Peter Njuguna, NOPE
ICT MANAGER
NATIONAL ORG.OF PEER EDUCATORS
31st July 2014, the Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya
Role of eLearning in delivery of
SRH services in Kenya
A Case of NOPE Peer Education eLearning Program
Take home
• Successfully implementing Learning Management
system
• Build a strong advocacy case for developing free
‘eContent’ to benefit all Kenyans
• How eLearning can change the delivery of social
programs through as a cost effective delivery option
• Where do we go from here
Background
• NOPE NGO was registered in 2000 with int. mandate
in 2007 starting with peer-centered programs
• Core Business: Behavioral, Biomedical and structural
services
• Has trained over 1.5 million youth Peer
Educators(PE), TOTs, CHWs in Kenya
• Trained over 100,000 Workplace PEs
• Trained over 50,000 MSM & FSW
• Presence in Uganda, Works in Tanzania, S-Sudan,
Puntland, Liberia and Eastern Europe
• Minimum package**
ELearning Initiatives
• Developers of National MSM curriculum
• Hosts the YPEER cyber peer
– Success CD based and online PE
– Certification
– Targets 14- 25 year olds
• Support Workplace programs (blue color and jua kali)
• Hosts the Biennial NOPE Conference on Sexuality, Peer
Educators, HIV and AIDS
• Innovators of Ambassadors of Change program Apx.
20,000 Nairobi students
Kenya Airways Employee Wellness Program
• KQ is among the largest airlines in Africa
• The business is travel most employees are
not physically in the office
• 75% of the employees are between ages 21
and 49 Years
• KAP survey was done in 2008 by NOPE
• ELearning was recommended as delivery
method to reach most staff
Counseling Sessions by category from a service provider
Source: Kenya Airways, Jane Munyi
Implementation
• Moodle 1.6.x then eFront– Transfer of a 52 Week curricular online content
– Visuals as used in hardcopies++ & Videos
– Pre-Post tests - Assessments
– Feel and Look of the Landing page
– Kept Simplicity and need for ePeer Education
• 3 months implementation, 2 months break, 1 year close
• 3 people involved from NOPE Manager, IT officer and a
Trainer
• First time dare devil attempt to bring change
• Already invoiced for the job
• Final Product to be part of the KAP report
Challenges
• Acceptance by trainers (staff)
• Interface Design and complexity of moodle
• Prototyping and landing on a final product (sign-off)
• Inclusion of “Participatory” in the content
• ELearning specific curricular and content
• Virgin ground – meant IT was left front all initiatives
• ROI and business case for KQ
• Staffing ownership and championing change
How we overcame
• Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue
to reach out. Benjamin Franklin
• Content is the driver, customizing everyday
• Simplicity is Key - back & front end
• Need for elearning outcomes consensus and Metrics
for impact
• Mistakes laid ground for current project
• Need for SDLC – systems development lifecycle
• Review of content, switch of to a friendlier platform
• Organization registration – The NOPE International
Institute
Before
Now
Why we need eLearning in Social Work
• Access to mobile is heading to 100%
• Cheaper to implement
• Open Source LMS – PHP, MySQL
• ELearning goes beyond LMS – YouTube, Videos,
Social Media
• Willing partners NGO, PPP, government and
stakeholders here
• Social Enterprise possibility
• Leverage on the standards, experts, lessons,
models..
• Minimum package can be agreed upon
Conclusion
• LMS are varieties and need time before you
implement
• Utilize project management workflow to implement
• Keep to perquisites Checked : Standard,
Policy/Strategy, Model, Motivations, Ownership, ROI
• Creativity and open mind will lead to innovation
• Allow Mistakes though costly
• Form offline society – meetups, social media etc
• Evaluate progress often
• Let it be a teams glory
• All NGO should be talking to NOPE
