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Greater Collaboration between Caribbean and Latin American Networks
Samoya was thrilled that the doctors and specialists had been able to diagnose her babies' illness in time for her to get treatment. The dedicated, high bandwidth network had made it possible to send the baby's X-rays and scan results quickly to the specialists hundreds of miles away from her remote community. Her baby would now have a chance at a normal life.
After hurricane Ivan, Tanya and her brother had to live with relatives on different islands, but they have both been able to attend classes at the state community college at home through e-learning and virtual classrooms. Like many studnets in non-campus countries, they can can now stay in their countries of residence and take courses and programmes from tertiary institutions in any country in CARICOM and overseas by way of virtual learning.
These are just two examples of applications that will become possible for Caribbean people using the C@ribNET, the region's research and education network, especially as it forges closer ties with its sister network, RedCLARA in Latin America. |
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Installing C@ribNET
During the first 2 weeks of March, the final phase of installation for the backbone of the Caribbean's dedicated research and education high-speed fiber optic network, C@ribNET will be completed. Central to this process is the installation of access and backbone nodes at the designated sites in the Phase 1 countries - Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Dominican Republic, the OECS (Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States) and Barbados....
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Caribbean Joins the First Global Virtual Day
2012 - End or Substantial Change of the World?" - March 22, 2012 at 15.00 GMT
After typing the phrase 2012 end of the world Mayas, without inverted commas, Google (in Spanish) gives you 3.020.000 results in 0.17 seconds! With the phrase December 21st, 2012, the same search engine yields 31.800.000 results in 0.25 seconds. Can or should academic networks address these conversations, which at first glance, seem remote from serious formality and scientific rigour?
The Latin American NREN Public Relations group (organisers), collaborating with CKLN and other networks, are convening the First Global Virtual Day where specialists from various scientific areas and countries will address topics of disasters and their management... |
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CARICOM Secretary General Visits CKLN
The Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, visited the offices of the Caribbean Knowledge and Learning Network, CKLN, in Grenada at the end of January.
Welcomed by Mr. Ken Sylvester, the Chief Executive Officer of CKLN and members of staff, Ambassador LaRocque was pleased to visit the agency, the only CARICOM institution that is based in Grenada. Ambassador LaRocque stressed that ICT is the backbone of regional development and an important facilitator of the integration process. |
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Communities at Work!
This past week, a colleague in Africa reached out to a colleague in the USA who reached out to us at CKLN in the Caribbean who reached out to colleagues in Latin America - and we were able to put two universities in contact with each other in order to help develop a new and important programme. THIS is what "community" is all about! Joshua, Greg, Alejandra - Thanks!
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Caribbean Knowledge and Learning Network
Trans-Nemwil Office Complex
St. George's, P.O. Box 1431
colleen.wintsmith@ckln.org
(760) 705-8888
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