The Environment and Forestry Human Resources Training Center (EF HR Training Center) at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) held a workshop that aimed to evaluate the development of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). This workshop was held both offline and online from 19 – 22 March 2024 at the office of the Environment and Forestry Education and Training Center in the city of Bogor and also involved a visit to the office of the Bogor Environment and Forestry Training Center (BPLHK) in Rumpin, West Java. The activity was opened and closed by the Head of the EF HR Training Center, Dr. Kusdamayanti, M.Sc., and was attended by lecturers and managers from the EF Education and Training Center, the BPLHK, the eLearning team, representatives from the Directorate of Social Forestry and Environmental Partnerships (PSKL), representatives from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry's Personnel Bureau and representatives from the Regional Community Forestry Training Center (RECOFTC), an international non-profit organization that focuses on the development of community forestry capacity within the Asia-Pacific region. This workshop was a follow-up to the MOOC development kick-off, which was held in January 2024.

The workshop aimed to assess the readiness of the EF HR Training Center to initiate and develop a MOOC programme. In this regard, the activities that were organized were varied in nature and encompassed literary studies, observations and semi-structured interviews with relevant stakeholders, particularly those under the administration of the EF HR Education and Training Center.

These activities resulted in a report that addressed several areas, specifically: (a) An overview of current conditions at the EF HR Training Center regarding eLearning development, (b) Gap analysis regarding MOOC development at the LHK HR Training Center (including technological aspects, human resource capacity and teaching/training materials), and (c) Recommendations for MOOC development at the EF HR Training Center.

“As Head of the EF HR Training Center, I would like to express my thanks to various parties, including GIZ, which has offered its continuing support for the development of distance learning through eLearning. I would also like to thank the RECOFTC, which has been supporting Gender Mainstreaming training activities through MOOC; the Directorate General of PSKL, which has been collaborating in order to develop companion training in social forestry; and the Planning Bureau and Personnel Bureau," announced Dr. Kusdamayanti during her closing speech.

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