10th - 13th October 2023: Invited to the University of Zambia to present at a workshop on Problem-Based-Learning Bioeconomy Entrepreneurship and Capacity Building Programme in Africa on Open and Distance Learning (ODEL). Facilitated 2 practical sessions, namely 1. Open Educational Resources - Creating a Resource on the OER Commons 2. Multimedia - embedding videos. Participants were drawn from; HAMK University of Applied Sciences (Finland), Aalto University (Finland), South Eastern Kenya University (SEKU), University of Nairobi, Egerton University, Mulungushi University, and University of Zambia. The workshop was held at Golden Zambezi Lodge, Zambia
28th - 31st August 2023: Problem-Based-Learning Bioeconomy Entrepreneurship and Capacity Building Programme in Africa. Project - Workshop Facilitator for Open and Distance Learning (ODEL). Facilitated 4 of the sessions, namely 1. The Concept of ODEL - Learner Profiles 2) Developing Distance Learning Materials-Standards, the institutional E-learning Template & Multimedia 3) Open Educational Resources (OER) and Distance Learning, 4) Learner/Tutor Support in ODEL, Quality Assurance in ODEL Participating universities were; South Eastern Kenya University (SEKU), University of Nairobi, Egerton University, Mulungushi University, and University of Zambia. The workshop was held at ARC Hotel, Egerton University.
20th October 2022: PBL BioAfrica/AgriScale Projects - Participated in appraising Students' Challenges focusing on water Hyacinth in Lake Victoria. Students were from Aalto University (Finland), Egerton University (Kenya) and Gulu University (Uganda). Workshop was held at ARC Hotel, Egerton University.
19th - 23rd September 2022: Invited to HAMK and Aalto University of Applied Sciences, Finland. Presented a session on E-learning in Africa & Gender Analysis under the auspices of PBL BioAfrica and Agriscale projects partners meeting. Participants from Gulu University Uganda, Egerton University, UoN, JKUAT, SEKU, Mlungushi University, University of Zambia, HAMK and Aalto.
4th - 8th April 2022: Invited (as consultant for International Aid Services, IAS, Denmark) to the Inclusive Education conference held in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania to make a presentation on the Digital Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) System. Countries represented in the Digital System are: Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan and Southern Sudan. The system is used to streamline data collection and analysis and provide a system for monitoring the project indicators and the achievement of outcomes.
23rd - 25th March 2022: Egerton University 14th Biennial Conference. Presented 3 papers, namely: i) Towards a Digital Transformation Agenda for Teaching, Learning And Assessment in Higher Education: The Case of Egerton University, Kenya, ii) A Theoretical Model for Predicting Undergraduate Students’ Adoption of E-Learning in Kenya’s Public Universities (with Prof. F. Keraro, Prof. E. K. Maritim and Dr. K.O. Hadullo), and iii) Communicative Competence in African Higher Education Classrooms: A Kenyan University Case Study (With Dr. J.S. Mukuni).
3rd March 2022 - date: Invited Programme Committe Member as a reviewer in the 10th Pan-Commonwealth Forum (PCF10) on Opening Learning Papers - Fostering Lifelong Learning. Reviewed 15 abstracts. Full paper reviews ongoing for the conference planned for September 2022.
1st - 4th March 2022 - Sensitization Workshop for Universities, TVETs and Research Institutions in the Central Rift Valley Region on Intellectual Property (IP) Rights. Areas covered: (Introduction to IP; Trademarks; Geographic Indications; Patents and Utility Models; Technology & Innovation Support Centre (TISC); Industrial Designs and Copyright; Seeds and Plant Variety Protection in Kenya; Anti-counterfeit Agency (ACA) and Legal Framework; IP Management; Enforcement of IP Rights)
