Grants:Knowledge Sharing/Let's Connect Rapid Funds/Let’s Connect Peer Learning Program in Kwara

Let’s Connect Peer Learning Program in Kwara

• Let's Connect Peer learning Program Kwara
• Let's Connect Peer Learning program Kwara 2.0

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This peer learning program is a program that creates an open and safe learning space for selected wikimedians, who are also registered Let's Connect participants, to learn different skills: Organisational issues and access to funds, Programme tactics, Interpersonal skills, Skills related to Wikimedia projects.

Purpose

The Let's Connect Peer Learning Program in Kwara is aimed at training selected Wikimedians on specific Wiki skills and program tactics and also provide assistance for them to help them attend learning clinics. The program also aims at creating horizontal and flexible forms of learning amongst group members - people who have come together to learn the same skills and are driven by the same mission. It will also provide a comfortable and safe environment for different stages of learning: not only gaining knowledge, but putting that knowledge into practice, receiving constructive feedback, reflecting on what was learned, and making the learning process more socially connected and fun. Members will have increased skills and abilities through diverse formats and connections.

Activities developed to deliver this program

Planning

• Received rapid grant fund. Done
• Determining the topic/skill to share. Done
• Defining Let’s Connect participants to invite and organising the registration form. Done
• Designing the Learning Clinic session structure and learning outcomes. Done
• Organising the invites. Done
• Social media publicity. Done
• Creating feedback/Evaluation survey form. Done
• Organising any pre-session material for the Let's connect. Done
• Review and sending them to registered participants. Done
• Create a WhatsApp group for the selected Let's connect participants. Done
• Communicating the Learning Clinic plan with the Working group. Done
• Inviting any interesting experiences (case studies) within Wikimedian communities or outside organisations, to share during the session as part of the learning dynamic. Done

During the session:

• Facilitating the session.

After the session:

• Organising material on the Let’s Connect meta resource page for public use.
• Send a follow-up evaluation survey to participants.
• Analyse the feedback and include the results and learning in grant report.
• Disbursement of Scholarship to participants.

Learning Clinics

For this program, the team organized two learning clinics for a group of 20 participants to train them on some specific Wikimedia skill.

1st Learning Clinic

This learning clinic held on the 20th of November, 2022.

Let's Connect first learning clinic

Participants learnt:

• Basic Wikidata use and how it can support other projects
• Linking of Wikidata to other Wikimedia projects
• How to run queries on Wikidata.
• Tools to easily create items on Wikidata.

2nd Learning Clinic

Let's Connect second learning clinic

This learning clinic held on the 16th of December, 2022. Participants learnt: Event Organising

• Program/project Planning.

• Evaluation.

• Extra Resource: Financial Planning

Report

• First Learning Clinic Report
• Second Learning Clinic Report

One-Sharer to Multiple Learners

Upon completion of our learning clinics, the team embarked on a delegated teaching approach where participants were divided into three (3) groups to hold four (4) one sharer to multiple learners connections so as to promote learning through empowerment. This indicates that each group of 4 learners worked collectively together and shared their skills within the Kwara Let’s Connect Peer Learning. On February 3, 2023, the first and second one sharer to multiple learners sessions for each group were held as a combined session. Zoom Breakout Rooms were used by each group for these sessions. On February 24, 2023, the third and fourth sessions followed the same structure. These combined sessions each lasted for 3 hours.

• List of Sharers to Multiple Learners for Lets Connect Kwara

1st&2nd One Sharer: Multiple Learners Connections These sessions were held on the 3rd of February, 2023 from 4:00pm to 7:00pm West Central African Time, in a combined session, through the use of Zoom Breakout Rooms. The combined session was facilitated by the Let's Connect Kwara team.

List of learning resources

• Finaincial Planing and Mangement
• Event Organizing
• Creating Items on Wikidata
• Skills that are Important for Managing Volunteers
• How to facilitate discusssion for effective communication
• Interpersonal Skills; Processes & Tools to Manage Conflicts

3rd&4th One Sharer: Multiple Learners Connections These sessions were held on the 24th of February, 2023 from 4:00pm to 7:00pm West Central African Time, in a combined session, through the use of Zoom Breakout Rooms. The combined session was facilitated by the Let's Connect Kwara team.

List of learning resources

• Updated Event Planning
• Personnel management: Key to Effective Project Execution
• Dashboard Program Creation Instruction
• Processes and Tools to deal with Abuse and Harassment Control
• Networking
• Creating, Managing and Sharing Tutorials and Resources

Report

• 1st&2nd One Sharer: Multiple Learners Connections Report
• 3rd&4th One Sharer: Multiple Learners Connections Report

Team

1. Ridzaina Project Lead
2. Bukky658 Facilitator
3. James Rhoda Communication Expert
4. Linason Blessing Facilitator

Other Participants

1. Accuratecy051
2. Odomero2711
3. Mijesty
4. Mgr Moobby
5. Godstime Elijah
6. Inyor4mr
7. Semmy1960
8. RukayatAjeigbe
9. victor abiose