Mental models of UN SDG:Learn have been established after an extensive analysis of current users of the platform. The following mental models with respective meta-tasks pertain to the platform:
Project Manager
- Design a project
- Identify project stakeholders
- Implement a project
- Monitor project implementation
- Evaluate project results
- Fundraise for a project
Community builder
- Assess stakeholder needs
- Build network
- Facilitate/Broker partnerships
- Sustain network/engagement
- Use technology for sustaining networks
- Engage with vulnerable groups
- Manage international global networks
Educator
- Assess learning needs
- Design curriculum
- Choose relevant methodologies
- Evaluate learning
- Manage a training course
- Facilitate a training course
Policymaker
- Develop strategies, policies and programmes
- Develop results frameworks
- Design M&E policies and plans
- Strengthen resource mobilization allocation
- Reviews progress
- Strengthen strategic planning and governance
- Strengthen participation, inclusion and engagement
Citizen
- Reduce own footprint
- Promote human rights through own behaviour
- Volunteer to contribute to community needs
- Support global citizen-driven projects
Thinker
- Assess policy needs for evidence
- Design policy-relevant research
- Select research methodologies
- Implement research
- Communicate research results
Communicator
- Develop communication strategy
- Use new technologies to communicate
- Advocate to bridge the gap between policy and implementation
- Advocate for new policies
Business person
- Lead the change
- Adjust business strategies and processes
- Revisit value chain/sustainable procurement
- Revisit marketing and sales strategies
- Train staff
- Track and report on relevant performance indicators
Data person
- Assess data needs
- Design data collection
- Collect data
- Analyze data
- Produce data
- Evaluate data
- Communicate data
- Manage data, systems and processes
- Use new data sources
* The list of metatasks is not exhaustive.