The Environment and Forestry HR Training Center (EF HR Training Center) has been collaborating with FORCLIME 4.0 and the eLearning consultant agency, Common Sense, in order to develop an eLearning initiative since 2021. These eLearning development assistance activities are primarily focused on developing the capacities of the eLearning team, improving the Learning Management System (LMS) and developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for the implementation of eLearning, as well as the development of interactive eLearning media.

In 2023, the EF HR Training Center started developing MOOC that address certain topics, including Gender and Social Forestry Assistance. After considering the eLearning dynamics at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF), the EF HR Training Center then proposed that FORCLIME should provide assistance in order to develop MOOC that will ultimately be aimed at the improvement of education and training services for environmental and forestry sector stakeholders. This proposal was followed up by FORCLIME 4.0 and Common Sense through mentoring that has been aiming to strengthen the MOOC as follows: (1) Assessment of MOOC development at the EF HR Training Center; (2) Preparation of a MOOC development roadmap at the EF HR Training Center; (3) LMS development capable of supporting MOOC; (4) Final socialization of the results of MOOC development assistance, which will be implemented during the January - October 2024 period. It is hoped that this mentoring activity will help to improve the quality and quantity of MOOC implementation at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry.

As a first step in this mentoring activity, the EF HR Training Center, working in conjunction with FORCLIME and Common Sense, held an online MOOC Development Workshop on 26 January 2024. This activity was attended by 60 participants drawn from various work units of the HR Training and Counselling Agency (BP2SDM), including representatives of the EF HR Training Center, EF Training Centers in Indonesia, the EF Counseling Center, the EF HR Development Planning Center, community training centers (Puslatmas), Environmental Generation and the BP2SDM Secretariat. In addition to presenting mentoring plans for MOOC development during 2024, this opening event also included a discussion of the results of mentoring for eLearning development in 2023, as well as an evaluation of the MOOC that was organized at the EF HR Training Center in 2023 and an identification of the various training themes that need to be developed through MOOC during 2024.

This activity will be followed up with a stocktaking effort that will address the readiness of the EF HR Training Center and the EF Training Centers (BPLHK) in terms of the organization of MOOC. This initiative will be held around February – March 2024.

For more information, please contact:
Danan P. Hadi, Advisor for Remote Sensing/GIS and eLearning
Edy Marbyanto, Strategic Area Manager for Human Capacity Development