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/