If you are new to the platform, we recommend that you go through the following preparatory steps.
1) Create a user account In order to access and use the e-Learning modules, you need to create an account. Afterwards you can choose the module(s) you would like to register on. This will also help you guide your students/trainees. Creating an account uses double authentication method for security. The user needs to confirm their registration through the verification link automatically generated and emailed to the user. Please remind your students/trainees about the completion of the authentication process in order for them to access the e-Learning modules.
2) Complete e-learning module(s) yourself
It will be useful to familiarize yourself with the module or modules that you intend to use for your students/trainees. This will allow you to understand the scope of the modules and materials available at your disposal.
It is also a good idea to complete the module(s) to the CME certification point to understand how the lessons are structured so that you could design the learning appropriate to the level of learners and what the system could provide.
Within the lessons, there are assessment questions that the learners need to answer for them to be able to obtain the certificate. As a tutor, you will need to know the answer to those questions to inform your learning design.
3) Think about how you would like to integrate the module into your classes
Learning can only be effective (in any situation, not just here) if the educator properly defines the learning outcomes and how the students will be assessed based on the learning outcomes. Before you begin, ask these questions:
• What challenges/issues do you want to tackle/solve/improve?
• What do your students/trainees need to learn?
• How will you assess their learning?
• How would you like to integrate the modules into your teaching?
Often times educators can see areas of teaching and learning that can benefit from a technology-enhanced/enabled intervention. The educator may want to try something new that could enrich student learning experience. Sometimes students want user-friendly technologies/tools that could support their learning on their mobile phones or other devices that they have at their disposal. They could be in the lookout for supplementary study materials that could help them with comprehension and understanding of a topic that they are interested in.
These needs can be met by the ENeA SEA e-learning modules that are freely available. You, the educator, can benefit from the availability of teaching materials that have been developed and ready to use without having to spend much effort in creating and curating the resources.
As an educator, working on predefined curriculum, the learning outcome can normally be referred in the curriculum documentation at the program and course levels. This shall be the basis of any learning design the educator wishes to develop inclusive of the learning materials that will be used to support the learning design.
Once the learning outcome has been established (the what-do-the-students-need-to-learn part) especially at the course level and the educator finds that the e-learning module supports the stated learning outcome, then the educator could start the process of integrating the materials into the learning design for the learners.
The next question the educators need to tackle is not what the content/materials for learning will be, but actually the assessment of the learning needed to be determined. This step needs to come before creating the content because unless the assessment is designed first, the content can’t be effectively designed to align with the requirement of the learning outcome and the assessment.
The definition of success especially in an outcomes-based education is measured by whether the learners achieves the stated outcome. The measurement will come in the form of assessment, thus necessitating the design of assessment to come first before the content.
The content/materials and the learning experience the underpins the assessment is defined and chosen to achieve the learning outcome. Examples of the learning experience design can be found in the Application chapter.