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E-learning design

Design, Create, Improve and Evaluate a course

E-learning courses follow a similar procedure to SIB Training courses (Design, Create, Improve and Evaluate a course).

Design the course

For each new e-learning course, the topic, audience, competencies, learning objectives, and prerequisites should be established.

  • Competencies: A competency is an observable ability of any professional. A competency can be defined as a combination of knowledge, skills and attitudes. It is observable, so its acquisition can be validated objectively. Competencies are currently being used only for e-leaning courses.

  • Each learning objective must align with a specific competency.

  • Each task must ensure that the learning objective is met when completed.

E-learning courses on SIB resources generally follow a SIB Training course on the resource, for which a course description exists.

The structure of the course should be designed with the Trainer according to the length and level.

Each module should not take more than 1 hour to complete, as the #Participant’s concentration begins to wane after 45 minutes.

Create the course

E-learning courses follow a similar procedure to SIB Training courses (Course material page).

The e-learning course is created in the SIB Bioinformatics Training and SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics E-learning Portal, using the Moodle LMS Learning Management System and H5P for interactivity. A template is used for e-learning to ensure the same look and feel for most of the SIB e-learning courses.

Improve and adapt the content of the course

The contents of e-learning courses on SIB resource are reviewed on a yearly basis and adapted to any modifications made. For example, changes to the URL of the resource or a complete redesign of the home page require the e-learning course content to be adapted.

The content of the e-learning course is also improved based on the feedback form.