The eLDI Training: Where it all started.

The eLDI Training (April - November 2004)

I got my first initiation with elearning when I attended the eLearning Development and Implementation (eLDI) under the auspices of InWent, Capacity Building International Germany through Common Sense elearning and Training, Austria.

The first face-to-face five-day workshop was held in Bonn, Germany. We learned how to use word, excel, powerpoint and internet. We had fun doing all these things. The participants came from asia and africa. This is where we were introduced to GC21.

After the workshop, we proceeded with the online course. I found the course very interesting, although there were challenging times, especially when I was busy with work. My eLDI project was a eLearning Course on Public Policy Development, Analysis and Implementation. I have chosen this course because there were demands from our Center to conduct this course. However, one agency was too busy, while the other was located in the distant island of Palawan. Hence, I though that creating an elearning course would be a better alternative. We have used Pinboards, chats and forums to communicate with each other. When we were losing some of our colleagues, we tried to us YM in order to monitor each other. The checklists were sometimes tricky and tedious to accomplish. But in the end, the rewards came with the good feedback coming from the tutors.

The second face-to-face workshop has brought us all mixed emotions. It was held in a small city in Indonesia, called Semarang. We were all excited because we will be meeting our colleagues which we have not seen for eight months. At the same time, we knew that we had lots of things to accomplish. The program lasted for ten days and it was a very hectic schedule but very fruitful. All the participants just sat down and worked on our own websites. In the end, we all felt fulfilled because we all knew that we have given our bests in the workshop.