Posts tagged Instructional Design
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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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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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.

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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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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!

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