Project Background
In line with Kenya's Ministry of Education Strategic Plan (NESSP) 2018-2022 to strengthen and expand e-learning programmes in all universities, UNESCO-ICHEI and the University of Nairobi (UoN) jointly established the IIOE Kenya National Centre In April 2022 to establish a national hub to support the digital transformation of higher education teaching and learning in Kenya.
Within this context, UNESCO-ICHEI and IIOE Kenya National Centre jointly launched the national project " Transforming Online Pedagogy for Effective Curriculum Delivery in Higher Education Institutions in Kenya " dubbed, Digital Transformative Pedagogy (DTP), in September 2022. It aims to upskill lecturers on transformative curriculum delivery, and improve online blended teaching and learning practice in higher education institutions in Kenya. The project’s main activities are Training on online pedagogy and the Application of online pedagogy in blended teaching and learning.
The pilot project ran from November 21, 2022 to December 14, 2022 with participants drawn from four universities in Kenya: Egerton University, Pwani University, Umma University and University of Nairobi.
The training was a mix of synchronous and asynchronous sessions.