Technological innovation is taking
place at a breath-taking pace. Simple, open source internet-based applications
and services designed to enhance on-line collaboration are now available to the
wider public at little or no cost at all. These new online technologies known
as Web 2.0 and Social Media applications enable people to
collaborate to create, share and publish information.
The Technical Centre for
Agricultural and Rural Cooperation EU-ACP (CTA) has
a mandate to facilitate access to and dissemination of information in the
fields of agriculture and rural development in 78 countries in Africa, the
Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP). Supporting the adoption of Web 2.0
applications and Social Media represents a great opportunity for meeting it.
The Bowen University in
collaboration with CTA will host a 5-day Web 2.0 and Social
Media Learning Opportunity on7-11 April 2014. Participants
will be introduced to selected web 2.0 applications including social media and
will learn how to use them hands-on.
The Learning Opportunity will cover
advanced online searching, getting information served via alerts and RSS,
collaborating remotely using wikis and Google Docs, using VoIP, online mapping
and social networking. Participants will get a chance to see what others have
done, get hands-on experience on how to use innovative applications, and assess
how they could adopt these innovations within the context of their work and
organisation.
This Learning Opportunity
forms part of CTA initiatives that support development partners in
networking, accessing and disseminating information more effectively.
Programme of the Learning
Opportunity
- Introduction to the participatory World Wide Web (Web
2.0) and to social media;
- Search Magic: How to conduct advanced multilingual
online searches;
- Information Self Service: How to get selected
information served to you via alerts and RSS feeds;
- Remote collaboration: How to develop content remotely
using wikis and Google Docs;
- Online mapping: How to locate your organisation and
your projects on an online map;
- How to communicate voice over the internet at no cost;
- Online publishing (micro-blogging and blogging);
- Professional / corporate social networking (LinkedIn
and Facebook);
- Web 2.0 self-instruction (introduction to IMARK).
Participants
- Eligibility and responsibilities
Participation in the Learning
Opportunity is free of charge, but subject to acceptance by the organisers. 25
participants will be accepted for the event.
Eligibility
criteria
- be computer literate and conversant with browsing the
Internet;
- have regular access to a computer (ownership of a
computer is an advantage);
- be in a position to take along a WIFI-enabled laptop to
the training;
- be competent in the use of the English language;
- have an active e-mail account;
- be actively engaged in agriculture and rural
development / natural resource management / biodiversity conservation in
the domains of ICT for development (ICT4D), policies, markets; publishing,
communication and media; and
- be resident in Nigeria.
Responsibilities
Accepted participants will be
responsible for all costs related to their travel to and from the venue at the
Bowen University in Iwo, accommodation, breakfast and supper, daily subsistence
allowances, and for bringing their own WIFI-enabled laptop to the event.
Entitlements
During each event, the organisers
will provide lunch and refreshments and distribute copies of CTA publications
and instructional material.
How
to apply
If you are interested in applying,
please click on this link to complete the online form.
Deadline for applications: 24
March, 2014
Feedback
The organisers will inform
successful applicants about the status of their application ~two week before
the commencement of the course. Successful applicants will receive confirmation
letters. Others will be duly informed about the results of their application.
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