The Learning Guild's Connecting Learning to Performance Online Conference: Key E-Learning Takeaways and Resources
One of my favorite professional development investments is my Learning Guild Online Conferences membership. Last week I had the pleasure of attending their Connecting Learning to Performance Online Conference. Since I never want to lose track of the key takeaways and resources from conferences, I’ve started sharing them here on the blog and discussing how they’ll strengthen my consulting work in e-learning instructional design.
Hot Off The Press: Neurodiversity and Cognitive Load in Online Learning
I’m happy to share my next installment of “Hot Off The Press”, a blog feature where I share emerging research, publications, standards (etc.) that are relevant to making awesome public health courses.
This month I’m highlighting a new article from the journal PLOS One called “Neurodiversity and Cognitive Load in Online Learning: A Focus Group Study” (Le Cunff, Giampietro, and Dommett, 2024).
Best Practices in E-Learning Spotlight: Designing Online Courses With and For the Autism Community
I’m delighted to announce a new feature on the blog where I highlight public health e-learning projects that I think exemplify best practices and innovative approaches to our work. Today I am interviewing Emily F. Rothman, ScD from Boston University (BU).
Beyond Smile Sheets: My Top Two Tips for Evaluating Public Health E-Learning Solutions
As we wrap up 2023, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the effectiveness of our e-learning solutions and make plans for revising and designing new learning experiences in the new year. I help many clients develop evaluation plans (all year long!), so I’m sharing my top two tips for evaluation in today’s post.
Accessibility Should Not Be an Afterthought: Designing Inclusive Learning Experiences
This week, SOPHE kicked off another National Health Education Week (NHEW). The theme is Advancing Health, Equity and Civil Rights. Over the past year, I have made learning about designing accessible e-learning a professional development priority. Since accessibility is a key component to developing equitable and inclusive learning experiences, it felt like a great fit to write about it during NHEW.
The ABCs of looking after yourself and your consultancy during the pandemic – a guide for self-employed consultants
Today’s guest post is written by Rebecca Zosel, MPH. Director, Zosel Consulting and Co-founder, Australian Public Health Consultants Network.
Self-employed workers have been hit hard by the pandemic. As organisations scale back and focus on delivering in a work-from-home world, many ‘non-essential’ contracts have been cancelled or indefinitely postponed. While freelancers are used to managing the ebb and flow of work, the drop in demand for consultants is unprecedented and has impacted all of us in one way or another – economically, physically, mentally and socially. Here are some tips to support you and your consultancy to navigate through these uncertain times.