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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National Public Health Week 2024: New E-learning Tools & Innovations

Happy National Public Health Week to all who celebrate! Today’s daily theme is new tools and innovations, so I’m highlighting four topics or trends that I anticipate will be a big part of the conversation in 2024 and I discuss implications for public health learning and development.

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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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New Podcast Interview Drop: Public Health Consultants & Entrepreneurs: Understanding The Landscape, With Leah Roman And Vinu Illakkuvan

I’m excited to share a new podcast interview today that celebrates a passion project that I’ve been working on the past few years. Along with my colleagues Vinu Ilakkuvan, Laura Runnels, and Keʻalohilani Worthington, I led the development, launch, and analysis of a survey to understand the self-employed public health workforce.

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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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