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A report of the first phase of the Web Development Training

organised by clickITnigeria.

Tutors:
Edward Popoola
Ebuka Anisiobi

Introduction

The two week long training was put together by clickITnigeria as part of its community
service to young people. It was organised for 2nd year [going to 3rd year] undergraduates
of the Obafemi Awolowo University Ife. 15 students participated in all. It was a free
training program but the students contributed little funds themselves to get the available
resources for the training.

The training was both theory and practical oriented. As much as the students were taught
in books, they were also shown how they could get their work done on the computer
system.

Content.

During the training participants were introduced to computers and the internet which
many of them already knew but the few that had not seized the opportunity to learn.

Participants were taught the basics of the Hypertext Mark up language (HTML) and how
to use application software to develop websites. They were also taken through graphic
packages. At the end of the training, projects were given out to the participants, which
they took up with enthusiasm.

Outcome.

As a result of limited access to computer systems, participants were encouraged to use

time sharing to use the computer systems available. The participants were also taken one
by one as the resources to give a large, one –for- all lessons were not available.

To a great extent this was effective, because the participants had a close discussion with
the tutors. However a future issue that must be addressed to get a very successful
outcome is that of access to computer systems and public address systems for a large
number of students.
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Another problem faced by the training was access to the internet. Classes that were
supposed to be taken on the internet were delayed till there was access because of the
type of access available to the participants.

Of the 15 that participated, only two people had problems with the classes. This was
largely due to the fact that, they were just introduced to how systems work.

At the end of the training, Tutorial CDs on Web Development and Information
Technology tools were given out to participants for them to keep learning.

Challenge Problem

While preparing for a future class/the second phase, the clickITnigeria team will try as
much as possible to get enough computer system for the classes. We are also using his
medium to call that you take action and support the program. It could be in cash or in
kind. Presently, clickITnigeria needs computer systems of its own. One thing we know is
that, the little skills imparted will go along way in reshaping someone, someone's destiny.

Overview and Conclusion

The training was a successful one. In fact, the youths that missed out want clickITnigeria
to organise another of its kind. As a follow up to the trained students, clickITnigeria is
getting all those that participated to form a Web Development club.

Despite the fact that the resources were limited, the tutors still went ahead employing all
methods to get the knowledge across to the participants. What made the classes
interesting was also the openness of the participants and their zeal to learn.

Its was also a success story going by the number of ladies that participated. Since all over
the world there is an acute shortage of ladies in information technology, the fact that in
this training, majority were ladies gave us a hope that gradually, ladies are warming up to
give the men folk a challenge in Information Technology.

Edward Popoola. edward@clickITnigeria.org