Reflection and closing

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This session was an email discussion on the training. The discusssion aimed at getting participants' views on the training and identifying ways to improve future trainings organised by Harambee.

It took the form of an after action review(AAR) and participants responded to the following questions:

1. Please enter your name(optional)

2. Please enter the name of your organization/network (optional)

3. Have you been a participant in the online wiki training? Yes/No

4. If no, what prevented you from participating?

5. How are you using wikis in your organization? (Tick all that apply)

  • Planning of meetings, workshops, etc
  • Documentation of meeting proceedings, project reports, etc
  • Others (specify)
  • None

6. What is the most important thing I learned through this training program?

  • The thing I liked most about the training was...
  • The thing I liked least about the training was...

7. Please rate the content of this training;

  • 5- Extremely useful
  • 4- Very useful
  • 3- Useful
  • 2- Partly useful
  • 1- Not useful at all

8. Please let us know if you are interested in participating in this kind of training again

  • I would want to participate in this type of event again
  • I would not want to participate in this type of event again

9. What would you recommend for the next training? (Tick all that apply)

  • Blogs
  • Podcasts
  • Mailing lists
  • VOIP
  • Other (specify)
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Wiki training survey

This survey was designed following the end of the online wiki training for Harambee network coordinators.

The main objectives of the training were

  • Capture participants’ views about the entire training
  • Find out participants’ knowledge about wikis before and after the training
  • Identify members’ interest in participating in future trainings organized by Harambee
  • Identify tools for future trainings

Responses

Name Organization Participant Used Wikis before Training Reasons for not using wikis before Things I liked about the training Things I did not like about the training What I recommend to make future trainings better Training rating I would like to participate again because I would not like to participate again because For the next training I recommend
Nynke Borsma SATNET Yes No Unknown to wikis How to learn to use wikis None Hard to say because I joined in session 4-Very useful I always like to learn new technologies and share experiences None Blogs
Sylvie Siyam PROTÉGÉ QV Yes NoBecause we didn't know how to use it Practical aspect and the respect of the different time constraints Non face to face interaction No response 5- Extremly useful It depends on the topic and the planning No response fighting Virus/worm...
Angela Githuki APC African Women Yes No I have not personally used with in relation to AAW work done I liked the way the sessions were broken down provided adequate time to research and complete the task No response If there was a chance to organise for live discussions via chat, this may be very helpful in enhancing the learning. This may be undertaken as a pairing of sorts 3- Useful It gave me an opportunity to try wikis, which I had intended to use since the first Harambee meeting attended in Addis. In addition, it is always worthwhile to participate in collaborative activities as the allow networks to grow and share their knowledge No response I would be interested in blogs, podcasts and any other technologies that can be used for information sharing in networks. Experiences sharing on these would be very useful
Faridah Namutebi DSI.ORG/Awareness Sharing Group Network Yes Yes, but not intensively, use for document storage and editing from different points( a document is posted on the wiki and each of us can edit or make contributions, but would be able to know when your colleague has accessed and made any editing on the document( track changes) N/A
  • Sharing of knowledge (experience) people shared their experience from the other wikis so one didn’t have to try all of them. Different evaluations of the wikis from the participants gave us a large spectrum
  • Once in while the phone calls from the facilitator, a bit motivating. Keep it up!
Time allocated to the sessions was not enough especially to participants who don’t have access to internet 24-7 / so are field workers by the time you catch up people have moved on Allocate more time for the sessions 3- useful To increase my knowledge base and how we can implement in the projects DSI handles N/A Podcasts
Rennie Chioreso Institute of Water and Sanitation Development/network:ITN Africa NO, Had little access to the computer, currently studying for MSc Yes, would find information on topics of interest but we did not have our network wiki N/A N/A N/A Can not say because I was not actively involved. Not in position to make that assessment or make recommendations N/A Very much. Your efforts are noble and will go along in strengthening networks and effectively using ICT for and in development N/A No response
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