Posts tagged Online Course
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).

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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).

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A Public Health Course Audit: What It Is and Why You Should Get One

An audit is defined as “a methodical examination and review.” And this is exactly what I can do for you when you have an e-learning course, whether it is already live or still in development.

Conducting course audits is one of my favorite consulting services. I love getting to learn from my clients about so many interesting public health topics (yes, I take every course that I review!), celebrating the parts of the course that are strong, and identifying the content and/or design features that can be strengthened.

In today’s blog post, I answer FAQs about my audit service.

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Hot Off The Press: Ensuring Public Health Course Quality Across Multiple Formats

I’m starting a new feature here on the blog called “Hot Off The Press”, 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 Pedagogy in Health Promotion called “Maintaining Course Quality and Integrity Across Multiple Modalities” (Kulak & Forder, 2023).

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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.

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New Podcast Interview Drop: Designing Effective Training For Public Health, With Instructional Designer Leah Roman, MPH, MCHES

What better way to celebrate the blog re-launch than with a brand new podcast interview. This week I sit down with Sujani at PH SPOT to discuss all things related to e-learning instructional design for public health trainings and courses. Check it out!

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