Venue: Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mauritius, Réduit, Mauritius
Date and time: July 9-13; and July 23-27, 2012 (9:00 - 17:00)
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
applications - sometimes called ‘social media’ - 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 represents a great opportunity for meeting it.
The
Faculty of Agriculture,
University of Mauritius (
UoM), in collaboration with
CTA and the
Food and Agricultural Research Council (
FARC) will
host two 5-day Web 2.0 Learning Opportunities in July, 2012.
Participants will be introduced to selected web 2.0 applications 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.These
Learning Opportunities form 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)
- 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 a 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 each 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 competent in the use of the English language;
- have an active personal 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;
- be a resident of the Republic of Mauritius.
Responsibilities
Accepted participants will be responsible for all costs related to
their travel to and from the venue at the Faculty of
Agriculture, University of Mauritius, their accommodation, breakfast and
supper and their daily subsistence allowances.
Entitlements
During each event, the organisers will provide access to computers
and the Internet, lunch and refreshments and distribute copies of CTA
publications and instructional material.
How to apply
If you are interested please
click here to complete the online application form. On the form you will have to make a choice for which event to apply.
Deadlines for applications: June
13, 2012
Feedback
The organisers will inform successful applicants about the status of
their application two weeks before the commencement of each course.
Successful applicants will receive confirmation letters. Others will
also be duly informed of the results of their application.