ROLE OF THE ACADEMY IN
SYSTEMATIC HUMAN
CAPACITY BUILDING,
MONITORING AND
ASSESSMENT IN AFRICA
Dr. B. Ikubolajeh Logan
Professor of African Studies
Professor of Geography
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park
PA 16802.
A. SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO
CAPACITY BUILDING
• Innovative activities beyond
classroom
• Synergy with institutional and
national development objectives
• Identifiable and complementary time lines:
short, medium, long
• Flexible
• Holistic: interest of diverse stakeholders
B. ROLE OF THE ACADEMY
• To facilitate research
• To leverage existing expertise in an
institution/country towards curriculum
development, research and training.
• To expand knowledge, especially through
research to integrate traditional and
modern institutions and principles.
• To train a new generation of scholars and
researchers in multidisciplinary
approaches and technology mediated
education.
• To create libraries, repositories and
clearing houses of information.
• To make capacity building an in country; in
continent enterprise.
• To make capacity building a self-sustaining
enterprise – monitoring and assessment
C. CURRICULUM
DEVELOPMENT
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Content
Pedagogy
Assessment
Delivery
Monitoring
D. PRINCIPLES OF A
SYSTEMATIC PROGRAM
• 1. Stakeholder Input at Design Stage:
• discussion and identification of course and
program objectives with partners
• Program should be consistent with an
institution/country’s mission (short,
medium long term)
• Cohesive pedagogy.
2. Work with/Train Partners in
Curriculum Development
• Writing course outlines and objectives
• Syllabus design (including course content,
testing and assessment methods)
• Module design (with a complementary
series of short or long courses)
• Student evaluation.
3. Develop Modules with
Partners
• Flexibility is key so that modules that could
be taught by different people at different
times
4. Integrate Teaching, Research
and Policy
• Capacity building is a comprehensive
activity from design stage to initial
monitoring and evaluation, to final
monitoring and evaluation
5. Network with Government and
Civil-Society Organizations
• Design a structure to conduct and
integrate interests of the government,
NGOs, and different sectors of society
(evening programs, certification
6. Faculty Exchange and
Collaborative Research
• Training in data collection and analyses
• Access to e-library, e-journals and e-books
and internet resources
• Data base development
D. DELIVERY SYSTEMS
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Practicuums
Internships
Local case studies
Simulations based on local experiences
Computer-mediated instruction: online
courses, cds, distance learning, service
learning.
• Research/training workshops - include
relevant stakeholders
MONITORING, EVALUATION AND
ASSESSMENT
• 1. Outside monitoring of program design
• 2. Stakeholder monitoring of program
design
• 3. Staged monitoring of program impacts
• Monthly, annual etc.
• 4. Monitoring Temporal Vision
• Short term. Medium term, long term
• 5. Consistent Monitoring Metrics
• Before and after program
• ‘Control situation’ without program