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VIRTUAL LEARNING
Themba GumboDirector Cap-Net UNDP
Innovative learning for educating (young) water professionals
SUMMARY
1. Virtual learning a history2. MOOCs and the Cap-Net UNDP
Virtual campus3. Self-learning/paced online
tutorials4. Webinars5. Social media and Cap-Net
Facebook 6. The Water Channel TV
1. History is disputable dating back to 1940s2. Became more common widespread in the late
1990s 3. Terminology:• Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI)• Computer Based Training (CBT)• Computer Managed Instruction (CMI)• Course Management System (CMS)• Integrated Learning Systems (ILS)• Interactive Multimedia Instruction (IMI)• Learning Management System (LMS)• Massive open online course (MOOC)• On Demand Training (ODT)• Technology Based Learning (TBL)• Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL)• Web Based Training (WBT)• Media Psychology
Ongoing online courses:September – December 2015
• Sustainable Water Management, Part I: Principles and Concepts for a Water Management Framework
Cap-Net & Affiliated networks LA-WETnet, ArgCap-Net, REMERH
• Water Integrity and Transparency, Part I: Principles and Concepts Cap-Net, Water Integrity Network (WIN); UNDP Water Governance Facility
at SIWI
• A Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) to Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)
Cap-Net, WaterLex, UNDP Water Governance Facility at SIWI, REDICA
• Spanish: Valuación del Impacto Ambiental ArgCap-Net
Online courses features
Online courses organized by modules, which run every 10
days
Contents based in Cap-Net´s Training Manuals
Participants expected to follow:
-Basic readings
-Online discussions forums
-Individual or group exercise
-Live sessions using WebEx
-Online quiz by the end of each module
-Further readings, recommended videos and web sites
-Participants feedback
Expected dedication: 4 hours per week
Sustainable Water Management
Log in and be part! Universally accessible
knowledge Accessible, open, and scaled up knowledge
availability
User friendlyClear and facilitating design
for learning purposes,"WordPress"
open software
MultilingualOperational in English
and Spanish, with capacity for other
languages
Cost efficient Low maintenance and operational costs, high savings in travel costs
Low carbon and friendly cities
Reduces the need for international and local
travel for trainings
1. Why Gender Matters in IWRM: A tutorial for water managers
2. Sustainable Sanitation and Water Management Toolbox
3. IWRM as a Tool for Adaptation to Climate Change
4. Integrated Water Resources Management
• A webinar is an internet-based seminar, common forms include (but are not limited to):– Live presentations with Q&A– Group discussions
• There are different software solutions but common features include:– Able to watch powerpoint presentation– Able to hear speaker (and sometimes see the speaker)– Able to ask questions or comment through a chat box
and interact with other participants.– Able to join with an audio connection by telephone
• 2 x 10 webinar series per year:– 10 webinars held each Tuesday over 10 weeks– Each with 2 speakers and 1-2 discussants followed by Q&A– Each webinar repeated in a second language (English/French or
English/Spanish) – Recordings posted online: https://vimeo.com/ruralwater
• It has become a central member-to-member knowledge exchange and learning activity for the network and boosts network membership
• …but… big preparation time to train speakers and to chase them to prepare scripts and presentations so that they can be translated
Advantages Limitations Costs
International sharing of experiences and dialogue at low cost.
Internet connection reliability and speeds of hosts, presenters, audience
Software Licence
Gives an opportunity and voice to professionals who unable to attend international conferences
Time zones of speakers and target audience
Staff time to organise, promote, host, present and attend, and post-series feedback questionnaire.
Flexible for different online meeting and discussion types.
Recordings can be posted online for future use.
Hundreds Billions
• Purpose: – Share Cap-Net news and announcements– Reach more people
• Content type:
– Cap-Net training activities (include images and tag people)– Posts on big days, such as World Water Day, including images– News on innovative activities, such as Aqua Republica, CEWAS startup
programme & UNWater’s One Water– Other exciting news, such as transition to SDGs
http://www.thewaterchannel.tv/