Collaboration with Cornell University moves CRS forward with trainings on key skill sets
GLCI’s collaboration with the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development (CIIFAD) produced tangible results in the field this summer 2009. A team of Cornell graduate students, in collaboration with 3 Kenyatta University students, visited East Africa and Central Africa GLCI partners. Cornell University is contracted by CRS to develop appropriate training modules to support the training of farmer groups in multiple skill sets and putting them into Agilix GoCourse software for use on the GLCI Intel rugged mini-laptops by partner field agents.
The recently completed field work focused on working with CRS/GLCI staff, 53 partner staff from 12 different partners, and 91 farmer groups in four countries (Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda) to introduce them to the mini-laptops, basic computing, GoCourse, adult learning principles, and the draft training modules. This collaboration has helped produce training modules on mini laptops, appropriate methods for facilitating adult learning and established foundation for broader roll out to up to 60 GLCI partners to use in training over 3000 farmer groups. The work, along with the parallel piloting of the mini-laptops for M&E, has also enabled considerable trouble shooting and learning about the costs and constraints of trying to harness ICT in East and Central Africa.
Questions? Contact Jonathan Schofield jschofield@earo.crs.org.
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