learning through neighbors: networks of preparedness & response emergency management higher...
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Learning through Neighbors: Networks of Preparedness &
Response
Emergency Management Higher Education Symposium
June 4, 2014
Objectives
At the conclusion of this session, attendees will be able to:
Define learning network components
Describe compartmentalization’s role in learning networks
Identify the importance of sharing resources and training opportunities across jurisdictional lines
Defining Our Environment
What is a learning network?A collection of organizations that coordinate compartmentalized learning both across and within discrete learning communities.
What key words do we use?Communities
Compartmentalized
Why is this important?Separate organizations can collaborate to improve learning.
Allows for simultaneous sharing and restriction of resources.
Our Model: TRAIN.org
What is TRAIN.org?
“The premier learning management network for professionals and volunteers who protect the public’s health”
A very large learner population, covering emergency preparedness and response, public health, public safety, and all in between
A Learning Management Network (LMN)
Learner-centric, open registration
Decentralized administration
Compartmentalized learning opportunities
Background
Initially developed in 2003
Involved over 40 states and 400 public health professionals
Continually improved through investment from network partners, funders, and sponsors – over $5m invested
Historical sponsors:Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Health Resources and Services Administration
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Public Health Foundation
The agencies and organizations who use TRAIN.org
TRAIN Today
More than a learning management system – a learning management network
Includes 28 affiliates (learning communities) - 25 states and:Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
Medical Reserve Corps (MRC)
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Over 800,000 registered health professionals
Over 29,000 total courses from nearly 4,000 providers
Learning Communities
Organizations who can build/purchase and maintain their own learning management systems.
Why work together?
Cost-savings / economies of scale
Difference of priorities lead to across-the-board content
Shared innovations
Improved cross-jurisdictional communication & partnerships
TRAIN.org’s Learning Communities
TRAIN.org…
How is TRAIN.org managed?Coordinated by a national non-profit organization: Public Health Foundation
Agencies and organizations (learning communities) manage individual learning portals
Distributed learning content across participating organizationsTRAIN Affiliate Consortium (TAC)
What is the goal?A single, unified network for sharing and coordinating learning across the learning communities
A prepared, resilient health workforce
Compartmentalization
Need: the ability to separate information.
Solution: hierarchical groupsLimit who can see content and resources
Allows both public and private groups
What to compartmentalize?Courses, resources, discussions, users, etc.
Minimizing Learner Clutter
Learners only see courses visible to the groups they are in
Maximizing Training Access
One of our mostpopular courses:
Over
35,800 Registrants!
Organic Growth
Multiple learning communitiesBuilding a network and a community together
Preparedness community has access to build upon itself
Sharing resources & trainings necessary with smaller budgets
Variety of audiences with shared interestFocus on a sector, rather than a singular organization
Open registrationAnyone can register
Allows integration of future and experienced workforce segments
Allows for sharing of costs among sector stakeholders
Normalizing National Standards
Current national standards on TRAIN.org
Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals
Public Health Preparedness and Response Competencies
Medical Reserve Corps Competencies
Public Health Preparedness Capabilities
Numbers for Thought
As of January 1, 2014:A public health professional, volunteer, or future professional registers on TRAIN every 4 minutes
…and registers for a course every 30 seconds…for a total of 3.47 million course registrations
…and completes a course every 90 seconds76.4% of the time
…for a total of 2.65 million course completions
Of those 1.94 million, 43% (1.15m) include Core Competencies…a course with Core Competencies is completed every 2 minutes
…representing 33% of all courses initially registered for
All in all, every minute, courses completed on TRAIN teach an average of 3.8 competencies
A credit is earned every minute
Lessons Learned
1. Different organizations within the same sector have slightly different objectives and needs and this benefits learning networks
2. Those organizations develop training and education resources based on those needs
3. Given a platform to share, most organizations are willing to share their developed resources
4. Once sharing is in place, organic growth of the network occurs
Contact Information
Public Health Foundation
Ilya Plotkin: [email protected]
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