ROLE OF THE ACADEMY IN SYSTEMATIC HUMAN CAPACITY BUILDING, MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT IN AFRICA

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ROLE OF THE ACADEMY IN SYSTEMATIC HUMAN CAPACITY
BUILDING, MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT IN AFRICA
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Dr. B. Ikubolajeh LoganProfessor of African
StudiesProfessor of GeographyThe Pennsylvania
State UniversityUniversity ParkPA 16802.
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A. SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO CAPACITY BUILDING

• Innovative activities beyond classroom
• Synergy with institutional and national
  development objectives

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• Identifiable and complementary time lines short,
  medium, long
• Flexible
• Holistic interest of diverse stakeholders

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B. ROLE OF THE ACADEMY

• To facilitate research
• To leverage existing expertise in an
  institution/country towards curriculum
  development, research and training.
• To expand knowledge, especially through research
  to integrate traditional and modern institutions
  and principles.

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• To train a new generation of scholars and
  researchers in multidisciplinary approaches and
  technology mediated education.
• To create libraries, repositories and clearing
  houses of information.

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• To make capacity building an in country in
  continent enterprise.
• To make capacity building a self-sustaining
  enterprise monitoring and assessment

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C. CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

• Content
• Pedagogy
• Assessment
• Delivery
• Monitoring

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D. PRINCIPLES OF A SYSTEMATIC PROGRAM

• 1. Stakeholder Input at Design Stage
• discussion and identification of course and
  program objectives with partners
• Program should be consistent with an
  institution/countrys mission (short, medium long
  term)
• Cohesive pedagogy.

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2. Work with/Train Partners in Curriculum
Development

• Writing course outlines and objectives
• Syllabus design (including course content,
  testing and assessment methods)
• Module design (with a complementary series of
  short or long courses)
• Student evaluation.

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3. Develop Modules with Partners

• Flexibility is key so that modules that could be
  taught by different people at different times

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4. Integrate Teaching, Research and Policy

• Capacity building is a comprehensive activity
  from design stage to initial monitoring and
  evaluation, to final monitoring and evaluation

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5. Network with Government and Civil-Society
Organizations

• Design a structure to conduct and integrate
  interests of the government, NGOs, and different
  sectors of society (evening programs,
  certification

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6. Faculty Exchange and Collaborative Research

• Training in data collection and analyses
• Access to e-library, e-journals and e-books and
  internet resources
• Data base development

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D. DELIVERY SYSTEMS

• Practicuums
• Internships
• Local case studies
• Simulations based on local experiences
• Computer-mediated instruction online courses,
  cds, distance learning, service learning.
• Research/training workshops - include relevant
  stakeholders

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MONITORING, EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT

• 1. Outside monitoring of program design
• 2. Stakeholder monitoring of program design
• 3. Staged monitoring of program impacts
• Monthly, annual etc.

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• 4. Monitoring Temporal Vision
• Short term. Medium term, long term
• 5. Consistent Monitoring Metrics
• Before and after program
• Control situation without program