Keywords

asynchronous, online course, open access, religious freedom, human rights, instructional design, evaluation, style guide

Description

The International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS) associated with the J. Reuben Clark Law School, has presented religious freedom training around the world to government officials, non-governmental organization (NGO) leaders, scholars, and others. The purpose of this project was to redesign their original training presentations into an openly accessible asynchronous online course. The content for this online course has previously been used in live instruction (in the form of brief lesson plans and PowerPoints), including a presentation of six two-hour sessions to 100 Guatemalan human rights officials. Live training on religious freedom was previously completed in China, Myanmar, Guatemala, and Indonesia. By redesigning to a new modality, the information will have a wider reach and require fewer resources, maintenance, or facilitation from the ICLRS. It will also allow for the information to be available open-sourced online. This project focused on building an interactive online experience with visual and video elements. Learners are assessed with primarily reflection questions, with the course being completion-based.

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