Browsing UbuntuNet-Connect 2014 by Title
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Building a Modern Research Network using a Public-Private Partnership – the New Zealand example (and a model for Africa?)
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2014-11)Research networks face the continual challenge of obtaining high end, flexible connectivity at a price level that is affordable for end users and those funding the network. The development of new cloud-based products and ... -
Challenges and Benefits of Educational Roaming (eduroam) Service to ZAMREN Member Institutions
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2014-11)Eduroam (education roaming) is a secure, world-wide roaming service which allows researchers, students and staff from participating education and research institutions access Internet when they visit other participating ... -
A change in University Lecturers’ Perception of E-learning tools for Instructional Delivery at Midlands State University: From techno-phobic to technology savvies
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2014-11)Midlands State University (MSU) has witnessed an about turn in lecturers’ perceptions and beliefs about technology from being negative to positive enthusiastic users of technology. Using the case of MSU this paper reports ... -
Changing Faculty members' attitude towards the use of ICTs in teaching and research: the SIDS model
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2014-11)The introduction of National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) has provided opportunities for Universities in Africa for research through increased Internet bandwidth, collaborative research and availability of ... -
Cloud-Based Big Data Analytics in Bioinformatics: A Review
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2014-11)The significant advances in high- throughput sequencing technologies over the last decade have led to an exponential explosion of biological data. Consequently, bioinformatics is encountering unprecedented challenges in ... -
Creating a large scale wireless network with SCIFI
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2014-11)One year after progressing from a research project to become the technology driving the wireless network at UFF, SCIFI Magalhaes, 2013 has grown. SCIFI (an acronym which stands for Intelligent Controller for Wireless ... -
Developing Appropriate Research Services for Kenyan Researchers
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2014-11)Emerging African National Research and Education Network build and maintain advanced broadband networks that interconnect universities and research institutes1. The NRENs not only provide basic Internet and shared services ... -
e-Agri Transport Network Ghana
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2014-11)Nearly seventy percent of the population of most African countries are directly engaged in the production and distributing of food. Across the continent, food production, distribution and consumption are perhaps the most ... -
e-Learning Using Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks to Support Teaching and Learning in Rural Zambia
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2014-11)Zambia is faced with a widening gap in the provision of education between urban and rural areas. E-Learning also known as online learning maybe the solution to the learning and teaching challenges experienced in rural ... -
An Evaluation of Peering and Traffic Engineering in the Pan-African Research and Education Network: A case for Software Defined Internet Exchange Points
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2014-11)Despite an increase in the number of Internet eXchange Points (IXPs) in Africa, as well as proliferation of submarine and terrestrial fibre optic cable systems, a large proportion of Internet traffic exchanged among Africa’s ... -
Global Open Exchange Points and Research and Education Networking Futures
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2014-11)Work is underway to develop a set of principles that are intended to guide the interconnection of national and regional research and education networks. These principles have the concept of a Global Open Exchange Points ... -
GT-VoA: Videos On Demand as Learning Objects
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2014-11)The use of multimedia resources inside classroom is increasingly common, making the learning process more participatory and interactive. Learning objects (LOs) are entities that can be used, reused or referenced during ... -
Impact of Improved Internet Access and Other Factors on Researcher Behaviour and their Intellectual Property Output
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2014-11)The volume of intellectual property output of African universities and research institutions and their contribution to the global research discourse is very low, and it is not commensurate with the quality and quantity of ... -
The Integration of library and e-learning systems: the case of selected public universities in Tanzania
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2014-11)The current study investigated how library and e-learning services can be integrated together for improving teaching and learning in selected higher learning institutions in Tanzania. Specifically the study identified ... -
Interoperability, Integration and Standardization of e-Health Initiatives in Malawi: Current Efforts and Prospects
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2014-11)Since its inception in Malawi, e-health continues to offer new opportunities for improving health-care delivery in the country. In places where implementations are done right, it enables proper and easy management of ... -
Jointly exploiting data and distributed computing eInfrastructure
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2014-11)CHAIN-REDS promotes and supports technological and scientific collaboration across different e-Infrastructures established and operated in various continents. To this, it has included data related capabilities so any user ... -
NRENs Cloud Infrastructure Framework (NRENs-CLIF): Case Study of SADC Region
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2014-11)Recently, the appealing features of cloud computing have been driving its integration into the ICT component of the education sector. In view of this, the NRENS in developed countries are adopting Cloud computing as its ... -
The Potential for unified backbone optical transmission in Zambia: The analysis
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2014-11)Information and Communications Technology (ICTs) and telecommunication service provision in developing countries is undergoing speedy progress and inspiring numerous deployments. It has been looked upon as a substitute to ... -
Promoting the growing and access to scientific literature through NRENs in Africa
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2014-11)Currently, it is undeniable the role of the Internet in sustaining knowledge growth through a multitude of technologies, user devices and network infrastructures. National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) promote ... -
SE-CNC - A Brazilian Experimental Cloud Storage Service
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2014-11)Cloud-based storage services are increasingly common tools in the everyday life of teachers and researchers. Thus, the Cloud business model is a trend for those who are looking for scalability, availability, flexibility ...