Merging Virtual Reality, Tech And Learning in Medicine

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ΑΓΩ is an augmented reality training system which arms people with skills and self-confidence to learn how to act appropriately in threatened situations and, therefore, when they face those threatened situations in their real life they know how to confront them.

Due to the nature of the audience (mental health doctors), it was decided to work with Gagne’s Nine Events of Instruction as the basis of our design model for effective e-learning content and course creation.

The added difficulty of educating them in tech systems that required a modification in the way they communicated was one more reason we chose that design model.

We decided to use video instructions more than text to facilitate activities that could be completed and practised there and then, even at the same time as the training. 

Role playing and conversations were the focal point as these required to come up with and use the new communication framework that would fit in with the adoption of using the AGW VR simulators.

To create the online course, the majority of the work was outlined using BOORDS (https://boords.com/) for the storyboards.

Canva Pro was used to create relevant instructional videos while the specific videos showcasing the product were also used.

We decided to use Loom (https://www.loom.com/) to record the voiceover in the instructional and training videos to which I added notes, interactive tasks, tasks to be done in real time and follow-up activities.

All training content was uploaded on the TALENTLMS platform which was the client’s preferred medium for e-learning.