Blended course on understanding, facilitating and monitoring agricultural innovation platforms
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Blended course on Understanding, Facilitating and Monitoring Agricultural Innovation Platforms Iddo Dror, Deborah Wyburn, Marc Schut, Murat Sartas, Lisa Hiwasaki, and Fatunbi Oluwole For more information contact: Dr. Iddo Dror, Head of Capacity Development, ILRI [email protected] ● Box 30709 Nairobi Kenya ● +254 20 422 3030 Nairobi, Kenya ● ilri.org This project was funded by the Humidtropics CRP This document is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution –Non commercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License January 2016 June 2012 Builds on Humidtropics Innovation Platforms Practice Briefs series and work of partners In 2013, the Humidtropics research program published a series of 14 practice briefs to help guide the design and implementation of innovation platforms. Development of the briefs was led by the International Livestock Research Institute. The briefs can be found on cgspace at https ://cgspace.cgiar.org/ ILRI subsequently worked with partners from IITA and Wageningen University to conduct Innovation Platform training workshops in Kenya and the Mekong. This blended learning program draws on the practice briefs, the workshop experience and materials from partners including ICRAF and FARA. It comprises an online component of 14 modules and a 3-day workshop. Complex Agricultural Problems and the Need for an Innovative Approach to their Solution From Technology Transfer (TT) to Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS). Innovation Platforms – an Overview The final component of the course is a face-to-face workshop which provides learners with opportunities to apply their newly acquired knowledge to the challenges of their own platform or that of their peers. The workshop features role plays and collaborative group work based on actual scenarios. Learners have the opportunity to master software which they can use to practice new skills. Final workshop provides opportunity to apply knowledge to practice Composition and Initiation of the Platform Coordination and Facilitation of the Platform Tools for Analysis and Planning – RAAIS Tools for Analysis and Planning – EXTRAPOLATE Communications Resources, Incentives and Timeframe Implications of Complex Agricultural Problems for M&E Theories of Change and Impact Pathways Tools for reflexive and participatory monitoring and evaluation. Power and Conflict in the Platform Online component allows facilitators to build knowledge at a time convenient to them The program responds to the needs of practicing facilitators of innovation platforms for professional development. It accommodates the diverse backgrounds of facilitators providing flexibility in course structure. It recognizes the difficulties they face in taking time away from their field work to attend workshops. It provides support for facilitators working in languages other then English. The eLearning component of the course will be made available both on ILRI’s online LMS at http://learning.ilri.org and on an offline USB player with the capacity to sync learner data with the LMS. Blended Learning Course improves skills for implementing innovation platforms The course provides practitioners of innovation platforms and AIS stakeholders opportunities to better understand complexity of agricultural innovation systems, provides them practical experience with facilitation, monitoring and evaluation tools that improve the quality of collaboration, reflection and learning in the platforms. Participants of the blended learning course will learn how to conduct network analysis for analyzing stakeholders, draft theory of changes in a group with mind mapping tools, and utilize other tools that are presented in the small boxes in this poster.”
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Blended course on Understanding, Facilitating and Monitoring Agricultural Innovation Platforms
Iddo Dror, Deborah Wyburn, Marc Schut, Murat Sartas, Lisa Hiwasaki, and Fatunbi Oluwole
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For more information contact: Dr. Iddo Dror, Head of Capacity Development, [email protected] ● Box 30709 Nairobi Kenya ● +254 20 422 3030 Nairobi, Kenya ● ilri.org This project was funded by the Humidtropics CRP
This document is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution –Non commercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License January 2016
June 2012
Builds on Humidtropics Innovation Platforms Practice Briefs series and work of partners
In 2013, the Humidtropics research program published a series of 14 practice briefs to help guide the design and implementation of innovation platforms. Development of the briefs was led by the International Livestock Research Institute. The briefs can be found on cgspace at https://cgspace.cgiar.org/
ILRI subsequently worked with partners from IITA and Wageningen University to conduct Innovation Platform training workshops in Kenya and the Mekong. This blended learning program draws on the practice briefs, the workshop experience and materials from partners including ICRAF and FARA. It comprises an online component of 14 modules and a 3-day workshop.
Complex Agricultural Problems and the Need for an Innovative
Approach to their Solution
From Technology Transfer (TT) to Agricultural Innovation Systems
(AIS).
Innovation Platforms – an Overview
The final component of the course is a face-to-face workshop which provides learners with opportunities to apply their newly acquired knowledge to the challenges of their own platform or that of their peers. The workshop features role plays and collaborative group work based on actual scenarios. Learners have the opportunity to master software which they can use to practice new skills.
Final workshop provides opportunity to apply knowledge to practice
Composition and Initiation of the Platform
Coordination and Facilitation of the Platform
Tools for Analysis and Planning –RAAIS
Tools for Analysis and Planning –EXTRAPOLATE
Communications
Resources, Incentives and Timeframe
Implications of Complex Agricultural Problems for M&E
Theories of Change and Impact Pathways
Tools for reflexive and participatory monitoring and
evaluation.
Power and Conflict in the Platform
Online component allows facilitators to build knowledge at a time convenient to them The program responds to the needs of practicing facilitators of innovation platforms for professional development. It accommodates the diverse backgrounds of facilitators providing flexibility in course structure. It recognizes the difficulties they face in taking time away from their field work to attend workshops. It provides support for facilitators working in languages other then English. The eLearning component of the course will be made available both on ILRI’s online LMS at http://learning.ilri.org and on an offline USB player with the capacity to sync learner data with the LMS.
Blended Learning Course improves skills for implementing innovation platformsThe course provides practitioners of innovation platforms and AIS stakeholders opportunities to better understand complexity of agricultural innovation systems, provides them practical experience with facilitation, monitoring and evaluation tools that improve the quality of collaboration, reflection and learning in the platforms. Participants of the blended learning course will learn how to conduct network analysis for analyzing stakeholders, draft theory of changes in a group with mind mapping tools, and utilize other tools that are presented in the small boxes in this poster.”
