Designing E-Learning for Health

Syllabus

• Week 1

  Exploring E-Learning for Health

  • Welcome and introduction to the course

    Welcome to the course. Find out what you will be doing in the next 5 weeks and meet the team you will be working with.

  • What's in a Learning Object?

    In this activity we will talk about some of the key characteristics of reusable learning objects (RLOs) that have contributed to their popularity and impact in health. We will deconstruct an RLO and explore the media components.

  • Summary

    Summary of what we have covered in week 1 and brief introduction to week 2

• Week 2

  Getting Started with Development

  • Weekly round up

    In Week 1 we explored the nature of the learning resource format and why it works well in the health arena. Before we move on to discuss development, here's a short round-up of these main points and discussion.

  • Introduction to Week 2 - The Development Process

    Take a look at the development process that we use and begin to develop aims for your own resource. Say Hello to Fern's team as they begin the process of resource development

  • ASPIRE

    ASPIRE is the acronym for the steps in the development process we use when developing e-learning resources. Read this article and watch the video to discover what it stands for, why we use it.

  • Developing the aims for your resource

    The first step in the development process is to consider the aims of your learning resource. Read this article and watch the video outlining factors to take into account at this stage and why it is so important to get this right.

  • Fern and her team

    In this activity you will have chance to see how Fern's team consider the aims for their resource.

  • Working on the aims for your RLO

    Creation and peer review of aims

  • Summary

    Summary of learning outcomes and brief introduction to Week 3

• Week 3

  Storyboarding

  • Weekly round up

    Questions and themes arising from the discussion forums in Week 2.

  • Creating a Storyboard

    Find out how to develop a storyboard for your e-learning resource and see how Fern's team developed theirs for their RLO project. You will have the chance to create and share your own storyboard based on your Week 2 learning aim.

  • Stages in the Storyboard Process

    Watch some short videos from Fern and her storyboard team who we recorded during their workshop. This section also gives an overview of how the workshop group was formed and the different stages of the storyboard process.

  • Task: creating your storyboard

    Create your own storyboard based on the learning aim you chose in Week 2. We encourage you to share your storyboards with us and each other.

  • Week 3 Summary

    Discuss with us and your fellow learners how you found the task and share any tips you have picked up.

• Week 4

  Populating your Specification

  • Weekly round up

    A short video addressing questions and themes arising from the discussion forums in Week 3.

  • Turning your storyboard into a specification

    We will look at how you can turn a storyboard into a specification for your RLO and what considerations there are in populating your resource.

  • Summary

    Summary of learning outcomes and brief introduction to week 5. A heads up also for the Q&A in Week 5.

• Week 5

  Quality & Creation

  • Weekly round up

    A short video addressing questions and themes arising from the discussion forums in Week 4.

  • RLO health check

    Why is quality important in a resource? Why particularly so for healthcare resources? What factors make a high quality resource? We will use a quality framework and also take you through the peer review process.

  • Talking about tools

    Once you have a sound design, you are in a position to develop your e-learning resource. Here you will find some practical tips and tools to help you, regardless of your level of technical expertise.

  • Hear from our team - Q & A Panel

    We round off the course with your questions to our team, and a big thank you to all of you for taking part and getting involved.

  • Final words

    Some final thoughts and reflections from your course team.

Who will you learn with?