Presentation to Dr. Daniel

Laura and I met with Dr. Daniel, the National Malaria Control Coordinator, today and presented the iCompanion as well as the Moodle course management system. He really enjoyed the iCompanion and the Moodle package. He especially liked the Epidemiology course. While in the meeting, he enrolled in the Malaria course from his office, posted a question, and was excited about the possibilities of receiving an answer from professors at Tulane. He will be reviewing the course over the weekend on the iCompanion and over the internet, then will give us back the equipment on Monday. We explained that the course won't be taught until the fall or possibly the spring, but we would contact the professors and tell them they have a student. I have already added Dr. James, Dr. Wesson, Dr. Wiser, and Dr. Krogstad as professors and Laura is contacting them to reply to Dr. Daniel's question.

We also discussed some of the possibilities of creating courses and training for Malaria and briefly discussed ways in which the iCompanion and Moodle could be used to develop human resource capacity. Because it appeared to go so well, Laura is going to try to set up other meetings with government officials to discuss what we are doing. I hope that the meetings take place before I leave. Presenting is so much fun.