Hi, I’m Biruh Alemnew
A digital learning professional. I build Moodle plugins, administer learning platforms and design online courses, and I came to all of it from health education.
From public health to Moodle plugins
I trained in public health and spent five years at a primary hospital before moving into medical education and then online learning.
Running Moodle sites day to day is where my plugins come from. Each one solves a problem I, or the people I work with, ran into: managers who couldn’t get a clear report, links broken inside SCORM packages that nobody could find, training that had to be proven complete.
- 2021 – todayOnline Training Manager
International Institute for Primary Health Care: Moodle administration, instructional design, CPD coordination and communities of practice.
- 2019 – 2021Lecturer and Medical Education Coordinator
St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College: LMS administration, instructional design and curriculum development.
- 2014 – 2019Public Health Officer and Education Coordinator
Kamba Primary Hospital: health sciences education, apprenticeship coordination, training and service quality.
Education and training
- MSc in Health Professions Education
- BSc in Public Health
- Online Learning Design for Educators, Macquarie University
- e-Learning Ecologies and Learning Technologies, University of Illinois
- Learning Experience Design, NovoEd · Gamification, University of Pennsylvania
- Project Management Foundations, PMI
Tools I use
- Moodle, Open edX and other learning platforms
- PHP and JavaScript for Moodle plugins
- Articulate Storyline, Rise and Review
- Camtasia, Canva, Audacity and Filmora