1. WELCOME TO
DAY “0H NOW I
KNOW!” LEARNING AND
TRAINING
-OPENING SESSION
AgKnowledge Africa Share Fair,
October 18th 2010
ILRI Campus, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2. Part I What is going on around us?

3. What is going on in the World?

4. And in the agricultural sector?

5. My Example: What is going
on in the CGIAR?

6. What is going on around YOU?
What sector
do you work
in?
Are there
changes
happening in
this sector?
What are the
changes
directing
your sector
towards?
 Activity:
• Discuss with your neighbour about
your sectors and what is going on
• Take a minute to write down your
sector and what is going on.

7. Part II A call for greater knowledge sharing
and collaboration—but what is it?

8. Some lessons and responses
 Need to involve
multiple
stakeholders to
develop
innovations
 Lack of
connection
between research
and development
 Information is
vital for decision-
making
 Printed
publications are
limited form of
sharing
knowledge-need
• National initiatives e.g AGROS
• Tools for Participation and
interaction: e.g’s PRA, COPs
• Innovation systems and
Platforms/forums: e.g GFAR-
ICM4ARD
• Information systems/KM: e.g
WISARD
• Virtual and Web 2.0 tools
• Networks: e.g’s AGRIS/GFIS,
AgroWEB Network, ECORENA
• In-house, dedicated
KM/KS/ICT/Communication

9. Website : www.ciard.net
The CIARD Vision
“To make public domain agricultural research
information and knowledge truly accessible to all”
My examples- my approaches

10. Founding Partners
and growing…..(who is not yet involved?)
The Community

12. Your views on approaches
Where do
you come
from?
What
applications
should we
be doing?
What is
working and
should be
replicated?
What isn’t
working?
 Activity:
• Think about what approaches you
know, believe in or use
• Share these with us- the good and
the bad! (To be noted down on a flip
chart)

13. Part III Choosing the right tool-
achieving the right goals

14. Some tools can do the job—but
may not be the most effective!

15. Some tools can do the job, but may
not be precise enough!

16. Some tools may look like they can
do the job, but they are not really
up to it!

17. Some tools-really can’t do the
job!

18. And some tools CAN do the job but
should NOT be used for this type of
job!

20. But so many tools!
How to choose which one to use, for what?

21. Part IV
Some steps

22. Step 1:Think about key stages/activities
in your work
My Example-the Research Cycle

23. Lack of inclusion
of priorities ,needs
and realities from
the ground
Inadequate use
of other sources
of knowledge
Poor collaboration
with
stakeholders
during the
research
Limited
understanding
of how research
results can most
effectively be
made use of
Ineffective ways
of getting
knowledge to
target groups
Limited
opportunities for
learning within
research process
Step 2: What would you like to achieve, but is
lacking in knowledge sharing, collaboration for
each stage?

24. Step 3: Turn them into goals…

25. Step 4: Identify who to share, collaborate
and engage with at each stage…and their
capacity
Can they access and use the internet
Do you need to meet them face to fac
Do they read and write?
What languages do they use?
Other…
Example: Government
officials, farmers, other
researchers, etc

26. Activity: Let’s plan it for YOUR
context and activities
Each stage
of work
offers
different
opportunities
for
knowledge
sharing and
collaboration
.
It is
important to
be realistic
about the
capacity of
your context
and people
1. What are the stages of your work?
Map this out for yourself.
2. What issues do you have at each
stage of your work? Write them
down!
3. Turn these into goals-write them
down too
4. Who do you want to share,
collaborate and engage with in the
various stages?

27. Step 5: Look at the functionality of
various tools-some examples
• Joint work planning: Google Calendar, Docs, Sites
• Preparing a presentation or a proposal together:
Google Docs, Presentations
• Meeting online: chat, talk, conf calls, screen and
document sharing, chat, taking notes on a wiki
• Store project information in shared environment
• Share a reference collection: Mendeley
• Document the process; reuse project information;
share and solicit feedback from communities; publish
data not included in final peer-reviewed articles:
blogs, CC, social media/networks

28. What about for the tools in Day
0?
•Having discussions and feedback on topics
•Documenting and sharingBlogging
•Work planning
•Collaborative production of outputsCollaborative Writing
•Sharing references
•CollaboratingMendeley
•Sharing information about projects
•Monitoring and EvaluationVideo/Film
•Collecting information
•Sharing informationAudio/Radio
•Sharing information
Media
•Effective planning meetings
F2F KS Methods
•Collect information from different people and sources
•Create visualizations for discussions and sharingGoogle Geo Tools
•Joint planning
Google Collaboration Tools

29. Step 6: Match the tools to your
stages and goals…keeping in mind
the people!
online surveys,
wikis, blogs, RSS,
discussion forums
online
surveys, wikis,
blogs,
discussion
forums,
mindmapping,
shared
calendars,
decision
support
systems
wikis, blogs, photo sharing,
google docs, discussion forums,
intranets, shared calendars,
shared reference list
wikis, blogs, photo
sharing, google docs,
discussion forums,
intranets
wikis, blogs,
microbloggin
g, discussion
forums, RSS,
photo
sharing,
google docs,
podcasting,
shared
reference list
websites, wikis,
blogs,
microblogging,
discussion forums,
online surveys, RSS
wikis, blogs, google docs,
microblogging, photo sharing,
social networking sites, intranets,
instant messengers

30. Think about the tools you will
explore today
Keep this in
mind as you
learn the
tools and
think about
the
functionality
of the tools
as you learn
them and
how you will
be able to
apply them
to the
particular
goals after
the training
Activity:
 Write down the two tools you choose
to explore today
 Think about and discuss the
functionality of those tools
 Based on your work
framework(stages, issues, goals,
context and people)—where do you
think these tools can be used
 Write them down next to particular
stages of work and the goals on your

31. Part V Day 0: What’s going on and
where

32. The process
Identifying why you want to share knowledge,
what your goals for knowledge sharing are
and matching it to the tools
[Opening session 9-10-open to all]
Learning and trying out various tools and
methods for sharing knowledge
[Training session 10:30-12:30 and 2-4—sign
up]
Making your content travel by seeing how to
make use of the various tools and methods
together
[Closing session 4:30-5:30-open to all]

33. Tools and Methods on Offer
SOCIAL and
COLLABORATIVE
MEDIA
• Blogging
• Collaborative Writing
• Academic Social
Networking using
Mendeley
POPULAR MEDIA
• Video/Film
• Audio/Radio
• Making the Most of
the Media
GOOGLE TOOLS
• Google Geo Tools
• Google Collaborate,
Communicate and
Save
FACE to FACE
KNOWLEDGE
SHARING METHODS
• Combined Session
of Methods—starting
with Open Space to
identify methods
participants want to
try out

35. Acknowledging the trainers
 ICT-KM
 IFPRI
 Google
 Wren Media
 Gladson Makowa
 KM4Dev