportunities that Covid-19 presents for the Nigerian Research and Education Community to devise action plans to overcome the negative impact of Covid-19 in Nigeria.

Our Campus Technology Internship Program (CTIP) and ICT4Girls activities along promoted capacity building in STEM and participation in Citizen Science-based projects. These activities are ongoing as part of the national open science roadmap and activities in Nigeria to engage our women and youth in open science and strengthen the R&E community.

• The role of the REN in the response of Nigerian Higher Education to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Identity and Access Management to enable Digital Transformation of Education in Nigeria
• Eko-Konnect ICT4Girls themed “Women Scaling Up Innovation in Tech: Meet AI, IoT, Mixed Reality & DataScience” (The full event is available on our Youtube channel
• Eko- konnect 2021 users conference themed “Resilient Infrastructures: Shaping the Future of Education and Research in Nigeria” (All the conference sessions are available on the Eko-Konnect Youtube channel.
• E-Learning & Teaching For Digital Transformation In Nigerian Universities The full event is available on our Youtube channel at Workshop for Senior Leadership
• Eko-Konnect collaboration with Coko Foundation to pilot Kotahi, a modern publishing platform that manages the submission, review, and publication of preprints, micropubs, and journals at reduced costs. This pilot is under the auspices of WACREN
• Course Development and Administration on Moodle and Zoom Training for Distance Learning Institute of University of Lagos.

Eko-Konnect Upcoming Events/Activities

Eko-Konnect is working on a series of projects, events, and webinars and we are excited to engage our communities. if you are interested in participating in any of our upcoming events listed below.

• Digital literacy workshops for Librarians and Researchers
• Participation in LIBSENSE capacity building activities
• Engaging students in Open Access, Open Education, Citizen Science
• Online Consultation Meetings with champions and national stakeholders to promote Open Science
• Sensitisation Meetings with Chief Executives/Principal Officers/Librarians of Institutions to establish Open Science policy and practice
• Workshop in Abuja to consolidate on an Open Science national policy document in Nigeria.

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