Peer Education & Course Development

After a detailed needs analysis process with a number of core studios, our team identified a real need for a peer education program. I spearheaded the end-to-end design and launch of an instructor-led version of the program to almost 50 participants in the span of 2 months. At the conclusion of the first group, a continued need for this to scale company-wide was identified. This led to another project that I led end-to-end design and launch for to provide a peer education program in eLearning form that could spread to over a dozen studios and business units within the employer’s development ecosystem.

As you can see from the eLearning, which can be launched below, the eLearning focuses on key frameworks and best practices for teaching in a unique adult learning setting. Internally named "The Armageddon Problem" -- do you teach astronauts to mine or miners to become astronauts? -- this course was created to empower developers with the power to identify audiences, create relevant and useful learning content, and walk away with a tangible result from the course.

Key Skills Used:

  • Articulate Rise

  • Scaling ILT to eLearning

  • LMS Management

  • Process Review and Establishing

Key Outcomes

  1. Directly led to 3 major trainings that would impact hundreds of employees in the coming months.

  2. Led to the implementation of a more scalable structure for L&D to approach developers, both in eLearning offerings and in department consultation.

  3. Over 50 attendees throughout the 3 months of offering.

  4. 96% satisfaction score in attendees, with >90% planning to apply it in their current role.

Course Goals

  1. Scale the ILT to become a company-wide offering.

  2. Reach an additional 40 completions for the eLearning by key content and discipline leaders identified in each studio.

  3. Increase known developer training offerings by 10% in FY25.

Learning Objectives

  1. Explain the importance of sharing your knowledge and serving as a peer educator.

  2. Utilize key course development best practices and frameworks created by the L&D team.

  3. Build an outline for a learning opportunity with those best practices and frameworks.