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UoN Mega Faculty Hackthon was held on 3rd  to 5th  April, 2024. Top 35 teams which were selected from round one will later battle it out for the best 10 teams. Our students' team ( Faculty of Education) led by Mr. Alex M. Kyalo qualified for round two after emerging among the best 20 innovations. The team pitched an innovation on Bursary Management System. The best teams will participate in the Nairobi innovation week, The Nairobi Innovation Week event will include a three day hackathon as part of the activities.

Training of Trainers for the Mega Faculty Hackathons was conducted on 26-28 Feb 2024 at Wangare Maathai Inistitute. Training was organised by the office of the DVC (RIE) and that of the Director (Innovations and Intellectual Property).The department of educational Communication and technology was well represented by Dr. Kyalo Mulwa a member of our academic staff. This was in preparations for the Faculty of Education Hackathons which is a build up to  the Nairobi innovation week which will be held  in May this year

The new Chancellor Professor Patrick Verkooijen of the university of Nairobi visited the Faculty of Education Kikuyu Campus on Tuesday 30th of January 2024 on a familiarization  tour of the campus and also to engage with staff, faculty and Students. 

The Department of Educational communication,Technology and Pedagogical Studies organised a teaching with technology seminar to upgrade the Faculty members soft skills in use of various digital tools in developing content for teaching. This according to the Chairman of the department Dr.Boniface Ngaruiya constitute a series of seminars of Digital Transformation Programme seminars that the Department intends to undertake to ensure all members are able to use digital tools that are available  in teaching and developing online content. The session was Facilitated by Dr.

University of Nairobi will hold its 70th graduation ceremony on 15th December 2023 

The 13th biennial Pan-African Literacy For All (PALFA) Conference  with the Theme: Remediating the Global Learning Poverty Crisis through Innovative Literacy Practices was held on 23rd to 25th of August 2023 hosted by the department of Educational communication Technology and Pedagogical Studies at the Manu Chandaria Hall at the University towers.

Dr Teresia W. Kazungu a long serving academic staff member with 30 years of exemplary service as a Kiswahili Educator in the  Department retired this year. She's credited for training over 2500  kiswahili teachers. She will be remembered for her demand for quality and order in teaching Kiswahili and in the teaching Profession in general. The department celebrates her exemplary service to the Kenyan school community. Members of the Academic staff paid her a courtesy call as she settles down to this new phase of her life.

Dean FED, Director CEPA, and Chairman, DECTPS  represented UON in Laser- Pulse Network meeting with Purdue and Makerere University

The Department of Educational Communication and Technology will be hosting the 13th biennial Pan-African Literacy For All (PALFA) Conference 23rd - 25th August 2023 | Nairobi, Kenya.

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