Launch of the Itrainers' online community

Theme: Building the Itrainers' Community

Framing Statement: What do I want to gain from / contribute to an online community of ICT4D trainers?

Participants responses:

I want to GAIN…

• Be informed of Zambia experiences in ICT4D as far as Community of Trainers is concerned;
• Get direct access to some of the most advanced trainers;
• Access on IT from other IT professionals so as to give/benefit those in need of IT knowledge;
• Learn from others experiences;
• I would like to learn more from online trainers;
• Learn from others about rural connectivity
• Hear genuine case studies of successful development
• Be informed of latest issues on capacity development
• Research reports on the findings
• Find out what is happening in rural areas
• Advice on appropriate ICT4D technologies
• Appropriate knowledge and skills on ICT4D in a development context
• Appropriate ICT4D knowledge for trainers, focused on training materials
• Knowledge about ICT
• More information about ICT
• Technical knowledge and skills
• ICT skills
• Access to IT so as to share IT professionally
• More of the skills we started to develop this week
• Experiences and knowledge on How ICTs can facilitate the youth to develop skills after school
• Access to other networks and share ideas with others
• Incentives to study
• Experience being part of a community of practice
• Experience of being part of the itrainers community
• Training content
• Knowledge about different tried and tested ICT4D training methodologies, successes and failures
• Access to information about interesting and relevant resources
• Teaching methodologies
• Peer assist
• Tried and tested ways of solving training problems
• Innovative approaches to adapting ICT4D training materials to varied contexts or environments

I want to CONTRIBUTE…

• my practical experience
• contribute my experiences with the community
• ICT4D training experiences
• Own personal experience, time, and advice/input
• Knowledge and experiences
• Also local research papers, policy documents, etc.
• To growing pool of sharable resources
• Knowledge and skills
• My IT knowledge – technical/IT concepts for development
• My experiences in promoting ICTs in schools for ‘lower class’ students as a tool for developing skills for students and teachers using minimal resources;
• The knowledge I have with other trainers online
• Share what we are doing regarding teaches of ICT in rural areas;
• Research-based ideas on using ICTs in Education
• Development of ICT curriculum to different groups on Health/HIV issues
• To empower other with ICT, to train others
• Lessons from our experience
• Advice on appropriate technologies for education
• Participate in online & face-to-face discussions
• Offer training anywhere, anytime if I can
• To educate, to inform on ICT4D issues
• To popularise the online community of ICT4D trainers
• Help people to link up with our people/projects where interests overlap
• Training content
• Assist others with their challenges where I can

Resources on doing an Open Space

• Doing an Open Space: 2-page Primer
• Anatomy in Pictures of an Open Space Event
• Open Space Planning Checklist
• How to use wiki to document an Open Space meeting
• DiscussionTemplate - use this template for recording the results of discussions
• OpenSpaceParticipants - make sure we have contact info for all who attended the Open Space
• Train the trainers or let the trainers train themselves? The case of a community readiness assessment for ICT for development trainers. IICD Research Brief, June 2006.

Reports

Use the DiscussionTemplate to write reports of each session. Name the reports after the topic and link them to this page.

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