Superusers of Self-Paced Online Learning on OpenWHO

Heini Utunen; Lama Mattar; Corentin Piroux; Ngouille Ndiaye; Paula Christen; Melissa Attias

doi:10.3233/SHTI220648

Superusers of Self-Paced Online Learning on OpenWHO

Heini Utunen, Lama Mattar, Corentin Piroux, Ngouille Ndiaye, Paula Christen, Melissa Attias

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INTRODUCTION: OpenWHO provides open-access, online, free and real-time learning responses to health emergencies, which includes capacitating healthcare providers, first liners, medical students and even the general public. During the pandemic and to date, an additional 40 courses for COVID-19 response have led to a massive increase in the number of learners and a change in user's trends. This paper presents initial findings on enrollment trends, use and completion rates of health emergency courses offered on OpenWHO.

METHODS: The enrolment data statistics were drawn from OpenWHO's built-in reporting system, which tracks learners' enrolments, completion rates, demographics and other key course-related data, This information was collected from the beginning of the OpenWHO launch in 2017 up until October 2021.

RESULTS: Average course completion rate on OpenWHO including all courses and languages was equal to 45.9%. Nearly half (46.4%) of all OpenWHO learners have enrolled in at least 2 courses and 71 000 superusers have completed at least 10 courses on the platform.

CONCLUSION: WHO's learning platform during the pandemic registered record high completion rates and repeat learners enrollment. This highlights the massive impact of the OpenWHO online learning platform for health emergencies and the tangible knowledge transfer and access to health literacy.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Informatics, Management and Technology in Healthcare
Editors	John Mantas, Parisis Gallos, Emmanouil Zoulias, Arie Hasman, Mowafa S. Househ, Marianna Diomidous, Joseph Liaskos, Martha Charalampidou
Publisher	IOS Press
Pages	16-19
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-64368-291-4
ISBN (Print)	978-1-64368-290-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI220648
Publication status	Published - 2022
Publication type	A4 Article in conference proceedings
Event	International Conference on Informatics, Management, and Technology in Healthcare - Athens, Greece Duration: 1 Jul 2022 → 3 Jul 2022

Publication series

Name	Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume	295
ISSN (Print)	0926-9630
ISSN (Electronic)	1879-8365

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Informatics, Management, and Technology in Healthcare
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Athens
Period	1/07/22 → 3/07/22

Keywords

COVID-19/epidemiology
Education, Distance
Emergencies
Health Personnel
Humans
Pandemics

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Utunen, H., Mattar, L., Piroux, C., Ndiaye, N., Christen, P., & Attias, M. (2022). Superusers of Self-Paced Online Learning on OpenWHO. In J. Mantas, P. Gallos, E. Zoulias, A. Hasman, M. S. Househ, M. Diomidous, J. Liaskos, & M. Charalampidou (Eds.), Advances in Informatics, Management and Technology in Healthcare (pp. 16-19). (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; Vol. 295). IOS Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI220648

Utunen, Heini ; Mattar, Lama ; Piroux, Corentin et al. / Superusers of Self-Paced Online Learning on OpenWHO. Advances in Informatics, Management and Technology in Healthcare. editor / John Mantas ; Parisis Gallos ; Emmanouil Zoulias ; Arie Hasman ; Mowafa S. Househ ; Marianna Diomidous ; Joseph Liaskos ; Martha Charalampidou. IOS Press, 2022. pp. 16-19 (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics).

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Utunen, H, Mattar, L, Piroux, C, Ndiaye, N, Christen, P & Attias, M 2022, Superusers of Self-Paced Online Learning on OpenWHO. in J Mantas, P Gallos, E Zoulias, A Hasman, MS Househ, M Diomidous, J Liaskos & M Charalampidou (eds), Advances in Informatics, Management and Technology in Healthcare. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, vol. 295, IOS Press, pp. 16-19, International Conference on Informatics, Management, and Technology in Healthcare, Athens, Greece, 1/07/22. https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI220648

Superusers of Self-Paced Online Learning on OpenWHO. / Utunen, Heini; Mattar, Lama; Piroux, Corentin et al.
Advances in Informatics, Management and Technology in Healthcare. ed. / John Mantas; Parisis Gallos; Emmanouil Zoulias; Arie Hasman; Mowafa S. Househ; Marianna Diomidous; Joseph Liaskos; Martha Charalampidou. IOS Press, 2022. p. 16-19 (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; Vol. 295).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

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Utunen H, Mattar L, Piroux C, Ndiaye N, Christen P, Attias M. Superusers of Self-Paced Online Learning on OpenWHO. In Mantas J, Gallos P, Zoulias E, Hasman A, Househ MS, Diomidous M, Liaskos J, Charalampidou M, editors, Advances in Informatics, Management and Technology in Healthcare. IOS Press. 2022. p. 16-19. (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics). doi: 10.3233/SHTI220648

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