tom wambeke

I am currently Senior Programme Officer @ITC-ILO, specializing in innovative educational technology, instructional design, lifelong e-learning, social media and knowledge management.
In this function I advise and assist colleagues, outside customers and partners on learning and knowledge sharing methods and technology, with a focus on information and communication technology for e-learning, blended learning and workplace learning.

This involved in the past running projects, training-of-trainer workshops and high-level strategy meetings on networked e-learning, knowledge-sharing and innovation in the following countries or territories: Tanzania, Kenya, Pakistan, Thailand, Jamaica, Peru, Iran, Brazil, Colombia, Canada, Senegal, Zambia, Bénin, Guinée, Namibia, Indonesia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Nepal, Uganda, Cabo Verde, São Tomé e Príncipe and the Gaza Strip. These projects were done in collaboration with different UN agencies, development banks, NGO’s and other multilateral organisations.

In the past 5 years I have developed a special passion for complexity adaptive thinking, sustainable and transformational learning, design thinking and strategic innovation. The following list belongs to my core competency playlist:

- adult learning and instructional design (analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation) of learning and training activities
- participatory learning methodology
- technology enhanced learning (networked e-learning)
- new technologies (learning content management systems, authoring software and social software )
- participatory knowledge sharing
- social media for development
- training of trainers
- knowledge management
- strategy facilitation
- organizational development

I advocate a lean approach towards project development, a pragmatical vision on implementation and a people oriented inclination towards managing teams

Finally I contribute on a regular base to international conferences and engage systematically with international professional communities through blogs, podcasts, wikis and forums. Regular updates of this can be find on: www.itcilo.wordpress.com