Kwami Ahiabenu,II Knowledge Chief

Online learning is here to stay and the increasingly availability of Web 2.0 tools will making e-learning experience more rewarding though some challenges exist. Making a case for online training of Journalists in Africa, Kwami Ahiabenu II from the International Institute for ICT Journalism (PenPlusBytes) observed that online training was going to become dominant means of training and that there was need to invest time and energy to ensure that it becomes part of a capacity building projects and programmes application. He noted that though there are costs associated with online training in the long run online training was relatively cheaper and cost effective. An achievement was that online learning provided an opportunity for Journalists to learn about new tools and use them in the process of learning In overcoming the challenges, Ahiabenu II explained that the course used a group e-mail list as their primary course delivery tool in order to ensure low bandwidth participants are no...

We took off from Accra on Saturday on 22nd September and got into Milan on Sunday after 6hrs on Alitalia, then took a domestic flight into Rome. We attempted to take the train to our hotel but we could not figure out how to that, so we ended with a shuttle Sunday was a day of rest and quick tour of Rome Monday started at the FAO building for web 2.0 taster http://wiki.web2fordev.net/index.php/Welcome_%26_Introduction_to_Web2_Taster_Day

Keynote speakers Anriette Esterhuysen Thierry Helmer Ethan Zuckermann Plenaries Agric Market Information Systems 2.0: making it private, profitable and peer2peer – Mark Davies Empowering journalists with online tools: making a case for online training - Ahiabenu, Kwami Leveraging Web 2.0 to Develop Better Applications for Rural Communities - Dasgupta, Amit Open collaboration in an institutional context - Metz , Thomas Open Training Platform - Arrou, Armelle Portal 2.0: Using Social Software to Connect Geographically Dispersed Teams - Gundersen, Eric Promoting Information and Knowledge sharing through vlogging - the GINKS experience - Deh, Prince Dispositif de Système d'Information Scientifique et Technique (SIST) du Sénég al - Alioune Thioune et Fatou DIENG SARR Realities of the new web: Practical experience of running a multilingual network and portal on web2 tools - Addison, Chris; Pirani, Pier Andrea Sharing Knowledge, Exchanging Solutions and Community ...

National ICTs Awards 2007 PICTURE from left to right Mary Chinery - Hesse is Chief Advisor to President John Kufuor(special guest of honor ) Hon Dr. Benjamin Aggrey Ntim (host) and Kwami Ahiabenu,II(co-ordinator)

From Left to Right Justice Steven Alan Brobbey, justice of supreme court and Chair of Ghana ICT Awards 07 , Dr. Benjamin Aggrey Ntim, Minister of Communication, host of Ghana ICT Awards 07 and Kwami Ahiabenu,II coordinator Ghana first ICT Award