Workshop Announcement

KNOWLEDGE SHARING METHODS/TOOLS AND WEB 2.0 TOOLS

Date: Nov 29 – 02 December 2011

Venue: Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS)

Organized by: ITOCA - Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa

FUNDED BY

Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa (ITOCA), South Africa

Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO)

Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS)

COURSE OVERVIEW

Knowledge is one of the primary products of most organizations, and knowledge sharing, using appropriate methods and tools, can make a vital contribution to making organizations more efficient and innovative, and enhancing collaborative arrangements, partnerships. Web 2.0 is associated with web applications that facilitate participatory information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design, and collaboration on the World Wide Web, and are facilitating knowledge sharing among individuals and organizations. Web 2.0 applications and tools such as social networking sites, blogs, wikis, video sharing sites, hosted services, web applications, mashups and folksonomies are making it possible for individual and organizations to generate, organize, store and share knowledge easily.

THE WORKSHOP

This four-day workshop will introduce you to knowledge sharing methods and tools and equip you with skills in using web 2.0 tools to enhance and improve collaborative work and knowledge sharing within your organization and with stakeholders, facilitate marketing of your products and services, and increase the level of innovation within your organisation.

WORKSHOP VENUE

The venue of the workshop is Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Further information on the venue logistics will be communicated to all confirmed participants at a later date.

COURSE CONTENT AND STRUCTURE

The workshop will be conducted over 4 days (November 29-02 December, 2011). The workshop will comprise lectures delivered in a classroom setting, hands-on exercises, group work and individual practical work.

PARTICIPATION

The course is open to researchers, lecturers, library and information professionals, and graduate students from institutions involved in agricultural and rural development, environmental management and protection, and medical and health sciences. Specifically, participants are expected to come from relevant government ministries, Non-Governmental Organizations, universities and faculties of agriculture/medical and health siencs. The language of instruction is English. It is assumed that all participants have above basic computers skills and the use of the Internet. No basic computer and internet modules will be covered during the workshop.

FUNDING AND FINANCE

This Workshop is being run by ITOCA in partnership with FAO on a self-sponsorship basis. Participants will be responsible for all costs related to their participation in the workshop, including travel to and from the venue and accommodation. However, teas and lunches during breaks will be provided at the venue by the organizers.

Only thirty (30) participants will be invited to attend the Workshop. Therefore we would appreciate if you respond quickly as the available slots will be filled on first-come-first-served basis. An application form is included in this Announcement. Completed application forms with signed authorization should reach the workshop coordinator by October 21, 2011.

ORGANIZERS

The workshop is organized by ITOCA in collaboration with FAO and MUHAS. The Workshop Coordinators will be happy to answer any questions about the workshop or participant attendance.

RESOURCE PERSONS/FACILITATORS

· Dr. Justin Chisenga, Knowledge and Information Management Officer, FAO Regional Office for Africa, Accra, Ghana; · Dr. Pamela Marinda, East Africa Representative, ITOCA, Nairobi, Kenya; · Dr. Edda Tandi Lwoga, Acting Director, Directorate of Library Services, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied

Sciences, Dar es salaam, Tanzania

ITOCA Workshop Application Form

KNOWLEDGE SHARING METHODS/TOOLS AND WEB 2.0 TOOLS (November 29 - 02, 2011);

Venue: MUHAS, Dar es salaam, Tanzania

Participant’s Personal Particulars

Family name: _________________________________________________________________

First name ___________________________________Gender: (Male or Female) _________

Title: (Prof/Dr/Mr/Mrs/Ms/Miss): __________________________________________________

Job Title: ____________________________________________________________________

Institution/Organization: _________________________________________________________

Postal address: ________________________________________________________________

Phone: __________________________ E-mail: _____________________________________________

Information literacy skills

On a scale of 1-10 (1 is low and 10 is high), how would you rate your skills and confidence in the following?

Skills Confidence

Using a computer keyboard

Using a computer mouse

Creating folders on a computer

Saving files to a folder

Using word processing application (i.e. Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, Open Office)

Accessing web pages on the Internet using web browsers

Microsoft Internet Explorer (browser)

Mozilla Firefox (browser)

Google Chrome (browser)

Opening web accounts (i.e. web-based email accounts) on the Internet

What would you like to achieve during the Knowledge Sharing Methods/Tools and Web 2.0 Tools workshop?

________________________________________________________________________________

Do you have a Google Account? Yes [ ] No [ ]

Hotel accommodation

For those coming from outside Dar es salaam please fill in the dates below:.

Date of Arrival: -----/-----/2011 Date of Departure: -----/-----/2011

Signature------------------------------------------Date:---------------------------

PARTICIPATING INSTITUTION AUTHORIZATION

(Must be attached to the Application Form)

Please sign below to confirm that your organization authorizes the named applicant to attend the Web 2.0 Tanzania Workshop-2011 and will fully

fund the participant’s travel expenses to and from the venue of the workshop.

Name of Institution: _________________________________________________________

Name of Authorizing Officer __________________________________________________

Signature of Authorizing Officer_______________________________________________

Designation of Authorizing Officer ______________________________________________

Institution Stamp: _______________________________________________________

Date:_____________

Please return the application to the address below by October 21, 2011

KNOWLEDGE SHARING METHODS/TOOLS AND WEB 2.0 TOOLS MUHAS

Rehema Chande-Mallya P. O. Box 65001, Dar es salaam.

Tel: 0784268578, 0715268578 Email: c_rehema@yahoo.com

Also Copy

Pamela Marinda, PhD ITOCA East Africa Representative

ITOCA | Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa P.O. Box 20617-00100 GPO, Nairobi Tel: +254 726 334230/ 0736 622077

Email: pamela@itoca.org

Edda Tandi Lwoga, PhD P. O. Box 65001, Dar es salaam.

Tel: 0766279686, 0654283566 Email: tlwoga@muhas.ac.tz