Dear GKD Members, I would like to join the discussion. I agree with Molly's notation that curriculum needs to be planned within the context of the learner's needs.
I was involved in the development of an IT Training Curriculum for educators and the process was very collaborative. The educator's needs and uses of IT were examined before coming up with a comprehensive list of scenarios and activities. The IT Training Curriculum was then developed based on these scenarios and activities: <http://www.kyambogo.ac.ug/pdle/index.html> At the end of the day, the educators are learning to use IT as seen as a tool to advance their competence. Same applies to Training Curriculum for Rural Community Local Government. Cissy Segujja Mazzi Technical Assistant, Connect-ED Project & Uganda Country Coordinator, Global Learning Portal Kyambogo University P.O. Box 1, Kyambogo Kampala, Uganda On 5/17/05, Molly Uzoh wrote: > ...However the key driving force or the core content of the "IT Training > Curriculum for Rural Community Local Government" will usually come from > the community/audience itself. In other words, the outcome of your > "ANALYSIS OF THEIR NEEDS AND SKILLS" and your knowledge of what will > augment their deficiencies will eventually translate to a FUNCTIONAL ICT > Training Curriculum for your audience. ..snip... > Again Femi, there are several options but based on experience, I know > that a collaborative curriculum works better for adult learners > (especially the leaders/executives.) Extracting their needs from them > and designing the curriculum within their context of application expands > their locus of control. Hence they learn more and utilize their new > learning faster and better. ------------ This DOT-COM Discussion is funded by the dot-ORG USAID Cooperative Agreement, and hosted by GKD. http://www.dot-com-alliance.org provides more information. To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd For past messages, see: http://www.dot-com-alliance.org/archive.html
