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FOSST Discovery Centre's ReVEL has put Fort Hare on the African Map!

UFH, ReVEL drives development of online laboratories

African universities have recognised the potential of online laboratories in promoting science education. And while online experiments are especially relevant during COVID-19, there are significant challenges.Phumezo Kwinana, director of the Forté School of Science and Technology (FOSST) Discovery Centre and founder of the Remote and Virtual Education Laboratory (ReVEL) at the University of Fort Hare (UFH), South Africa, told University World News: "Virtual laboratories are being developed in African universities. ...

Remote and Virtual Education Lab new LOGO

Remote and Virtual Education Lab New logo

ReVEL,The technology facility attached to the university’s Physics Department offers several benefits in online intstrumentation . Using coding and robotics, it enables students and researchers to interact with peers from over 20 universities around the world on experimentations in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) field. It also allows learners from local rural schools to perform all syllabus-based experiments.

ALBERT WESSELS TRUST DONATES R1.8M TO SUPPORT UFH ONLINE INSTRUMENTATION PROJECT

Mr Kwinana and ReVEL Team: UFH online instrumentation project is 100% ready to provide laboratory services remotely.

FOSST Director, Mr Phumezo Kwinana is a man on a mission. He has vowed to leave no stone unturned in his quest to ensure the UFH online instrumentation project is 100% ready to provide laboratory services remotely. We are pleased to report that his hard work has already begun yielding positive results.

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