Online Learning

E-Courses Designed for the Food Security and Nutrition Community

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E-courses provide flexible and accessible learning opportunities, allowing practitioners to acquire new skills and knowledge at their own pace and schedule. Developed by IDEAL and Associate Awards in close partnership with the USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, these courses are designed to support implementers who want to improve the activities they work on, strengthen capacity, and expand knowledge and understanding of key themes and practices. You can view more non-IDEAL courses in the Resource Library here.

Courses from IDEAL

Explore these courses designed by IDEAL to support the greater food security and nutrition community.

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Designing Qualitative Research for Monitoring and Evaluation

This course demonstrates how to design and conduct qualitative research and rigorously and systematically make informed decisions. 

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Introduction to Sampling for Quantitative Surveys Course

This interactive course guides learners through the entire sampling design process for quantitative surveys, from developing a sampling frame to drawing samples.

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Qualitative Data Management and Analysis for Monitoring and Evaluation

This course helps users develop a detailed data analysis plan and explores best practices, themes, patterns, and relationships in data.

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Introduction to Scenario Planning Course

This course provides foundational knowledge and practical tools for why and how to conduct scenario planning and prepare for changing circumstances that affect implementation. 

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Humanitarian-Development-Peace Coherence Considerations

This course guides learners through the seven core humanitarian-development-peace coherence principles established by USAID alongside real-world examples.

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Considerations for Humanitarian-Development-Peace Coherence Micro-Course

This micro-course highlights the seven key principles of humanitarian-development-peace coherence established by USAID.

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Courses from the Associate Awards

Access courses and online learning modules below from across our constellation of Associate Awards.

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Human-Centered Design for WASH Learning

Learn about what Human-Centered Design (HCD) is and how it can be used to design and promote innovative, sustainable, and scalable community-centered solutions.

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Permagarden Foundations Course

This online course from SCALE offers an introduction to the Permagarden Approach and provides users with a foundational understanding of key concepts, terms, and practices.

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