[APCPress] UNESCO/APC: Multimedia Training Kit released

[Karen Higgs]

RELEASE OF "UNESCO/APC MULTIMEDIA TRAINING KIT"

"The farmers' cooperative that uses our telecentre can never find the 
information they want online. I want to offer them basic Internet 
training but I don't have materials."   

"A women's group I have trained has been offered a regular 15-minute 
spot on a local radio show. They've asked me for a workshop on script-
writing but my experience is in writing for web, not radio."   

More and more people are seeing the creative potential of linking the 
Internet to more traditional communication technologies, particularly 
radio and television.   

A STRUCTURED MULTIMEDIA TRAINING KIT

The UNESCO/APC Multimedia Training Kit (MMTK) provides trainers in 
telecentres, community media organisations, and the development 
sector with a structured set of materials to help make that jump 
between new and traditional media or train in a new skill area.   

The materials cover a range of multimedia areas like "presenting on 
radio" and "writing for the web" as well as topics such as 
"cooperative problem solving". The MMTK is a growing collection, and 
new topics will be added in the months to come.    

Materials follow a standard format and so can be used as 
interchangeable building blocks from which trainers can build up face-
to-face training appropriate for their different contexts. So, a 
trainer running a workshop on information skills for a women's 
organisation could choose components from the "Searching the 
Internet" unit and the "Violence Against Women" module and combine 
them into a single workshop kit. Individuals can also use many of the 
materials for self-instruction.  

Each unit includes notes for trainers on running the workshop, a 
handout for workshop participants, exercises, a list of additional 
resources, a glossary of terms, a copyright statement and workshop 
and materials evaluation forms. Many units contain additional 
resources such as presentations, detailed manuals for trainers, and 
case studies of how the tools in question are being used in different 
contexts.   

FREE TO USE

All MMTK materials are released under a Creative Commons license 
which allows their free use and distribution for non-commercial use.  
 
A PARTNERSHIP PROJECT

The MMTK is a multi-stakeholder initiative involving the Association 
for Progressive Communications (APC), UNESCO, OneWorld International, 
AMARC, the International Institute for Communication and Development 
(IICD), Search for Common Ground, Radio for Development, and the Food 
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).  

The MMTK was funded by UNESCO and the Rockefeller Foundation and 
coordinated by APC.  

CONTACT: mmtk at apc.org

UNESCO/APC MULTIMEDIA TRAINING KIT: 
http:/www.itrainonline.org/itrainonline/mmtk/

APC: http://www.apc.org/

UNESCO: http://www.unesco.org/