The University of Nairobi annual sports day was held on 18th October 2024, student and staff from different faculties of the University of Nairobi competed in various games and the winners awarded. The faculty of education was not left behind and participated in various games including soccer, tennis volleyball, etc and emerged winners in a number of them
Monday, October 7, 2024
On 18th September 2024, the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) launched the ‘Youth Academy on Climate Adaptation and Leadership’ at the University of Nairobi during the “Dialogue on Accelerating Adaptation Education in a Climate Emergency.” The dialogue convened over 500 global leaders, development partners, academics, and student representatives to explore collaborative strategies for delivering climate adaptation education and discussed the importance of empowering young people and the most vulnerable communities to lead adaptation actions in Africa.
First Year B.Ed students report to the Faculty of Education,University of Nairobi on Monday,19th August 2024. The department of Educational Communication Technology and Pedagogical studies admitted 130 student in to the B.Ed Early Childhood Education Program offered by the department.
The LITES Research Validation Workshop was held on 26th July 2024 at the Swiss-Belmont hotel Nairobi. Prof TJ D'Agostino and Prof Hellen Inyega led the workshop. The UON Vice Chancellor Prof Stephen Kiama officially opened the workshop, also in attendance was the Dean faculty of Education Prof. Jeremiah Kalai. The department of Educational communication Technology and Pedagogical Studies was well represented in the LITES research dissemination workshop .
The department of educational communication and technology hosted students and faculty members from Nebraska University. They had a fruitful discussions on areas of collaboration with each other. Students from the department also had an opportunity to interact with the students of Nebraska University and also proposed areas they felt they could collaborate to enhance their learning experience.
The Department of Educational Communication Technology and Pedagogical studies held its first Teaching Practice Symposium on 26th April 2024. The event was held online and was attended by universities in Kenya and around the world. The keynote speech was given by Dr. Reetta Niemi who gave insights on Global Perspectives of Teaching Practice Experiences, with emphases on the Expected Competencies for the 21 st Century Teacher. The meeting was officially opened by the Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic affairs Prof. Leonida Kerubo franked by the Dean Faculty of Education Prof.
The department of Educational Communication and Technology will hold its first TP symposium on Friday 26th April 2024 starting at 8.A.M. To Register click here
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
