Ever wondered exactly what micro-blogging is, or how to edit video so that it contributes to knowledge sharing in an organization or a community? From 20 to 22 January, participants found out how to do just this and more at the FAO-hosted 3 day “Knowledge Share Fair”, jointly organized by Bioversity International, CGIAR, ICT-KM programme, FAO, IFAD and WFP,
Offering hands-on training sessions and lectures in methods for knowledge sharing such as blogging, using wikis, creating effective newsletters, video editing, social bookmarking, podcasting and countless other useful topics to make for a more connected world of agricultural research for development, the Share Fair was a huge hit.
GLOBAL FORUM Staff not only participated in the Share Fair, but also contributed through seminars and discussing website functionality for knowledge sharing.
During a session entitled “Knowledge Gateways”, Valeria Pesce, GFAR ICT Specialist and Mark Holderness, GFAR Executive Secretary made a presentation on the GFAR’s web space, www.egfar.org Also presented alongside egfar.org were two of FAO’s own websites, the “UN Atlas of the Oceans” and “European Forest Week”. This session discussed the common goal between the 3 web spaces, in which they aimed to share large amounts of information contributed from many different sources.
In an interview conducted by Paul Van Mele of the Africa Rice Center (WARDA) during the Share Fair, Dr Holderness spoke on the importance of searching out the many media and methods by which knowledge can be shared amongst rural communities and research institutions. He noted that WARDA also captures the idea of a “multitude of learning”, which is so necessary in reaching the largest number of people through communications. To hear more of what Dr Holderness had to say, please click here13 to watch the video.
Should you wish to read more on the Share Fair and it’s outcomes, please visit the official website.
To watch on-the-spot interviews of what participants had to say about their views on effective knowledge sharing, please click here.
Valeria Pesce, GFAR ICT Specialist and Mark Holderness, GFAR Executive Secretary [pictured far right] present GFAR website at the FAO Share Fair
Offering hands-on training sessions and lectures in methods for knowledge sharing such as blogging, using wikis, creating effective newsletters, video editing, social bookmarking, podcasting and countless other useful topics to make for a more connected world of agricultural research for development, the Share Fair was a huge hit.
GLOBAL FORUM Staff not only participated in the Share Fair, but also contributed through seminars and discussing website functionality for knowledge sharing.
During a session entitled “Knowledge Gateways”, Valeria Pesce, GFAR ICT Specialist and Mark Holderness, GFAR Executive Secretary made a presentation on the GFAR’s web space, www.egfar.org Also presented alongside egfar.org were two of FAO’s own websites, the “UN Atlas of the Oceans” and “European Forest Week”. This session discussed the common goal between the 3 web spaces, in which they aimed to share large amounts of information contributed from many different sources.
In an interview conducted by Paul Van Mele of the Africa Rice Center (WARDA) during the Share Fair, Dr Holderness spoke on the importance of searching out the many media and methods by which knowledge can be shared amongst rural communities and research institutions. He noted that WARDA also captures the idea of a “multitude of learning”, which is so necessary in reaching the largest number of people through communications. To hear more of what Dr Holderness had to say, please click here13 to watch the video.
Should you wish to read more on the Share Fair and it’s outcomes, please visit the official website.
To watch on-the-spot interviews of what participants had to say about their views on effective knowledge sharing, please click here.
Valeria Pesce, GFAR ICT Specialist and Mark Holderness, GFAR Executive Secretary [pictured far right] present GFAR website at the FAO Share Fair
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