Online Trainings Strengthen HIV Prevention, Testing, and Treatment Efforts

Finding the time and resources to take advantage of in-person trainings can be challenging (if not impossible) for staff at many organizations. “I am continually seeking new and innovative ways to provide valuable information on social media and digital strategizing to our volunteer Board of Directors, many of whom have had little or no experience in this area,” said Robert Carroll, the Board President for the Association for Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC).

Trainings delivered online can make it more convenient and cost-effective for people in the HIV community to access vital opportunities to strengthen HIV prevention, testing and treatment efforts.

Online trainings are often also referred to as distance learning, eLearning, synchronous or asynchronous trainings, or self-paced trainings. Depending on the format:

• online trainings may or may not be led by an instructor or require participants to access them at a specific time.
• synchronous trainings involve online interaction with an instructor in real time,
• asynchronous training allows participants to complete the training at their own convenience.

Just as online trainings go by different names, they can also be delivered in different ways. Instructor-led trainings are often delivered via webinars, live chats or a formal online course that may last several days or weeks. Participants can access self-paced, on-demand training via interactive modules, videos, podcasts, eBooks and archived webinar recordings. Blended training combines self-paced and instructor-led activities to appeal to a variety of learning styles and approaches.

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