New Distant-Learning Course for Online Efficiency

Dr Burkhard Luber, Executive Staff of the Threshold Foundation, offers
new Tele-Teaching about Online Efficiency for international NGOs. Based
on similar On-site Trainings for NGOs by Burkhard Luber in many
countries worldwide for several years, this new course targets NGO
workers wanting to improve their Internet capacity and thereby advancing
the efficiency of their organizations. It is focused on persons already
having a basic knowledge of emailing and web surfing, who are now
wanting to get hold of more sophisticated know-how and material about
Internet-based opportunities.

Feel free to share this Tele-Teaching announcement with other
persons/organization who you think might be interested to be informed
about this course opportunity.

1. Participants:
Workers in NGOs, particularly with a focus on human rights, civil
so-ciety, conflict resolution, ecology.

2. Time:
Beginning of January 2002 till the end of April 2002.

3. Course Outline:
Eight detailed Tele-Teaching Email Letters from Burkhard Luber, emailed
at the beginning and mid of each of the four months above. In addition
special ad hoc emails might be sent between these inter-vals.

4. Course Topics:
General Online Ressources for NGOs
On-Line Technical Utilities
Advanced Searching in the Web
Finding Organizations and Media online
Online Public Relations
Progressive Web Sites
Human Rights Web Sites
Conflict Resolution and Ecology Web Sites

5. Teaching Approach:
The core medium of the Tele-Teaching Email Letters will be
websites-based introductions into the course topics listed above.
Between each of the Tele-Teaching Email Letters participants can email
questions to Burkhard Luber and the answers will be integrated in every
next Tele-Teaching Email Letter.

6. Technical Requirements:
Email Facility and Web Access.

7. Language:
The Tele-Teaching Letters will be in English but in case of major
language difficulties I can handle individual e-communication with
single course participants in basic Italian, Spanish or French.

8. Fees:
No money, but expectation for active course participation, sharing
experiences when applying the learning stuff at home and obligation to
email a longer, detailed feed-back when the course has finished.

9. Registration:
Till 20 December 2001 with an email to Burkhard Luber
([email protected] [2]), containing the word DLC1 at the beginning of the
Subjec-Line of the email. The text of the registration email should
contain:

a) The 1st and last name of the registering person plus town and country
where s/he comes from.

b) A couple of words about the work of the registering per-son, her/his
major motivations to register for this course, main expectations towards
the online lessons and short in-formation about the work of her/his NGO
(if applicable) / its web page if existent.

Sent this email as plain Text message without any attach-ments and not
in HTML form.

10. Start:
Each person registered till 20 December will get a registra-tion
confirmation till the end of December. The 1st Tele-Teaching Email
Letter will be emailed to the registered participants till 10 January
2002.

Contact:
Dr Burkhard Luber ([email protected] [3])
The Threshold Foundation (www.dieschwelle.de [4])