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WELCOME TO DAY “0H NOW I KNOW!” LEARNING AND TRAINING-OPENING SESSIONAgKnowledge Africa Share Fair,
October 18th 2010
ILRI Campus, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Part IWhat is going on around us?
What is going on in the World?
And in the agricultural sector?
My Example: What is going on in the CGIAR?
What is going on around YOU?
What sector do you work in?
Are there changes happening in this sector?
What are the changes directing your sector towards?
Activity: • Discuss with your neighbour
about your sectors and what is going on
• Take a minute to write down your sector and what is going on.
Part II A call for greater knowledge sharing and collaboration—but what is it?
Some lessons and responses
Need to involve multiple stakeholders to develop innovations
Lack of connection between research and development
Information is vital for decision-making
Printed publications are limited form of sharing knowledge-need plethura of formats
• National initiatives e.g AGROS• Tools for Participation and
interaction: e.g’s PRA, COPs• Innovation systems and
Platforms/forums: e.g GFAR-ICM4ARD
• Information systems/KM: e.g WISARD
• Virtual and Web 2.0 tools• Networks: e.g’s AGRIS/GFIS,
AgroWEB Network, ECORENA• In-house, dedicated
KM/KS/ICT/Communication programs: e.g CGIAR-ICT-KM
Website : www.ciard.net
The CIARD Vision“To make public domain agricultural research
information and knowledge truly accessible to all”
My examples- my approaches
Founding Partners
and growing…..(who is not yet involved?)
The Community
Your views on approaches
Where do you come from?
What applications should we be doing?
What is working and should be replicated?
What isn’t working?
Activity: • Think about what approaches
you know, believe in or use• Share these with us- the good
and the bad! (To be noted down on a flip chart)
Part III Choosing the right tool- achieving the right goals
Some tools can do the job—but may not be the most effective!
Some tools can do the job, but may not be precise enough!
Some tools may look like they can do the job, but they are not really up to it!
Some tools-really can’t do the job!
And some tools CAN do the job but should NOT be used for this type of job!
But so many tools! How to choose which one to use, for what?
Part IV Some steps
Step 1:Think about key stages/activities in your work
My Example-the Research Cycle
Lack of inclusionof priorities ,needs and realities from the ground
Inadequate useof other sourcesof knowledge
Poor collaboration withstakeholders during theresearch
Limited understandingof how research results can most effectively be made use of
Ineffective ways of getting knowledge to target groups
Limited opportunities for learning within research process
Step 2: What would you like to achieve, but is lacking in knowledge sharing, collaboration for each stage?
Step 3: Turn them into goals…
Step 4: Identify who to share, collaborate and engage with at each stage…and their capacity
Can they access and use the internet?Do you need to meet them face to face?Do they read and write?What languages do they use?Other…
Example: Government officials, farmers, other researchers, etc
Activity: Let’s plan it for YOUR context and activities
Each stage of work offers different opportunities for knowledge sharing and collaboration.
It is important to be realistic about the capacity of your context and people
1. What are the stages of your work? Map this out for yourself.
2. What issues do you have at each stage of your work? Write them down!
3. Turn these into goals-write them down too
4. Who do you want to share, collaborate and engage with in the various stages?
Step 5: Look at the functionality of various tools-some examples
• Joint work planning: Google Calendar, Docs, Sites• Preparing a presentation or a proposal together:
Google Docs, Presentations• Meeting online: chat, talk, conf calls, screen and
document sharing, chat, taking notes on a wiki • Store project information in shared environment• Share a reference collection: Mendeley • Document the process; reuse project information;
share and solicit feedback from communities; publish data not included in final peer-reviewed articles: blogs, CC, social media/networks
What about for the tools in Day 0?
• Having discussions and feedback on topics• Documenting and sharing Blogging• Work planning• Collaborative production of outputsCollaborative Writing• Sharing references• CollaboratingMendeley• Sharing information about projects• Monitoring and EvaluationVideo/Film• Collecting information• Sharing informationAudio/Radio• Sharing information
Media• Effective planning meetings
F2F KS Methods• Collect information from different people and sources• Create visualizations for discussions and sharingGoogle Geo Tools• Joint planningGoogle Collaboration
Tools
Step 6: Match the tools to your stages and goals…keeping in mind the people!
online surveys, wikis, blogs, RSS, discussion forums
online surveys, wikis,
blogs, discussion
forums, mindmapping,
shared calendars, decision support systems
wikis, blogs, photo sharing, google docs, discussion forums,
intranets, shared calendars,shared reference list
wikis, blogs, photo sharing, google docs,
discussion forums, intranets
wikis, blogs, microblogging, discussion forums, RSS, photo sharing, google docs, podcasting, shared reference list
websites, wikis, blogs,
microblogging, discussion forums, online surveys, RSS
wikis, blogs, google docs, microblogging, photo sharing,
social networking sites, intranets, instant messengers
Think about the tools you will explore today
Keep this in mind as you learn the tools and think about the functionality of the tools as you learn them and how you will be able to apply them to the particular goals after the training
Activity: Write down the two tools you choose
to explore today Think about and discuss the
functionality of those tools Based on your work
framework(stages, issues, goals, context and people)—where do you think these tools can be used
Write them down next to particular stages of work and the goals on your framework
Part VDay 0: What’s going on and where
The process
Identifying why you want to share knowledge, what your goals for knowledge sharing are and matching it to the tools [Opening session 9-10-open to all]
Learning and trying out various tools and methods for sharing knowledge[Training session 10:30-12:30 and 2-4—sign up]
Making your content travel by seeing how to make use of the various tools and methods together[Closing session 4:30-5:30-open to all]
Tools and Methods on Offer
SOCIAL and COLLABORATIVE
MEDIA
• Blogging• Collaborative
Writing• Academic
Social Networking using Mendeley
POPULAR MEDIA
• Video/Film• Audio/Radio• Making the
Most of the Media
GOOGLE TOOLS
• Google Geo Tools
• Google Collaborate, Communicate and Save
FACE to FACE KNOWLEDGE
SHARING METHODS
• Combined Session of Methods—starting with Open Space to identify methods participants want to try out
Acknowledging the trainers
ICT-KM IFPRI Google Wren Media Gladson Makowa KM4Dev