The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in partnership with the Public Health Foundation’s TRAIN Learning Network, selected 14 public health professionals to participate in the fifth annual E-Learning Institute (ELI) Fellowship.
The fellows, selected from nearly 300 applicants, are from the following organizations:
- County of Lake Health Services (CA)
- Florida Department of Health
- Lake County (IL) Health Department and Community Health Center
- Los Angeles County (CA) Department of Public Health
- Louisiana Department of Health
- Minnesota Department of Health
- Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
- New Mexico Department of Health
- Texas Department of State Health Services - Laboratory Services
- University of California, Davis
- US Department of Defense (Defense Health Agency Immunization Healthcare Branch)
- Virginia Department of General Services (Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services)
- Washington State Department of Health
- Western Region Public Health Training Center (AZ)
The next application period for this annual fellowship program will take place this fall. Sign up to be notified when the 2018 application period is open.
The ELI Fellowship empowers education and training professionals from health departments and public health organizations with the knowledge, skills, and resources to create quality e-learning products. Participants create an online training product, receive mentoring support from CDC and outside e-learning experts, collaborate with peers, and take part in virtual learning opportunities.
CDC and PHF encourage all those who are interested in enhancing their instructional design skills to:
- Join the Health Educators and Learning Professionals (HELP) Community of Practice (CoP) on the TRAIN learning network. HELP CoP offers monthly educational webinars on a variety of public health topics such as creating interactive e-learning products. Learn how to add the HELP CoP to your TRAIN account.
- Join the TRAIN Course Providers’ Listserv. The listserv is conversational and allows organizations and individuals offering training and educational opportunities through TRAIN to share information and resources, seek advice, and learn from the experiences of other providers using TRAIN
- Review learning products and resources at the CDC Learning Connection
- Access instructional design courses such as How to Create Section 508 Compliant E-learning with Lectora on TRAIN
- Follow TRAIN on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest for updates on e-learning materials
- Sign up to be notified when the 2018 application period is open.
For further information regarding the E-Learning Institute, review blog posts from past participants Shih-Ting Lee, Calaine Hemans-Henry, and London Losey. Contact the TRAIN Team if you have additional questions regarding the E-Learning Institute or TRAIN.