Web Portal for Trainers in Ukraine

Olena Bashun

Training Center Manager

Bibliomist Program, IREX/Ukraine, Ph.D

Bibliomist – GL Ukraine

Program Update

• Bibliomist Program has been working in Ukraine since 2008

• 25 training centers are opened in Ukraine: 1 national training center in Kyiv and 24 regional training centers in the regions

Bibliomist in Ukraine

• Organization of new library services with free internet access (930 libraries)

• Training centers setup and librarians’ training at NTC and 24 RTCs (4200 librarians)

• Cooperation of libraries with local communities

(41 winners) – Community Participation Contest• Learning Libraries (8 winners)• Library Leadership program, Phase II (19 winners)• Library Innovations and E-governance Fair

Training

• Training curriculum (3 modules/courses): – IT basics;– Internet as a library service;– Innovative services and fundraising.

3 more new modules developed: intellectual property; web 2.0; advocacy

• Participants of the trainings are evaluated 3 times: at the beginning of their training, at the end of the training, and in half a year.

Trainers Needs and ToT

• organized survey of trainers to

understand their needs (March 2011) • identified the need to create a web

resource for exchange of materials (90% trainers)

• ToTs held to promote interactive forms of adult learning (February-April 2011)

TOTs (Work in Groups)

Ice breakers

Web Resource Regional Training Centers

• created at the initiative of RTC trainers and developed pro bono by the Crimean RTC

• Content generated by common efforts of trainers

• communication takes place in

an interactive form; consulting

of NTC and RTC trainers provided

http://bibliomist.org.ua/

Web Resource for Trainers

Web Resource Structure

• Curriculum• Handbooks for trainers• Class notes• Presentations • Training video materials• Handouts • Training materials for all modules

Who Creates Content for the Web Resource?

• Моderator

• Trainers

• Users

How to add content?

• I suggest that (request by email)• User-generated content

(slideShare, youTube,

fileShare, etc.)

• Online video lessons

available on the web site

Example of Adding Content

Video lesson “How to Add Content” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju_Jr7P25t4)

List of NTC & RTC Web Sites

• Google map - NTC & RTC • Links of NTC & RTC web sites

• 6 RTCs created blogs• Online registration for trainings

RTC Web Site Example

Online Registration for Trainings

RTC Blogs

Online Platform for Distance Learning

Distance Learning: Online Registration

Usage Statistics for the Web Portal for Trainers

4,000 viewings within 2 months

Statistics: Geography of Web Site Users

Ukraine, the U.S., Russia, China,

Great Britain, Germany

Results

The web resource

facilitates interactive communication among

trainers and

the trained librarians

Challenges

It is necessary to update regularly the curriculum, to use more active

forms of training.

As the trainers have different level of preparation and different skills

of teaching, it is necessary for them to learn and improve their

training techniques.

Comments? Suggestions?

Thank you for your attention

obashun@irex.ua

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