Final Assessments

📝 Complete the two final assessments below

Due date: September 17th, 10pm GMT

1) Final Project: Kibo Digital Literacy Fellowship Application (15% of Final Grade)

Kibo Digital Literacy Fellowship Overview

Expanding digital skills is an imperative for Africa. Technology is changing the nature of work, and companies in all sectors are increasingly digitizing their operations. However, African employers have a large, unmet need for employees with digital skills. According to a report by the International Finance Corporation and World Bank, by 2030, 50-55% of all jobs in Kenya will require digital skills, as well 35-45% of jobs in Nigeria and 20-25% of all jobs in Africa overall. The majority of demand is in “foundational digital skills,” such as web research and mobile and online communication.

Yet, young Africans lack these skills. Boston Consulting Group estimates that only 11% of African university graduates are well-trained in basic digital skills, and anecdotal stories support this.

So, How might we increase the foundational digital skills of Africans so that they can access the jobs of the future?

The Kibo Digital Literacy Fellowship identifies projects that directly increase the foundational digital skills of underserved Africans. Applicants are invited to propose projects that will have a measurable impact on increasing the foundational digital skills of people in their communities. Page 10 of the IFC and World Bank report gives some good examples of foundational digital skills. However, proposals focusing on other foundational digital skills are welcomed.

Project Instructions

Your task for the C4S final project is to put together an application for the Kibo Digital Literacy Fellowship (described above). Your application needs to include:

  1. A personal statement (250 - 500 words) that tells the application committee:
  • Who you are.
  • Why this project is important to you.
  • What skills you possess to make this project successful.
  1. A proposal for your digital literacy project (500 - 1000 words) that tells the application committee:
  • What problem you are trying to solve. Be sure to explain the foundational digital literacy skill you are trying to increase and the population of people you intend to serve.
  • Why this is an important problem to solve.
  • How your project will solve the problem. Include a rough timeline.
  • Who you will need to work with to implement this project.
  • What challenges or difficulties you anticipate, and how you plan to overcome them.
  • What you hope your project will accomplish. Describe the lives of the people your project will serve after your project is implemented.
  • How you will measure the impact of your project.

Submission

Your project submission should include:

  • Your personal statement (please also include the standard purpose, audience, and information planning questions, your outline, and your 7Cs evaluation for your personal statement)
  • Your project proposal (please also include the standard purpose, audience, and information planning questions, your outline, and your 7Cs evaluation for your project proposal)

Submit your assignment on Gradescope and then upload a copy to the Woolf platform.

2) Final Essay: C4S Reflection Blog (15% of Final Grade)

Your task for your final essay is to write a blog post describing your experience in the Communicating for Success class. Your post should be between 1000 - 1500 words.

Your blog post should include the following information. However, you should create an outline to decide the order in which you want to present this information:

  • How you felt about your communication skills at the start of C4S
  • How you feel about your communication skills at the end of C4S
  • The goals you had for improving your communication skills at the start of C4S
  • A description of your experience over the 10 weeks of C4S
  • The most impactful thing you learned during C4S
  • The greatest challenge you faced during C4S
  • Something you are proud of from your C4S experience
  • Something you wish you had known at the start of C4S
  • Advice you would give someone who will take C4S in the future

When writing your blog post, make sure you answer the purpose, audience, and information planning questions, create an outline, and evaluate your blog post using the 7Cs.

Submission

Your submission should include:

  • Your answers to the purpose, audience, and information planning questions
  • Your outline
  • Your evaluation using the 7Cs
  • Your final blog post

Submit your assignment on Gradescope and then upload a copy to the Woolf platform.