Course mODULE 1
Using ICT Tools for Effective Monitoring, Impact Evaluation and Research
About the Organization:
The Development
CAFE is a registered nonprofit organization (OP.281/051/11-0129/7045/NGO
Coordination Board/Republic of Kenya)
aimed at enhancing information and communications
technology (ICT) skills for development
professionals, scientists, researchers and students
aroundthe world. DevCAFE'S Professional
Development for Development Professionals (PDDP)
program aims to expand delivery of ICT skills
todevelopment professionals in formats that
meet the unique needs of learners.
Instruction is delivered through a completely online
format, Offline (DVDs/email) are also available for
those with limited internet access.
Overall Course Outcome:
The ICT tools for Monitoring and Evaluation course
will introduce you to tools and techniques to
measure and report project/programme outcomes to
your stakeholders, including donors, funders,
supervisors or the general public using innovative
ICT based tools. At the end of the course, you will
become familiar with the components of an effective
monitoring and evaluation plan using ICT, and
methods and tools to conduct data collection,
statistical analysis and reporting.
Who Should Attend?
Professionals such as Monitoring and Evaluation
Officers, Program Officers, Project managers,
Research Scholars and Students and any other
professionals who are involved in the monitoring and
evaluation process will benefit from this course.
Course Outline: (Highly interactive and Personalized coaching)
- Differences between supervision, monitoring and evaluation and research
- Components of a successful monitoring and evaluation plan
- Introduction of ICT based M&E (Software, Hardware, OS,)
- Advanced ICT Tools for M&E (Including Mobile Phone and Tablet PC based data collection, storage and dissemination)
- Identifying outcome indicators for your project
- Data and types of data, challenges of data collection
- Quantitative methods
- Qualitative methods
- Writing an effective M/E report
- Writing an effective research publication
Training Format:
- All materials are made available through a Learning Management System online
- Approximately 3-4 hours time commitment of your time per week
- At your own time schedule, no live participation needed
- Weekly feedback from committed instructors who are currently enaged at both field and policy level.
- Participants are expected to submit weekly assignments electronically to earn certificate of completion
Computing Requirements:
Participants will need access to a computer working
on an operating system Windows XP or higher, and
access to the internet for 4-5 hours per week at
minimum 500+ KBPS. Participants will need to
use email, watch videos posted in YouTube format,
listen to audio (mp3), upload and download word
docs, PowerPoint files and PDFs, and post on the
discussion board. If you do not have
internet speed sufficient to watch YouTube videos,
then the offline DVD course may be the right
alternative for you.
Materials Provided:
Online delivery of curriculum materials, exercises
and templates. Cerfiticate
upon completion. (APPLY NOW)
Course Dates: The
course is ongoing all times, given the volume of
applications. So you can join anytime and finish it
as per your convenience.
So you can join anytime and finish it as per your
convenience between 2, 3 or 6 month time periods.
Course Fees: (Developing Country Student USD300| Developed Country Student USD 400| Developing Country Professional| USD 550| Developed Country Professional USD 650|Organizational/Group Session USD 1000| (Upto 4 members)|Organizational for Developed Countries USD 1200 (4 Members)
List of Developing Countries that qualify for a discount.
How to register: Register
Online send
an Email
with your details.
For more
information, contact:
Email: e.training
(a) dev-cafe.org