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ALO Synergy
Conference
Project Report August, 2001 |
Progress Report
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Slow
Start
- Putting staff together at Iowa took
longer than expected
- Complementary grant had us focusing
on decision makers first
- Email in Nigeria not reliable
enough to do programs with multiple participants
- Securing CBT software donations
took longer than expected (Intellectual property risks,
etc.)
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Accomplishments
- Two Nigerian cohorts have visited
Iowa to tour, teach, and promote linkages
- Two Iowa faculty have visited
partner universities in Nigeria to explore linkages
- Determined industry standard
training tracks for technicians (CompTIA A+
and Network+)
- Recruited 32
trainees from 15 universities (another eight
are being recruited now)
- Created resource
CD for technicians with over 10,000 documents from
various support Web sites (getting permissions from over
a hundred authors and publishers)
- Secured donation of LearnKey CBT
software for each participant (value $40,000)
- Secured donation of current Red Hat
Linux Professional Server for each institution (value:
$5,000)
- Still working with other potential
donors
- Miscellaneous consulting on various
ICT issues (New Deal computers, Cisco Academy, wireless
networking, satellite Internet connectivity, etc.)
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An
Unexpected Aside
- Have collected over 100 used but
still functional Pentium computers for partner
universities.
- Staff of WiderNet project
researched shipping alternatives and arranged container
- Collection and preparation of
donations done entirely by volunteers
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