HEALTH Alliance Workshop

LIPHEA/HEALTH Alliance E-Learning and Networking Technologies Workshop: Building a Regional Community of Practice

The workshop will focus on the application of hardware and software for web publishing, e-learning activities and the development regional shared resources.

What	IT Workshop
When	Jun 24, 2009 04:00 PM to Jun 27, 2009 12:00 AM
Where	Kampala, Uganda
Contact Name	Angela Nanyanzi
Contact Email	angela@musph.ac.ug
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Topics

Critical e-learning concepts, tools, standards and best practices for East Africa
Multimedia production basics for event and lecture capture, course creation and cd- and web-based delivery
Access and integration of free Open Educational Resources (OER), data mining and identification of relevant resources to enhance e-learning
Establishment of a web publishing process for the development of shared regional web resources (e.g. open courses and “living” digital libraries)

Tools

Adobe E-Learning Suite (Adobe Captivate® 4, Flash® CS4 Professional, Dreamweaver® CS4, Photoshop® CS4 Extended, Acrobat® 9 Pro, Presenter 7, Soundbooth® CS4)
eXe course authoring software
Sony Vegas Video
Teleport Pro offline browser
Course and content management systems (Moodle, Plone etc.)

The workshop will focus on the application of a “classroom-in-a-bag” kit for facilitating e-learning activities and developing regional shared resources. The kit consists of robust suite of hardware and software for easy video conferencing, synchronous web-based instruction, the capture and processing of live events and the packaging of course materials and multimedia into shareable, standards-compliant learning objects and modules.

Upon completion of the workshop each participant will have been trained in the utilization of the classroom in a bag and will return to their home institution with a donated kit. A regional community of practice will be established to facilitate continued innovation and long term support in e-learning, web and networking technology.

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Synthesis

Synthesis from the E Learning and Web Technology Workshop, June 2009, Kampala

Meeting Synthesis: HEALTH Alliance Priority ICT Domains: Synthesis from the HEALTH Alliance E-Learning and Web Technologies Workshop (Kampala, June 2009). This synthesis document is intended to outline key ICT domains of importance to HEALTH Alliance members, and to establish potential areas of for collaborative learning and development of shared resources.
HEALTH Alliance Web Publishing Process: Formal process for maintaining and updating the HEALTH Alliance Knowledge Center
Proceedings: Audio narrated proceedings, workshop schedule and participants