1. Creating effective training materials which can be used by the herders to watch at their own pace
2. Introducing new technology and innovation component to the existing project. This technology component would he the education platform provided by NOMADEDU ( www.nomadedu.org) .
3. Getting feedback from herders on what they would like to see in training modules in the future.

What is the benefit of this technology ?

Education Hotpost is a platform just like an online university which traditionally supports self paced learning . However unlike other online platform which are dependent on internet infrastructure , the education hotspot is a ultra mobile , self-contained wireless and server platform which can be setup anywhere in the world as long as there is electricity . This hotspot serves most of the learning needs for the community , it encourages community which have had computers but no content to start connecting to the hotspot to access education material.  This is a perfect tool to making education and content accessible to all.

How will this help herders in this project ?

Currently , most of the herders need to come into an Aimag center to get training on new skills . This involves consultants traveling from Ulaanbaatar to countryside as well as Herders from their soums to the center. It amounts to a lot of travel cost and limited resources in terms of training , because when the consultants go back after the training , none of the material is accessible to the herders for the future in any dynamic form.

This is where the Hotspots come in , we create training modules in partnerships with consultants for the herders and go once to the soums and setup the hotspots. Once setup , the herders can  , at their own time come and revisit the training that was created . This translates into sustainable training materials for the community.

The current exercise was a pre-assessment to a future visit in which NomadEDU NGO will be visiting 4 soums with a Mobile Hotspot .  During this assessment , the herders were introduced to the hotspot and the benefits of it. A small demo was provided highlighting the capability of accessing these materials over their phones and computers. We got positive feedback from the herders on what new training would help them perform their day-to-day activities and improve their knowledge on felt production and supply.