UGM, UNS, and UMY Strengthen Local Teams for Digital Scenario-Based Learning Implementation

Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS), and Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY) continued the DISCERN-DSS capacity-building process through local training activities conducted between October 2025 and January 2026. These activities aimed to strengthen local teams in preparing for the implementation of Digital Scenario-Based Learning (D-SBL) in Indonesian health higher education institutions.

DISCERN-DSS, or Digitally enhanced SCenario basEd leaRNing for Digital Soft Skills, is an Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education project that supports the development of digital soft skills through co-creative practices and scenario-based learning. The project brings together Indonesian and European partners to modernize digital health education and prepare future health professionals for the demands of digital transformation.

The local training activities served as a continuation of the international training previously held at UMY. Through these sessions, UGM, UNS, and UMY expanded the knowledge gained from the international training to broader institutional teams, including educators, technologists, content experts, and academic staff.

Participants were introduced to key components of D-SBL implementation, including learning outcome alignment, scenario design, digital soft skills integration, facilitation strategies, and the development of interactive digital learning resources. The training also encouraged participants to reflect on how digital soft skills can be embedded into existing health education curricula.

The involvement of local teams from each partner university was essential to ensure that D-SBL resources would be relevant to the Indonesian context. By combining pedagogical principles with local curriculum needs, the training helped participants prepare for the next stages of scenario co-creation, review, and technical development.

The training also strengthened collaboration among UGM, UNS, and UMY as partner country universities. Each institution contributed its own educational context, expertise, and implementation priorities, while working toward the shared goal of developing high-quality D-SBL resources for digital soft skills education.

Through these local training activities, DISCERN-DSS reinforced the importance of institutional readiness. The project does not only focus on producing digital learning resources, but also on building the human capacity needed to design, facilitate, evaluate, and sustain their use in health professions education.

By strengthening local teams, UGM, UNS, and UMY are taking an important step toward the implementation of Digital Scenario-Based Learning in Indonesia. This collaborative effort supports the broader DISCERN-DSS mission to prepare health graduates who are adaptive, ethical, collaborative, and capable of responding to digital transformation in healthcare.