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Enhancing Global Health Education through Drupal eLearning: A Journey for Developing Countries

Join us for an insightful presentation on the Global Health eLearning Center, which empowers healthcare providers in developing countries. With nearly 100,000 registered learners and over 195,000 certificates earned, our platform has transformed health education globally. Discover the innovative features of our new Drupal-based platform, including flexible user controls, an integrated site-wide glossary, and offline reading capabilities. We will discuss the challenges faced, design choices made, and the future direction of our platform, aiming for continuous improvement in global health outcomes.

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Enhancing Global Health Education through Drupal eLearning: A Journey for Developing Countries

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  1. Global Health eLearning Drupal Based Learning System for Global Health Providers in Developing Countries DrupalCon 2013

  2. Your Presenters….. Bill Sara Terra

  3. And you….. • Who are you? • What are you expecting from this presentation? • What are your burning questions?

  4. Global Health eLearning Center

  5. Global Health eLearning Center

  6. Primary and Secondary Audience

  7. Learner Profile • 96,847 registered learners • 195,636 certificates earned • 245 countries represented

  8. Benefits of Courses • Increased job performance (self-reported) • Program strategy, planning, and implementation • Technical meetings and conferences • Developing materials for health workers • Advocacy efforts • Job interviews

  9. Old Site Limitations • Organizational • Technical

  10. New Site Technical Challenges • Instructional design needs drove decisions and user experience • Flexibility in user control

  11. New Site Features • Site wide glossary • Feedback capability • Learner controlled action plan • Multi-browser/devise compatibility • Offline reading capability

  12. New Site Features • Site wide glossary

  13. New Site Features • Feedback capability

  14. New Site Features • Learner controlled action plan

  15. New Site Features • Offline reading capability

  16. Why Drupal was the Right Choice • USAID Drupal use

  17. Why Drupal was the Right Choice • Long term flexibility • Flexible Theming Layer • Quiz Functionality

  18. Implementation Details I • Drupal or Moodle? • Course Structure • Feedback and Course Revision Process

  19. Implementation Details II • Offline Reading • Future-Proofing the Architecture • Making Drupal Not Look Like Drupal

  20. The way forward • Addition of community features to encourage peer-peer learning • Contribution back to Drupal

  21. Questions? Sara Mazursky: smazursk@jhuccp.org Bill Fitzgerald: bill@funnymonkey.com Terra Fretwell: tfretwell@usaid.gov

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