Heini Utunen|Ngouille Ndiaye|Corentin Piroux|Richelle George|Melissa Attias|Gaya Gamhewage
Global Reach of an Online COVID-19 Course in Multiple Languages on OpenWHO in the First Quarter of 2020: Analysis of Platform Use Data
World Health Organization|World Health Organization|World Health Organization|World Health Organization|World Health Organization|World Health Organization
background onset coronavirus outbreak world health organizations health emergencies learning capacity development unit together whos health technical lead coronaviruses developed massive open online course within 3 weeks part global response emergency introductory coronavirus disease covid19 course launched january 26 2020 health emergencies learning platform openwhoorg objective aim paper investigate geographic reach different language courses accessed worldwide audience seeking information covid19 users professional identities backgrounds explored inform course owners use case course developed delivered via openaccess learning platform openwhoorg selfpaced resources available total 13 languages produced january 26 march 25 2020 methods data collected online courses statistical data metrics reporting system openwho platform user patterns locations analyzed based google analytics platforms statistics capabilities data sets overlaid analysis conducted based user location data disaggregated according six regions top 10 countries proportion use language version data included affiliation gender age parameters 3243 52214161007 users indicated background results march 25 2020 introductory covid19 course totaled 232890 enrollments across languages spanish language course comprised half n118754 5099 course enrollments english language course comprised 3821 n88988 enrollments whos region americas accounted course enrollments 7247 138503191130 enrollment across languages regions evenly distributed less 10 enrollment total 3243 52214161007 users specified professional affiliation choosing 12 common backgrounds openwho user profiles covid19 pandemic users spread 11 distinct affiliations small fraction users identifying covid19 introductory course largest number users selected 1652752214 3165 suggesting large number users health professionals academics top 10 countries users across languages argentina chile colombia ecuador india mexico peru spain united kingdom united states conclusions online course addressed worldwide learning need providing whos technical guidance packaged simple formats access use learning material development expedited meet onset epidemic initial data suggest various language versions course particular spanish reached new user groups fulfilling platforms aim providing learning everywhere anyone interested user surveys carried measure real impact