Category Archives: Higher Education for Development

Stakeholders’ Meeting

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On July 2, 2014, we had a stakeholders’ meeting to present the activities and accomplishments from our partnership project that has been USAID-funded. We held the meeting at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development and were welcomed by the Acting … Continue reading

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Monitoring and Evaluation Visit, Part 2

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As part of Teshome Alemneh and Amy Reagan’s Monitoring and Evaluation Visit for the Kenyatta University-Syracuse University partnership project, Teshome and Amy visited one of our outreach sites, Thika School for the Blind, where SU team members Alan Foley and … Continue reading

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Monitoring and Evaluation Visit, Part 1

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Teshome Alemneh and Amy Reagan, staff members from Higher Education for Development, were with us at Kenyatta University June 11-12, 2014 for a Monitoring and Evaluation visit. Additionally, Wambui Gathenya and Winifred Adhiambo from USAID-Kenya participated in the meetings on … Continue reading

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Workshop on Active Learning Strategies, Day Three

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For the third day of the professional development workshops for teacher educators at Kenyatta University on active learning strategies, the focus was on (a) scenarios/case studies, (b) reciprocal questioning, (c) visual literacy, and (d) technology-based check in strategies. The workshops … Continue reading

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Workshop on Active Learning Strategies, Day Two

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The strategies covered in Day Two of the workshops were (a) Focused Listing, (b) Note Check, (c) Think-Pair-Share or Write-Pair-Share, and (d) Flipped Classroom. After discussing and having experience with these four strategies, participants planned how to use at least … Continue reading

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Workshop on Active Learning Strategies, Day One

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One of the areas identified by the Kenyatta University faculty members for building capacity is in the area of teaching large classes. KU teacher educators often teach education courses with 250-500 students, including methods courses. We have had previous professional … Continue reading

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Visually Impaired Students Find Independence Through Mobile Devices

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One way of disseminating information about this project is through the success stories that Higher Education for Development (HED) and USAID ask us to develop. Here is one of our success stories related to Kenyatta University students with visual impairments finding independence through the … Continue reading

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Faculty Training Improves Kenyatta University’s Integration of Technology in Teaching

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One way of disseminating information about this project is through the Success Stories that Higher Education for Development (HED) and USAID ask us to develop. Here is one of our success stories related to technology integration.

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Workshop on Designing Effective Presentations with KU Faculty Members

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On January 7-9, 2013, professor Alan Foley led a workshop at Kenyatta University for faculty members in the Department of Educational Communication and Technology on designing effective presentations. The workshop was attended by almost all of the members of the … Continue reading

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Colloquium on Capacity Built Through the Kenyatta University-Syracuse University Partnership

On October 12, 2012, five members of the Kenyatta University-Syracuse University Partnership gave a colloquium talk at Syracuse University on the capacity that has been built thus far through the partnership. Marguerite Miheso-O’Connor, Samson Ondigi and Nicholas Twoli, faculty members … Continue reading

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