Addaction engages with effective e-learning: In-house design saves money on award-winning module

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper describes how an organization that would have had to pay almost £60,000 – more than its entire annual training budget – for a licence for a standard e-learning module on infection-control decided to create a course for itself.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper explains the reasons for Addaction’s bespoke infection-control e-learning module, the form it takes and the advantages it has brought.

Findings

This paper details how the module summarizes and clarifies a range of different – and often confusing – organizational and government policies and provides learners with clinically accurate but clear, relevant information.

Practical implications

It has been revealed that some 85 per cent of people who have completed the module feel more confident, willing and able to take action – or advise others – in the event of an infection control concern.

Social implications

This paper shows how a go-it-alone approach to designing e-learning modules is feasible for organizations that lack the resources to buy in such expertise.

Originality/value

Top tips on designing an in-house e-learning module from someone who has undergone the process has been presented.

Citation

(2014), "Addaction engages with effective e-learning: In-house design saves money on award-winning module", Human Resource Management International Digest, Vol. 22 No. 5, pp. 17-19. https://doi.org/10.1108/HRMID-07-2014-0097