Catherine Wangeci K-Thuo, African Virtual University, Kenya to Give Plenary in Vancouver, Canada Catherine Wangeci K-Thuo will be joining the
2010 Ubiquitous Learning Conference as a plenary speaker this December. The conference runs from 10-11 December at Robson Square in Vancouver, Canada.
Catherine Wangeci Thuo (Kariuki), a Kenyan National, is the Project Manager of the AfDB/UNDP Multinational Support Project at the African Virtual University. She is an education specialist who has worked with the AVU at various capacities since January 2004. Catherine has extensive experience in education and training having worked as a Training Manager with a training organization, MSC Africa, in Rwanda. Amongst other contributions to academic citizenship, Catherine has co-authored a chapter; Quality Assurance in the African Virtual University: A Case Study, in a Commonwealth of Learning book, Towards a Culture of Quality (2007) and has written a thesis, Investigating the Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Primary Teacher Training Colleges in Kenya (2006). She is currently a Doctoral student of Education, Curriculum Studies (ICT in Education) at the University of South Africa. Catherine has a passion for the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education and is convinced that the use of these technologies in education will leapfrog Africa into a position of fair competition in the global economy.
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