1. World Bank Institute
Natural Disaster Risk Management
Training of Trainors
End of Course Project
March 22 to April 17, 2010
Sheila Lo Dingcong

2. Components
 Objective
 Identification of Target Participants
 Delivery Management Plan
 Learning Outcome
 Learning Plan
 Course Requirements
 Difficulties/challenges expected to
encounter during the course and
suggestions on how to overcome them

3. Objective
The objective of the Community-based Disaster Risk
Management (CDRM) course is for participants to
acquire knowledge and basic management skills on
the following specific areas:
 Community-level vulnerability assessment;
 Access to resources for mitigation; and
 How to plan and implement a disaster
management program at the community
level.

4. Identification of Target Participants
(marketing, registration, participants’ selection strategy)
The target participants of this course are the following:
 Local government personnel
 Community-based non-government and
people’s organizations
 The academe, corporate social
foundations, and the business sector

5. A checklist of prerequisites of potential
participants will be prepared to narrow
down those who may be able to maximize
distance education.
 Primary of these would be the current
work being done and the level of comfort
in the use of digital tools.

6.  Registration will purely be online.
 The registrant will be required to fill out an
online profile survey to provide a background
of her/his education, work, and proficiency
in online computing including the number of
hours s/he can dedicate to this e-learning
class.
 A maximum of 30 participants will be
accepted and handled by one delivery
management team.
 A reasonable course fee shall be required
from the participants who will be selected
based on their profile survey forms.

7.  Delivery Management Plan
This course will be delivered by a team
composed of one facilitator, one assistant
facilitator, a Subject Matter Expert (SME),
and a Technical Assistant (4)
 Tasks, When to do and Who will do
 Announcement of the course
 Message to qualified participants
 Message to participants before the start of the
course

8. Announcement of the Course
Dear ____________,
I wish to inform you that the World Bank Institute (WBI) on Distance
Learning is offering an online course on Community-based Disaster
Risk Management (CBDRM) to run for six weeks beginning May 15,
2010. The CBDRM is one of WBI’s programs in its effort to build the
capacities of communities against natural disasters and calamities.
This course will be managed by certified WBI facilitators and will
utilize the free virtual learning platform of Moodle.
For more information on this program and to register, please visit
http://vle.worldbank.org/moodle/. You may also send an inquiry
through sheilalodingcong@gmail.com.
Thank you and I hope you hear from you soon.
Sincerely,
Sheila L. Dingcong
Certified WBI E-Facilitator

9. Message to be sent to selected participants before the course starts
Dear ________,
I am glad to inform you that you are accepted as a participant to the
Community-based DRM online course of the World Bank Institute. To
confirm your registration, please click on the link
http://vle.worldbank.org/moodle/ and proceed to select the CBDRM
course. It is necessary for you to create an account in the program site in
order for you to be listed as an official participant of the course. Please
do not forget the username and password that you will register on this
site. An email will be sent to you to confirm your final registration and
you will then have access to the program site and may explore its various
contents. I would like to point you to the Latest News for messages from
the facilitating team specifically on the next steps that you need to do.
Since the program will begin on May 15, we would like to request that
you register on or before May 12.
We are so excited to have you on this course and we hope to have a
fruitful learning experience for all of us.
Cheers,
Sheila

10. Message to be posted in the Latest News before the course starts
Welcome to the online course on Community-based Disaster
Risk Management! Before we officially begin on May 15, we
would like to encourage everyone to explore this site and
familiarize yourself with the various features of Moodle.
Everyone is required to post a picture in their profile and
complete all the information requested from you so that we
will know each other better. Remember, this is a pure online
course with no face-to-face session. Thus, it would be a big
motivation to everyone if we all have our names matched
with our faces and know a little bit of our background.
Beginning May 12, you may browse through the course
materials and references for your advance readings and
guidance. For any technical difficulties, please email our
Technical Assistant at techasstCBDRM@gmail.com.
Cheers,
Sheila

11.  Roleas Online Facilitator and key
responsibilities and skills needed
 The online facilitator has four key main roles to
perform. S/he has to be an instructor, a social
director, program manager, and technical
assistant.

12.  Asan instructor, the facilitator is
responsible for:
 Providing basic information of the course topic to
the participants through discussions, course
materials and references
 Assisting learners to relate knowledge with their
own experiences or with prior knowledge
 Initiating discussion through suggesting ideas
and/or posing questions for the participants to
think about and respond to in order for the
participants to process the acquired knowledge
and bring the exchange of ideas at deeper levels
of understanding

13.  Asa social director, the facilitator is
responsible for:
 Creating a conducive environment for online
learning
 Motivating the participants to actively engage in
discussions and submit course requirements on
time through a collegial approach to the learners
 Establishing a collaborative atmosphere among
the participants through consensus-building

14.  Asa program manager, the facilitator is
responsible for:
 Organizing all plans, systems and procedures,
personnel involved in the delivery of the course,
including the budget
 Managing the actual delivery of the course by
ensuring that schedules are being followed,
discussions are moving, and anticipating the
needs of the participants as well as problems
that may arise along the way
 Guiding the participants in their exchanges and
other interaction by establishing ground rules or
guidelines on their expected online behavior
(netiquette)

15.  Asa technical assistant, the facilitator is
responsible for:
 Ensuring learners’ ease in using the online
platform
 Making the participants knowledgeable in finding
solutions to technical difficulties
 Utilizing a variety of digital tools for the course
to make it more interested and attractive

16. Learning Outcomes
 A comprehensive outlook of managing
disasters at the participant’s specific
community environment
 Basic operational and technical knowledge
on CDRM
 Middle to advance skills in planning and
implementing a CDRM program

17. Learning Plan
The course comprises three specific topics
namely:
 Session 1 – Community-level Vulnerability
Assessment and Disaster Preparedness
 Session 2 – Access to Resources for
Community-based Mitigation
 Session 3 – Planning and Implementing a
Disaster Management Program at the
Community level

18. The course will be delivered within a period of
six weeks divided into the following topics
and activities:
 Week 1 – Getting to know you; a discussion
forum 1 on the general course description
and content; a live/real time chat class
scheduled towards the end of the week; and
assignment 1 – What should be the contents
of your personal disaster survival kit?

19.  Week 2 – Discussion forum 2 on session 1;
quiz 1 and assignment 2 (Based on your
experience and personal opinion, what are
the resources needed to lessen the impact of
a natural disaster to your community? Where
and how can these resources be accessed by
the community itself? What are possible
projects or programs that your community
can endeavor to help put up the needed
resources?)

20.  Week 3 – Discussion forum 3 on session 2;
quiz 2 and assignment 3 (Create a visual
presentation either through a diagram,
chart, or even an artwork that shows the
stakeholders in the community level
implementing a disaster management
program. Provide a title and a brief one
paragraph (5 sentences) description of your
work. Use whatever digital tool that you are
familiar with or scan a hard copy if you
prefer to manually draw, paint or color.)

21.  Week 4 – Discussion forum 4 on session 3;
quiz 3 and reflection paper (Write down your
insights on session 3’s topic. Propose a
specific action which you think can
contribute to a better CBDRM program)
 Week 5 – Discussion forum 5 on synthesizing
sessions 1, 2 and 3; hold a live online
interactive session

22.  Week 6 – Work on End of Course Project (A
CDRM plan for the participant’s community)
and prepare for final exam scheduled at the
end of the week
 Participant Evaluation

23.  Course Requirements
 At least four discussion posts for each
discussion forum (4x5DFs=20 posts)
 Submit assignments 1, 2, & 3 and a reflection
paper
 Attend two live online class sessions
 Take quizes 1, 2, & 3
 Submit an End of Course Project
 Take the final exams
 Fill out an evaluation form

24. Facilitation strategy and tools you are going to
use to achieve them
 Input sessions – facilitator and assistant
facilitator will provide some basic
information to the participants based on the
materials given
 Question and Answer – concepts will be
raised to the participants which they should
respond to by providing ten keywords
relating to the concept

25.  Reiteration of responses/points made to
ensure common understanding
 Summary and feedback
 Icebreakers at least once for each
discussion forum
 Live chat classes in real time

26. Communication strategies and techniques to
be used in the course
 Regular messages on the Latest News section
– beginning and end of the week
 Direct email messages to participants with
special concerns
 Use of positive and gender fair language
 Constructive feedback is given to all
responses or ideas of the participants

27.  To introduce a discussion forum…..
Good day to everyone! This week’s topic
that’s up for discussion is on assessing
vulnerability and the preparedness of
communities to disaster. Please visit
discussion forum for week 2 and post some of
our thoughts on a couple of questions that I
have raised. Remember, we are all required
to share at least four responses of our ideas
on the topic. Hope to see you all there! And
don’t forget your readings.
Cheers,
Sheila

28.  To remind participants of course requirements
Hello to everyone! Our discussions are becoming
quite interesting. I hope we are all gaining new
knowledge and varied perspectives of the issues
surrounding the community’s access to
resources. Please be reminded of assignment 3
that is due to be submitted on Saturday, June 5.
You may post directly or upload a file on the
assignment section.
Best,
Sheila

29.  To flag schedules and changes thereto………….
Hey guys! We have some revisions on our
calendar this week. Instead of having our live
online chat session on Saturday, June 19, we will
have it on Friday, June 18 at 6 p.m. Manila time.
Please prepare your computers with the
necessary internet bandwidth, web cams and
headsets. Please be in front of our computers 5
to 10 minutes before the start of the class. This
will run for approximately 90 minutes.
Thanks and see you then,
Sheila

30.  To poke participants with special concerns……..
Dear John,
Hello there! Hope this finds you well. I’m just a
bit worried of your absence for the past four days
from the discussion forum. And the last time I
checked, I haven’t received assignment 2 from
you. Any problems with your internet access or are
you on a business trip? You know that getting the
certificate depends on the submission of course
requirements. We would really love to hear from
you.
Best,
Sheila

31.  Strategyof handling assignments and end of
course project
 Reminders sent twice a week
 Flexibility on the length and form; late
submissions will be entertained in special cases
 Feedback given within two days after the
submission of assignments
 Questions and/or clarifications on assignments
and ECP will be solicited and responded to

32.  Difficulties/challenges
expected to
encounter during the course and suggestions
on how to overcome them
 Technical problems during live chat classes –
technical support shall be on hand during actual
class; students will be informed early of the
technical requirements of the class
 Conflicts during discussions – facilitator
immediately mediates through explaining,
clarifying, and differentiating
 Forum traffic – extra hours online for the
facilitators by showing presence three times a
day – morning, afternoon and evening

33. References
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United Nations – Habitat (2010). Comprehensive Disaster Risk Assessment.
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34. Thank you!