Digital Education

In 2023 SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics (IGP) became an internal client of the PCDEG, with PCDEG teams working on class design and filming of “Inside the Situation Room”, a live class taught by Senator Hillary Clinton and Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo before an audience of 350 Columbia undergrad and graduate students. Each week, a PBS/BBC quality production was set up and taken down. Presenters including former British Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Nobel Peace Prize-Winning Journalist Maria Ressa.

When the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) wanted to find an impactful and cost-efficient way to tell the story of indigenous leaders from around the world working on climate change mitigation projects, they turned to SIPA and the PCDEG. Twenty-two digital case studies were created and filmed on location in Africa and Asia. The final films were shown before a global audience during the 2021 UN Climate week and are currently showcased on UNDP platforms and in trainings.

When a group of leading Singapore-based executives sought to build a world class academy to train C-Level executives in Asia on the latest cyber security issues and trends, they turned to SIPA and PCDEG. PCDEG developed and customized a learning management system (LMS), designed and filmed classes, and trained professors and support staff in delivery techniques. Specially produced PBS/BBC quality cyber security digital case studies were also created, forming a key part of trainings. 

PCDEG was hired to help Open Gov Hub and its network of more than 20 NGO and partner organizations create a digital learning platform and a plan for the delivery of remote trainings at Open Gov Hub’s DC headquarters and on location at partner organizations across Latin America and Africa. Work included support and training of in-house teams, the development of a Learning Management System (LMS) and training videos, and support for the creation of local media production centers.

Brazil’s National Public Service Training School (ENAP) hired the PCDEG to design and deliver a public management training that combined locally created content with lessons created by leading Columbia and SIPA faculty. The result was a rich learning experience that combined video lectures, digital case studies, and lesson plans that could be delivered on a “hybrid” model, with both self-paced modules and live in-person sessions, providing a “best of both worlds” experience for top Brazilian managers.