Online Learning Overview. For Development Professionals Worldwide. Create your own personal field course by interweaving online assignments with your work. Develop projects from the ground up, learn management, attract donors and have fun collaborating with colleagues from around the globe.

1:1. Getting the Job Done: Your Organization’s Vision, Expertise, & Performance. June 1 - July 12.
Organizing for increased impact. The workshop output will be a Strategic Action Plan that will paint a good picture of where you are now, where you want to go and what practical actions you can take today for getting there.

1:2. From Local Actor to International Professional. July 27 - September 6. Aligning your organization to the world of impact. We will define impact, learn why it is important, and investigate what is working in development and under what circumstances. Discover the value of using global resources for impact-oriented programming models and evidence-based field interventions.

2:1. From the Ground Up: March 2 - May 3. Designing Community-Centered Projects with Sustainable Solutions. Gain an insight into contemporary methods of developing community-centered, impact-oriented projects. Gain practical field tools and develop a range of skills: facilitating participatory needs assessments, designing projects, and incorporating evidence-based interventions. Develop a real project in real time during the course.

2:2. Project Architecture: Managing for Impact. May 18 - June 28. Imbed impact into your project design with a powerful set of management tools. LogFrames, detailed budgets, timelines, compelling fact sheets, M&E plans, outcomes and impact. These tools will communicate to donors and stakeholders exactly what you are trying to accomplish and can be used for effective management of the project once funded.

3:1 Positive Outcomes. May 18 - June 28. Develop a foundational understanding of monitoring, evaluation and impact assessments. Discover the importance of impact evaluation design as an integral planning tool in the early stages of project design. Design a randomized control trial for a community-centered project. Improve project effectiveness by utilizing evidence-based best practices garnered from impact evaluations.

3:2. Knowledge Transfer. July 13 - August 23. Knowledge moves across many boundaries: from university researchers to small holder farmers and from smallholder farmers back to university researchers. Learn about accessing, contributing to, and transferring information and knowledge.