A Program of the South-South Experience Exchange Facility

The SERENE program, coined as an acronym for South-South Exchange of Research and Education Network Experience, was a series of activities that applied what is called the 'blended learning' approach, using a combined variety of tools such...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Country Infrastructure Framework
Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/07/16238802/program-south-south-experience-exchange-facility-project-number-2027
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spelling okr-10986-123672021-04-23T14:03:00Z A Program of the South-South Experience Exchange Facility World Bank ACADEMIC AFFAIRS BACKBONE BACKEND BACKUP BANDWIDTH BASIC BROADBAND BUSINESS PLAN CAPACITY BUILDING CERTIFICATES COLLABORATION COMMODITY COMPUTER SCIENCE CONNECTIVITY DATA CENTER DATA SOURCES DAY-TO-DAY OPERATION DIGITAL DIGITAL LIBRARIES DIGITIZATION DISTANCE LEARNING E-LEARNING EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS END USERS ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT FACULTY OF MEDICINE FINANCIAL OPERATIONS GATEWAYS GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION HIGHER EDUCATION AUTHORITIES HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEMS INFORMATION NETWORK INFORMATION SHARING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTERFACE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER INTERNET SERVICES IP KNOWLEDGE RESOURCES LCD MEDICAL SERVICES MINISTRIES OF EDUCATION MULTIMEDIA NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORKING NETWORKS OUTSOURCING PDF PHONE PHYSICS PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES PROCUREMENT PROCUREMENT PROCESS PROTOCOLS PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES QUALITY HIGHER EDUCATION QUALITY OF TEACHING RADIO RAM RESEARCH CENTERS RESEARCH NETWORKS RESEARCHERS RESULT RETENTION ROUTERS SATELLITE SCHOOLS SCIENCE FOUNDATION SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVER SERVERS SERVICE PROVIDER SERVICE PROVIDERS SITES SUBMARINE CABLES TECHNICAL ASPECTS TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE TECHNICAL OFFICER TECHNICAL SUPPORT TECHNICAL TRAINING TELECOM TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES TELEMEDICINE TRAINING PROGRAMS TRANSMISSION UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITY GRANTS USER USER COMMUNITIES USER GROUPS USERS USES VIDEO VIDEO CONFERENCING VIRTUAL COMMUNITY VOICE OVER IP VOIP WEB WEBSITE WIDE AREA NETWORK WIRELESS The SERENE program, coined as an acronym for South-South Exchange of Research and Education Network Experience, was a series of activities that applied what is called the 'blended learning' approach, using a combined variety of tools such as web based discussions, live multisite videoconferences, and in person study visits and workshops, as a program of the global development learning network. Given the global and collaborative nature of contemporary research and the digitization of knowledge resources, access to internet and to research networks has become a pre-requisite for the provision of quality higher education in a country. Yet in some South Asian countries access to internet is poor and still very expensive, leading to academic isolation, exclusion from global research and low quality of teaching. The objectives of the program were to assist the participants in producing country policy plans for building research networks in their own countries and to encourage the establishment of a regional association of South Asian National Research and Education Networks (NRENs). The eventual outcomes of the program were, on the one hand, a conviction by the participating policy makers that an NREN was essential for the development of their higher education systems, and on the other, a series of policy notes to their respective governments on how to go about establishing and managing such a network. 2013-02-15T18:14:37Z 2013-02-15T18:14:37Z 2010-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/07/16238802/program-south-south-experience-exchange-facility-project-number-2027 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12367 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Country Infrastructure Framework Economic & Sector Work South Asia
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topic ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
BACKBONE
BACKEND
BACKUP
BANDWIDTH
BASIC
BROADBAND
BUSINESS PLAN
CAPACITY BUILDING
CERTIFICATES
COLLABORATION
COMMODITY
COMPUTER SCIENCE
CONNECTIVITY
DATA CENTER
DATA SOURCES
DAY-TO-DAY OPERATION
DIGITAL
DIGITAL LIBRARIES
DIGITIZATION
DISTANCE LEARNING
E-LEARNING
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
END USERS
ENGINEERING
EQUIPMENT
FACULTY OF MEDICINE
FINANCIAL OPERATIONS
GATEWAYS
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
HIGHER EDUCATION AUTHORITIES
HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM
HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEMS
INFORMATION NETWORK
INFORMATION SHARING
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INTERFACE
INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES
INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER
INTERNET SERVICES
IP
KNOWLEDGE RESOURCES
LCD
MEDICAL SERVICES
MINISTRIES OF EDUCATION
MULTIMEDIA
NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
NETWORKING
NETWORKS
OUTSOURCING
PDF
PHONE
PHYSICS
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES
PROCUREMENT
PROCUREMENT PROCESS
PROTOCOLS
PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES
QUALITY HIGHER EDUCATION
QUALITY OF TEACHING
RADIO
RAM
RESEARCH CENTERS
RESEARCH NETWORKS
RESEARCHERS
RESULT
RETENTION
ROUTERS
SATELLITE
SCHOOLS
SCIENCE FOUNDATION
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SERVER
SERVERS
SERVICE PROVIDER
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SITES
SUBMARINE CABLES
TECHNICAL ASPECTS
TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE
TECHNICAL OFFICER
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
TECHNICAL TRAINING
TELECOM
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES
TELEMEDICINE
TRAINING PROGRAMS
TRANSMISSION
UNIVERSITIES
UNIVERSITY GRANTS
USER
USER COMMUNITIES
USER GROUPS
USERS
USES
VIDEO
VIDEO CONFERENCING
VIRTUAL COMMUNITY
VOICE OVER IP
VOIP
WEB
WEBSITE
WIDE AREA NETWORK
WIRELESS
spellingShingle ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
BACKBONE
BACKEND
BACKUP
BANDWIDTH
BASIC
BROADBAND
BUSINESS PLAN
CAPACITY BUILDING
CERTIFICATES
COLLABORATION
COMMODITY
COMPUTER SCIENCE
CONNECTIVITY
DATA CENTER
DATA SOURCES
DAY-TO-DAY OPERATION
DIGITAL
DIGITAL LIBRARIES
DIGITIZATION
DISTANCE LEARNING
E-LEARNING
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
END USERS
ENGINEERING
EQUIPMENT
FACULTY OF MEDICINE
FINANCIAL OPERATIONS
GATEWAYS
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
HIGHER EDUCATION AUTHORITIES
HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM
HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEMS
INFORMATION NETWORK
INFORMATION SHARING
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INTERFACE
INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES
INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER
INTERNET SERVICES
IP
KNOWLEDGE RESOURCES
LCD
MEDICAL SERVICES
MINISTRIES OF EDUCATION
MULTIMEDIA
NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
NETWORKING
NETWORKS
OUTSOURCING
PDF
PHONE
PHYSICS
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES
PROCUREMENT
PROCUREMENT PROCESS
PROTOCOLS
PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES
QUALITY HIGHER EDUCATION
QUALITY OF TEACHING
RADIO
RAM
RESEARCH CENTERS
RESEARCH NETWORKS
RESEARCHERS
RESULT
RETENTION
ROUTERS
SATELLITE
SCHOOLS
SCIENCE FOUNDATION
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SERVER
SERVERS
SERVICE PROVIDER
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SITES
SUBMARINE CABLES
TECHNICAL ASPECTS
TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE
TECHNICAL OFFICER
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
TECHNICAL TRAINING
TELECOM
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES
TELEMEDICINE
TRAINING PROGRAMS
TRANSMISSION
UNIVERSITIES
UNIVERSITY GRANTS
USER
USER COMMUNITIES
USER GROUPS
USERS
USES
VIDEO
VIDEO CONFERENCING
VIRTUAL COMMUNITY
VOICE OVER IP
VOIP
WEB
WEBSITE
WIDE AREA NETWORK
WIRELESS
World Bank
A Program of the South-South Experience Exchange Facility
geographic_facet South Asia
description The SERENE program, coined as an acronym for South-South Exchange of Research and Education Network Experience, was a series of activities that applied what is called the 'blended learning' approach, using a combined variety of tools such as web based discussions, live multisite videoconferences, and in person study visits and workshops, as a program of the global development learning network. Given the global and collaborative nature of contemporary research and the digitization of knowledge resources, access to internet and to research networks has become a pre-requisite for the provision of quality higher education in a country. Yet in some South Asian countries access to internet is poor and still very expensive, leading to academic isolation, exclusion from global research and low quality of teaching. The objectives of the program were to assist the participants in producing country policy plans for building research networks in their own countries and to encourage the establishment of a regional association of South Asian National Research and Education Networks (NRENs). The eventual outcomes of the program were, on the one hand, a conviction by the participating policy makers that an NREN was essential for the development of their higher education systems, and on the other, a series of policy notes to their respective governments on how to go about establishing and managing such a network.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Country Infrastructure Framework
author World Bank
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title A Program of the South-South Experience Exchange Facility
title_short A Program of the South-South Experience Exchange Facility
title_full A Program of the South-South Experience Exchange Facility
title_fullStr A Program of the South-South Experience Exchange Facility
title_full_unstemmed A Program of the South-South Experience Exchange Facility
title_sort program of the south-south experience exchange facility
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/07/16238802/program-south-south-experience-exchange-facility-project-number-2027
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12367
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