Transforming Diabetes Education with eLearning Modules
Industry: Nonprofit
Services: Content Conversion, Custom eLearning Development
Company region: North America
Background
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) faced a significant challenge: transforming their educational content, traditionally delivered in person or over Zoom calls, into comprehensive eLearning modules. This transition was driven by the need to make their training more accessible and scalable, thereby expanding their reach not only across the United States but also globally. The ADA needed a partner to handle this massive content migration due to bandwidth constraints, ensuring the new modules would be engaging, relevant, and effective for a diverse group of learners.
Key Challenges
- Bandwidth and Resource Limitations: The ADA had extensive content that needed to be converted to digital traning, but lacked the resources to manage this transition internally.
- Diverse Learning Needs: The ADA’s audience included learners with varied learning preferences and styles, necessitating content that was universally engaging and easy to digest.
- Consistency and Branding: Ensuring a unified look and feel across multiple training modules to present a cohesive curriculum experience.
Solution
Ingenuiti partnered with the ADA to address these challenges. The collaborative effort focused on creating engaging and transformative eLearning content by leveraging existing materials, such as PowerPoints and audio/video recordings from Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). The process involved several key steps:
- Learner Profile Development: Ingenuiti worked closely with the ADA to develop a detailed learner profile. This profile helped identify the various learning preferences and needs of the target audience.
- Application of Learning Science and Adult Learning Theory: The content development process was guided by principles of learning science and adult learning theory to ensure the modules were effective and engaging. This involved:
- Active Learning Strategies: Incorporating interactive elements such as quizzes, simulations, and scenario-based learning to promote active engagement.
- Multimedia Integration: Using a mix of text, audio, video, and interactive graphics to cater to different learning styles.
- Chunking Information: Breaking down content into manageable sections to prevent cognitive overload and improve retention.
- Real-World Application: Ensuring that the content was relevant and could be applied in real-world scenarios to enhance learning transfer.
- Content Transformation and Design: Ingenuiti transformed the existing PowerPoints and audio/video materials into cohesive and interactive eLearning modules. This process included:
- Design: Creating detailed storyboards to map out the content flow and interactive elements.
- Developing: Developing high-quality audio, video, and graphic elements to enhance the learning experience, as well as designing intuitive navigation and user interfaces to ensure a seamless learning experience.
- Unified Curriculum Development: Ingenuiti ensured that all modules had a consistent look and feel, creating a unified curriculum experience for learners. This involved:
- Template Creation: Developing templates for consistent design and branding across all modules.
- Standardization: Establishing standards for content format, interaction types, and assessment methods.
Results
The collaboration between the ADA and Ingenuiti led to the successful transformation of ADA’s educational content into engaging eLearning modules. The key outcomes included:
- Increased Accessibility: The new eLearning modules made diabetes education accessible to a broader audience, including international learners.
- Enhanced Engagement: The use of interactive elements and multimedia content resulted in higher engagement levels among learners.
- Improved Learning Outcomes: The application of learning science principles ensured that the content was not only engaging but also effective in improving learners’ understanding and retention.
- Consistent Learning Experience: The unified look and feel across all modules provided a consistent and cohesive learning experience, reinforcing the ADA’s brand and curriculum integrity.
- Scalability: The ADA could now scale their training programs more efficiently, reaching a larger audience without the limitations of in-person or synchronous online sessions.
Conclusion
The partnership between the American Diabetes Association and Ingenuiti exemplifies how strategic collaboration and the application of learning science can transform traditional educational content into effective eLearning modules. By addressing bandwidth challenges, catering to diverse learning needs, and ensuring consistency, the ADA successfully expanded their reach and enhanced their training programs’ impact on a global scale.
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