1 Capacity Building in eLearning Intended and unintended Impacts Til Schoenherr eLearning Africa, Accra 2008

2 about 900 employees Cairo, Dar Es Salaam, Pretoria one of the four German organisations funded by the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development >40 years experience in Cap. Building Dep. E-Learning, International Knowledge Communities & Documentation

3 Learn anytime and teach anywhere Co-operate across continents and cultures Exchange opinions Share experiences

4 E- Learning, Coaching, and Collaboration have been introduced at InWEnt in 2000 are now a standard instrument in our programmes are seen as a key success factor for training, project cooperation, and networking have become part of our service portfolio are being transferred as competences to our partners

Impact achieved almost participants: eL Managers eL developers (Instructional Design, Content Development) eL Technicians eL Tutors e-Capacity Building

6 Questionnaire 187 alumni (32%) gave feedback 97% recommend the program 296 additional online course developments > 500 eL project planed > 50% alumni still active in eL impact on decision making levels

Impact achieved e-Institution Building… e-Strategy & e-Policy Development national and regional eL Networks (6) assistance >12 eLC/networks Africa, Asia & Latin-America (e. g. in Namibia, Kenia, Ethiopia, Egypt …)

Impact achieved Policy level eL as an integrated ICT Policy Component Doubling of bandwidth Halving telecom fees for educational institutions Institutional budget and infrastructures Unintended Impacts Namibia  KeLC Supported by GeSCI, CoL, UNEP, UNESCO, InWEnt …

– unintended impacts Enhancement of national & regional eL frameworks institutional recognition and awareness women empowerment (10/14 eL networks) Progress due to cultural diversity Change of teaching/learning patterns: self-guided learning skills coaching versus instructing Benchmarking among instructors

additional online course developments > 500 eL projects planned  21% covering environmental issues 14 eL Service & Training providers  national/regional orientation 1 sector oriented eL network (TATCOT)  1 global eL network 4 environment eLearning 4 Environment

11 turn the wheel into a new direction International Agreement on Quality Standards for dev. relevant institutions appl. eL Spreading FOSS Certification - QM for FOSS Services through certification - such as Linux Professional Institute (LPI)-Certification develop, implement and disseminate environment significant content and data through eLearning Challenges ahead Consistent global framework for

12 GC21 Course Exchange Consistent global framework for Enabling framework which facilitate eL networks relevant for environmental issues interdisciplinary co-operation sharing content, expertise, tasks and workloads concerning statistics, information management knowledge generation rather than management

13 Thank you very much for your attention! Dr. Til Schoenherr, InWEnt – Project Manager E-Learning