Greater Collaboration between Caribbean and Latin American Networks |
Wednesday, 29 February 2012 00:00 |
Representatives of national research and education networks (NRENs) from across the Caribbean met recently in Kingston, Jamaica to review and discuss research and education applications and services to become available on C@ribNET through its partnership with RedCLARA.
(Written by: Colleen Wint Smith, CKLN) • Bryan was excited to finally find the information he needed to finish his thesis and give it the regional flavor he had intended! A dedicated research and education network, with numerous data sources, as well as contacts for other researchers also focusing on his field of study, were readily available.• Samoya was thrilled that the doctors and specialists had been able to diagnose the illness of her baby in time for her to get treatment. The dedicated, high bandwidth network had made 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 to have 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 students in non-campus countries, now they can stay in their countries of residence and take courses and programmes from tertiary institutions in any country in CARICOM and overseas by virtual learning. These are only three 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. CKLN has been supporting the development of NRENs at national levels and the establishment of C@ribNET enables the Caribbean institutions to connect to each other and to other international networks such as Internet 2 (USA), RedCLARA (Latin America) and GÉANT (Europe). Read the article at CKLN: http://www.ckln.org/home/content/greater-collaboration-between-caribbean-and-latin-american-networks |
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