1. Using ICT For Skills training and Knowledge sharing A presentation from Somesa

2. About Somesa Somesa is an elearning platform for institutions or individuals to share educational content and material with a specific audience. Built for universities,schools,governemt, organizations, companies and individuals for skills training, knowldge sharing, teaching, appraisals and learning

3. Using ICT as Collaboration Platform on diverse projects community mobilization research Channel training videos training documents online courses sensitization Communication tool discussion forums social media email, SMS

4. Why ICT ➔ Cheap ➔ Interactive ➔ Reach a large audience ➔ Accessible

5. In which ways can ICT be used for skills training and knowldge sharing?

6. Continuous staff training on matters of policy, leadership, laws & practices governing area of work. i.e orientation of new staff, ethical conduct, accountability to general public Sharing domain information on specific subjects to empower the youth i.e. what taxes can I pay, why should I pay, how do they benfit the country and myself? Sensitizing the public on different on-going or future programs and the various employment/study opportunities arising out of such Post training support and trainee followup Governance

7. Use of e-learning tools and pedagogies i.e. flipped classroom & blended learning. Discussion and collaborative learning Research and publication of research findings i.e PHD work, final year papers, and other kinds of reseach Assessments, tests, exercises and coursework Creation of online courses free or paid Academic Institutions

8. Learning & Skills attainment i.e. from online courses offered on sites like Coursera, Edx, Somesa, YouTube etc. Share knowldge with fellow youth and the general public i.e create training program for others to enroll in your filed of expertise. Individuals

9. www.somesa.ug

10. Somesa Teaching and learning Aid  Host to various lecture materials(videos, podcasts, documents  Virtual classrooms with rich discussion forums  Real-time assessments, exercises and exams  Digital repository of various information  Article publication in various languages.  Integrated with social media sites for resource sharing  Student enrollment and results management  Course creation and management  Facilitation of course work/exercise submission  Post-training support and follow up.  Persistent Online document cloud storage

13. A solution built to serve and reach millions

14. Implementations Todate

15. Embrace ICT to empower the youth and bring change to the Community

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