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Implementing effective eLearning for scaling up global capacity building: findings from the malnutrition elearning course evaluation in Ghana

BACKGROUND: Global demand for capacity building has increased interest for eLearning. As eLearning resources become more common, effective implementation is required to scale up utilization in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). OBJECTIVE: This paper describes the process of implementing a mal...

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Autores principales: Annan, Reginald Adjetey, Aduku, Linda Nana Esi, Kyei-Boateng, Samuel, Yuen, Ho Ming, Pickup, Trevor, Pulman, Andy, Monroy-Valle, Michele, Ashworth, Ann, Jackson, Alan A., Choi, Sunhea
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7595220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33086945
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2020.1831794
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author Annan, Reginald Adjetey
Aduku, Linda Nana Esi
Kyei-Boateng, Samuel
Yuen, Ho Ming
Pickup, Trevor
Pulman, Andy
Monroy-Valle, Michele
Ashworth, Ann
Jackson, Alan A.
Choi, Sunhea
author_facet Annan, Reginald Adjetey
Aduku, Linda Nana Esi
Kyei-Boateng, Samuel
Yuen, Ho Ming
Pickup, Trevor
Pulman, Andy
Monroy-Valle, Michele
Ashworth, Ann
Jackson, Alan A.
Choi, Sunhea
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description BACKGROUND: Global demand for capacity building has increased interest for eLearning. As eLearning resources become more common, effective implementation is required to scale up utilization in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). OBJECTIVE: This paper describes the process of implementing a malnutrition eLearning course, effectiveness of course delivery models devised, factors affecting course completion, and cost comparison between the models and face-to-face training at healthcare and academic institutions in Ghana. METHODS: Four delivery models: Mobile Training Centre (MTC), Online Delivery (OD), Institutional Computer Workstation (ICW) and Mixed Delivery (MD) – a combination of OD and ICW – were determined. Participants were enabled to access the course using one of the four models where contextually appropriate. Pre and post-assessments and questionnaires were administered to compare participants’ course completion status and knowledge gain between delivery models. The effect of access to computer and Internet at home and relevance of course to job and academic progression on course completion were further investigated. Comparison of delivery model costs against face-to-face training was also undertaken. RESULTS: Of 7 academic and 9 healthcare institutions involving 915 people, 9 used MTC (34.8%), 3 OD (18.8%), 3 ICW (34.2%) and 1 MD (12.2%). Course completion was higher among institutions where the course was relevant to job or implemented as part of required curriculum activities. Knowledge gain was significant among most participants, but higher among those who found the course relevant to job or academic progression. The implementation costs per participant for training with MTC were £51.0, OD £2.2, ICW £1.2 and MD £1.1, compared with a face-to-face training estimate of £105.0 (1 GHS = 0.14 GBP). CONCLUSION: The malnutrition eLearning course makes global capacity building in malnutrition management achievable. Adopting contextually appropriate delivery models and ensuring training is relevant to job/academic progression can enhance eLearning effectiveness in LMICs.
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spelling pubmed-75952202020-11-10 Implementing effective eLearning for scaling up global capacity building: findings from the malnutrition elearning course evaluation in Ghana Annan, Reginald Adjetey Aduku, Linda Nana Esi Kyei-Boateng, Samuel Yuen, Ho Ming Pickup, Trevor Pulman, Andy Monroy-Valle, Michele Ashworth, Ann Jackson, Alan A. Choi, Sunhea Glob Health Action Original Article BACKGROUND: Global demand for capacity building has increased interest for eLearning. As eLearning resources become more common, effective implementation is required to scale up utilization in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). OBJECTIVE: This paper describes the process of implementing a malnutrition eLearning course, effectiveness of course delivery models devised, factors affecting course completion, and cost comparison between the models and face-to-face training at healthcare and academic institutions in Ghana. METHODS: Four delivery models: Mobile Training Centre (MTC), Online Delivery (OD), Institutional Computer Workstation (ICW) and Mixed Delivery (MD) – a combination of OD and ICW – were determined. Participants were enabled to access the course using one of the four models where contextually appropriate. Pre and post-assessments and questionnaires were administered to compare participants’ course completion status and knowledge gain between delivery models. The effect of access to computer and Internet at home and relevance of course to job and academic progression on course completion were further investigated. Comparison of delivery model costs against face-to-face training was also undertaken. RESULTS: Of 7 academic and 9 healthcare institutions involving 915 people, 9 used MTC (34.8%), 3 OD (18.8%), 3 ICW (34.2%) and 1 MD (12.2%). Course completion was higher among institutions where the course was relevant to job or implemented as part of required curriculum activities. Knowledge gain was significant among most participants, but higher among those who found the course relevant to job or academic progression. The implementation costs per participant for training with MTC were £51.0, OD £2.2, ICW £1.2 and MD £1.1, compared with a face-to-face training estimate of £105.0 (1 GHS = 0.14 GBP). CONCLUSION: The malnutrition eLearning course makes global capacity building in malnutrition management achievable. Adopting contextually appropriate delivery models and ensuring training is relevant to job/academic progression can enhance eLearning effectiveness in LMICs. Taylor & Francis 2020-10-22 /pmc/articles/PMC7595220/ /pubmed/33086945 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2020.1831794 Text en © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Annan, Reginald Adjetey
Aduku, Linda Nana Esi
Kyei-Boateng, Samuel
Yuen, Ho Ming
Pickup, Trevor
Pulman, Andy
Monroy-Valle, Michele
Ashworth, Ann
Jackson, Alan A.
Choi, Sunhea
Implementing effective eLearning for scaling up global capacity building: findings from the malnutrition elearning course evaluation in Ghana
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title_full Implementing effective eLearning for scaling up global capacity building: findings from the malnutrition elearning course evaluation in Ghana
title_fullStr Implementing effective eLearning for scaling up global capacity building: findings from the malnutrition elearning course evaluation in Ghana
title_full_unstemmed Implementing effective eLearning for scaling up global capacity building: findings from the malnutrition elearning course evaluation in Ghana
title_short Implementing effective eLearning for scaling up global capacity building: findings from the malnutrition elearning course evaluation in Ghana
title_sort implementing effective elearning for scaling up global capacity building: findings from the malnutrition elearning course evaluation in ghana
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7595220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33086945
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2020.1831794
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