scholarly journals Evaluation of E-Learning Lessons for Strengthening Early Childhood Practitioner Use of Family Capacity-Building Practices

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dunst C.J ◽  
Howse R.B ◽  
Embler D ◽  
Hamby D.W
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
E Learning

Trade statistics capacity building beyond borders

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Onno Hoffmeister ◽  
Barbara D’Andrea Adrian ◽  
Mark Assaf ◽  
Nour Barnat ◽  
Dominique Chantrel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
International Organisations ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Global Coverage ◽  
Satisfaction Rates

We report on five years of capacity building designed to improve the skills of producers and users of international trade statistics all over the world, with a particular focus on developing countries. This training programme is a joint activity between UNCTAD, UNSD and WTO, based on an innovative (Blended Learning) approach, combining e-learning and face-to-face workshops. It is adapted to local needs, uses the pool of experts working at international organisations, and ensures continuous review and enhancement of the applied methods and tools. The results reviewed in this paper confirm that the program has reached the target population. Furthermore, it has global coverage and is gender-balanced. During the five years since the programme has begun, participation in the courses has increased considerably; success rates have risen from 72% to 79% and satisfaction rates from 77% to 88%. Plans for the future include delivering training in additional languages, increasing interactivity, and adding new components addressing specific training needs.

scholarly journals Predictors of Practitioners’ Use of Recommended Early Childhood Intervention Practices

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Carl J. Dunst ◽  
Mary Beth Bruder ◽  
Susan P. Maude ◽  
Melissa Schnurr ◽  
Angela Van Polen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Developmental Delays ◽  
Early Childhood Intervention ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Childhood Intervention ◽  
Service Training ◽  
Development Practice

Findings from research syntheses of adult learning and in-service training studies identified the importance of professional development as a factor influencing practitioner use of recommended and evidence-based intervention practices. These relationships were used to test the hypothesis that practice-specific evidence-based capacity-building professional development would be related to early childhood practitioners’ reported use of recommended early childhood intervention practices. The participants were practitioners working with birth to 3-year-old, 3- to 5-year-old, or birth to 5-year-old children with identified disabilities, developmental delays, or at-risk conditions in home-based or center-based programs or both. The predictors included three practitioner background variables (e.g., years of professional experience) and three professional development variables (e.g., evidence-based professional development practices). Results indicated that the three professional development practice variables accounted for significant amounts of variance in the practitioners’ reported use of 10 different practices beyond that accounted for by the three background variables. The findings highlight the importance of evidence-based capacity-building professional development as a factor influencing practitioners’ judgments of their use of recommended practices.

SHARING EXPERTISE IN DIGITAL CO-CREATION AND PEDAGOGY: ACORD-A CAPACITY BUILDING PROJECT BETWEEN EUROPE AND MALAYSIA IN HIGHER EDUCATION E-LEARNING

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Wharrad ◽  
Stathis Konstantinidis ◽  
Ping Yein Lee ◽  
Phelim Yong Voon Chen ◽  
Michael Taylor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Building Project

Mobile Learning in the Era of IoT

2020 ◽  
pp. 252-280
Author(s):  
Koralia Papadokostaki ◽  
Spyros Panagiotakis ◽  
Athanasios Malamos ◽  
Kostas Vassilakis
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Adaptive Learning ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ubiquitous Learning ◽  
Educational Content ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Future Of Education ◽  
Early Childhood Learning

Teaching is always affected by the advent of technology. Nowadays, mobile devices can offer an air of innovation in classrooms and multiple benefits in learning. On the other hand, IoT is expanding rapidly and promises to provide education with new dynamics: sensors and beacons may contribute to pervasive provision of educational content to students, whereas wearables can track the students' interaction with educational objects. As a result, learning is changing and may happen anywhere, anytime, and with any means. This evolution, described under the term Ubiquitous learning, promises to be the future of education for all ages and needs. This chapter presents the transformation of learning from traditional to e-learning, mobile learning, and Ubiquitous learning, and discusses the features and applications of the latter. Furthermore, authors describe the Experience API specification and investigate how it can be used to implement adaptive learning applications and make Ubiquitous learning a reality not only in typical but also in Early Childhood learning.

scholarly journals Capacity building for conservation: problems and potential solutions for sub-Saharan Africa

Oryx ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. O'Connell ◽  
O. Nasirwa ◽  
M. Carter ◽  
K. H. Farmer ◽  
M. Appleton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Protected Area Management ◽  
New Methods ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Stakeholder Workshop ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Building Activities ◽  
Multi Stakeholder ◽  
New Research

AbstractTo achieve their conservation goals individuals, communities and organizations need to acquire a diversity of skills, knowledge and information (i.e. capacity). Despite current efforts to build and maintain appropriate levels of conservation capacity, it has been recognized that there will need to be a significant scaling-up of these activities in sub-Saharan Africa. This is because of the rapid increase in the number and extent of environmental problems in the region. We present a range of socio-economic contexts relevant to four key areas of African conservation capacity building: protected area management, community engagement, effective leadership, and professional e-learning. Under these core themes, 39 specific recommendations are presented. These were derived from multi-stakeholder workshop discussions at an international conference held in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2015. At the meeting 185 delegates (practitioners, scientists, community groups and government agencies) represented 105 organizations from 24 African nations and eight non-African nations. The 39 recommendations constituted six broad types of suggested action: (1) the development of new methods, (2) the provision of capacity building resources (e.g. information or data), (3) the communication of ideas or examples of successful initiatives, (4) the implementation of new research or gap analyses, (5) the establishment of new structures within and between organizations, and (6) the development of new partnerships. A number of cross-cutting issues also emerged from the discussions: the need for a greater sense of urgency in developing capacity building activities; the need to develop novel capacity building methodologies; and the need to move away from one-size-fits-all approaches.

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