Peter Njuguna, NOPE

ICT MANAGER

NATIONAL ORG.OF PEER EDUCATORS

31st July 2014, the Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya

Role of eLearning in delivery of

SRH services in Kenya

A Case of NOPE Peer Education eLearning Program

Take home

• Successfully implementing Learning Management

system

• Build a strong advocacy case for developing free

‘eContent’ to benefit all Kenyans

• How eLearning can change the delivery of social

programs through as a cost effective delivery option

• Where do we go from here

Background

• NOPE NGO was registered in 2000 with int. mandate

in 2007 starting with peer-centered programs

• Core Business: Behavioral, Biomedical and structural

services

• Has trained over 1.5 million youth Peer

Educators(PE), TOTs, CHWs in Kenya

• Trained over 100,000 Workplace PEs

• Trained over 50,000 MSM & FSW

• Presence in Uganda, Works in Tanzania, S-Sudan,

Puntland, Liberia and Eastern Europe

• Minimum package**

ELearning Initiatives

• Developers of National MSM curriculum

• Hosts the YPEER cyber peer

– Success CD based and online PE

– Certification

– Targets 14- 25 year olds

• Support Workplace programs (blue color and jua kali)

• Hosts the Biennial NOPE Conference on Sexuality, Peer

Educators, HIV and AIDS

• Innovators of Ambassadors of Change program Apx.

20,000 Nairobi students

Kenya Airways Employee Wellness Program

• KQ is among the largest airlines in Africa

• The business is travel most employees are

not physically in the office

• 75% of the employees are between ages 21

and 49 Years

• KAP survey was done in 2008 by NOPE

• ELearning was recommended as delivery

method to reach most staff

Counseling Sessions by category from a service provider

Source: Kenya Airways, Jane Munyi

Implementation

• Moodle 1.6.x then eFront– Transfer of a 52 Week curricular online content

– Visuals as used in hardcopies++ & Videos

– Pre-Post tests - Assessments

– Feel and Look of the Landing page

– Kept Simplicity and need for ePeer Education

• 3 months implementation, 2 months break, 1 year close

• 3 people involved from NOPE Manager, IT officer and a

Trainer

• First time dare devil attempt to bring change

• Already invoiced for the job

• Final Product to be part of the KAP report

Challenges

• Acceptance by trainers (staff)

• Interface Design and complexity of moodle

• Prototyping and landing on a final product (sign-off)

• Inclusion of “Participatory” in the content

• ELearning specific curricular and content

• Virgin ground – meant IT was left front all initiatives

• ROI and business case for KQ

• Staffing ownership and championing change

How we overcame

• Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue

to reach out. Benjamin Franklin

• Content is the driver, customizing everyday

• Simplicity is Key - back & front end

• Need for elearning outcomes consensus and Metrics

for impact

• Mistakes laid ground for current project

• Need for SDLC – systems development lifecycle

• Review of content, switch of to a friendlier platform

• Organization registration – The NOPE International

Institute

Before

Now

Why we need eLearning in Social Work

• Access to mobile is heading to 100%

• Cheaper to implement

• Open Source LMS – PHP, MySQL

• ELearning goes beyond LMS – YouTube, Videos,

Social Media

• Willing partners NGO, PPP, government and

stakeholders here

• Social Enterprise possibility

• Leverage on the standards, experts, lessons,

models..

• Minimum package can be agreed upon

Conclusion

• LMS are varieties and need time before you

implement

• Utilize project management workflow to implement

• Keep to perquisites Checked : Standard,

Policy/Strategy, Model, Motivations, Ownership, ROI

• Creativity and open mind will lead to innovation

• Allow Mistakes though costly

• Form offline society – meetups, social media etc

• Evaluate progress often

• Let it be a teams glory

• All NGO should be talking to NOPE

Thank You Qs or Cs

pkaranja@nope.or.ke

@njuguna

www.nope.or.ke