CTA & UNAM Web 2.0 and Social Media Learning Opportunity Training Course receive Certificates

UNAM's Anneliese Bezuidenhout busy working on the last's day's Web 2.0 for development assignments.

On the last day, students had an assigned to read through four detailed lessons basically recapping what they learnt over the week of training, and had to write a post on their individual blogs on each of the lessons. Such assignments would be looked at by the course sponsor, CTA as part of its evaluation of the course and whether students grasped the concept of Web 2.0 for development.  It was a challenging exercise for some participants, but worth it as it once again forced participants to do a revision given the fact that generally after workshops or training courses, participants probably of the perceived training fatique hardly go over what they learnt to refresh their minds on that content.

After a hectic five day schedule at the University of Namibia's Computer Lab in Windhoek, learning how to make use of social media and Web 2.0 or Market Hype tools to be able to make the interactivity among communicators and web users easier and faster, participants were rewarded for their commitment to the course.

They each received a certificate signed by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation of African Carribean and Pacific-European Union (ACP-EU), Michael Hailu and University of Namibia's Head of Depart of Information and Communication Studies, Dr Maggy C. Beukes Amiss.

Dr Maggy Beukes-Amiss  congratulating Dr Chiku Mchombu on receiving her certificate.

Students were appreciative of the new technology skills they acquired and pledged to make use of them in their individual capacity and professional areas. Infact a number of them had already started to make use of the many tools they learnt about especially the social networking sites or platforms such as blogs, twitter and face books, with some having posted content for the first  time.

Dr Beukes-Amis and Course Participant Mona Cloete.

It was a busy week, with students doing both theory and practical work as well as sharing their experiences with regard to the usage of the Web 2.0 technology tools. Some students did not have blogs, face book and twitter accounts, not to mention wikis and had to create them as this was part of the course outline.

Mr. Wilson Yule from UNAM.

Students most of whom were lecturers of various rankings, from both UNAM and the Polytechnic of Namibia as well as Neudam - Agricultural Faculty, experienced how some of their students felt during classes - and when given assignments with deadlines.

Ms Aline Uerieta Amutenya from UNAM's HIV/AIDS Department thanking UNAM & CTA as well as the trainer on behalf of the participants.

They thanked both UNAM and CTA as well as the Web 2.0 International Trainer, Simunza Muyangana. UNAM's official from the Department dealing with HIV.AIDS related matters who spoke on behalf of the participants first and foremost that God who made it possible for the course to take place and gave particpants the opportunity to benefit from it
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The course started on Monday, 27th January 2014 and ended on Friday, 31st January 2014. Two more similar Web 2.0 courses are lined up for Namibia in April and June this year.

Compiled by Menesia Muinjo