Resumen de ELearning plus facilitation - a novel approach for developing countries
Arthur G.D. Morse, Montra Leoseng, Soonthorn Vassana
Learning plus facilitation is proposed as a method to improve human capacity building, especially for professional and specialist skill training in developing countries. The paper draws upon experiences of developing and implementing conventional training and eLearning programmes for senior executives, engineers and human resource managers in the field of telecommunications. Ten factors that contribute to the success of training programmes are outlined and related to four courses that were developed and run for policy and regulation, frequency spectrum management, numbering and designing web-based materials over the period 2000 to 2003. The techniques for eLearning plus facilitation are described and the methodology is explained with reference to one training programme with participants from six developing countries in Asia. In this course, 43% of the participants achieved a score higher than the pass level and 33% of the participants achieved distinction, i.e., a score of 90% or higher, in the final assessment. The costs and benefits in terms of improved course outcomes, scalability and sustainability of the proposed method are given.
