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.
How Health Education and Instructional Design Align: Reflections for National Health Education Week
In honor of National Health Education Week 2021, I thought it would be fun to visit selected responsibilities and competencies for health education specialists (2020) and make connections with instructional design. This is definitely not an exhaustive list of where they overlap, but these are some of my favorites!
Start With An E-Learning Needs Analysis By Asking These Four Questions
“If you don’t know why a performance issue exists, you run the risk of creating a training solution for a non-training problem.”—Tim Slade
E-learning and training cannot single handedly overcome challenges like under resourced projects, toxic work environments, poor leadership, and low morale.
Your needs analysis will help you figure out if a performance issue exists and why it exists.