E-learning for WASH Systems Strengthening: Lessons From a Capacity-building Platform

For this paper, research was undertaken to evaluate the performance of the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Systems Academy, a free e-learning platform. The course, ‘WASH systems strengthening: The basics’, was assessed in three different learning arrangements. The research was conducted between October 2020  and July 2021 using a modified Kirkpatrick model supplemented by the Outcome Harvesting methodology to assess which MOOC format was successful in performance and application. The study analyzed data from the e-learning platform, user surveys, and interviews with water and sanitation e-learning experts and selected users