Breakout Session: Going online! The process of strengthening tertiary teaching qualifications with online learning.

Even before COVID-19 and Cyclone Gabrielle forced a seismic change in the landscape of tertiary education in Aotearoa, a diminishing number of learners were able to commit to the traditional classroom model of education and training. People Potential recognised that in order to increase enrolments, engagement and course completion, they needed to embrace blended learning to augment their traditional teaching provision, and turned to Pipi Learning for support and guidance. The process of developing online content for the newly updated NZ Certificate of Adult Tertiary Teaching (NZCATT) began by working together to identify the drivers behind the move online and creating a project framework: 1. Outcome: What is the eLearning for? 2. Audience: Who is the eLearning for? 3. Inclusivity: How can we include the most people? 4. Design: How can we engage the most people? 5. Accessibility: How can we reach the most people? Pipi helped People Potential to create an outline for the number of modules to support each section of the course, along with the content of each module. Pipi then used the project outline to create the first module iteration using Articulate 360. Each module had a three-stage review process, enabling both Pipi and People Potential to add, remove, rearranged or rewrite content to suit the course structure and content. Gaps in content could easily be identified and rectified as each module was developed, but it soon became clear that imagery was key to creating the vision for this suite of modules. Inclusivity was paramount for People Potential, and they embraced the opportunity to reflect the culture of their organisation in the images used throughout the modules.