1. 1 eLearning@InWEnt.org Capacity Building in eLearning Intended and unintended Impacts Til Schoenherr eLearning Africa, Accra 2008

2. 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. 3 Learn anytime and teach anywhere Co-operate across continents and cultures Exchange opinions Share experiences

4. 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

5. 5 2005-2007 - Impact achieved almost 1.000 participants: eL Managers eL developers (Instructional Design, Content Development) eL Technicians eL Tutors e-Capacity Building

6. 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

7. 7 2005-2007 - 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 …)

8. 8 2005-2007 - 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 …

9. 9 2005-2007 – 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

10. 10 296 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. 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 eL@environment

12. 12 GC21 Course Exchange http://gc21exchange.inwent.org/de/start.html Consistent global framework for eL@environment 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. 13 Thank you very much for your attention! Dr. Til Schoenherr, InWEnt – Project Manager E-Learning til.schoenherr@inwent.org