Education Technology
Key Points:
- Technology is a tool that does not replace good content
- Learning and leveraging technology takes some effort
- Learning is enhanced by better engaging learners and reinforcing messages in different ways
- Don't fight your students about using technology in the classroom. They are digital natives.
Objectives:
- Integrate new education technology in your curriculum
- Experience and explore different teaching technologies
- Reach out to your colleagues to learn about new and emerging technologies
Recommended Resources:
Brief Review
Technology
♥iTunes U. Build courses here for free!
http://www.apple.com/education/ipad/itunes-u/
ScholarLocker. Medical students post and rate education resources.
http://scholarlocker.com/#page/
TED-Ed. Lessons worth sharing. A site where you can build lessons based on videos posted on YouTube and track student perfomance on quizes you design.
http://ed.ted.com/lessons
Osmosis Med, app that pushes daily test qestions to medical students.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/osmosis-med/id646540641?mt=8
Knewton. Adaptive learning platform.
http://www.knewton.com/about/
PowToon. Google. Create animated presentations and engaging educational videos. Can use for free. Premium accounts are $1/mo for students or $2/mo for faculty.
https://www.powtoon.com/pricing/#
https://www.powtoon.com/tutorials/
Crestron AirMedia™. Collaborate using your own devices. Complete wireless HD presentation from any mobile device and any platform.
http://www.crestron.com/products/airmedia_mobile_wireless_hd_presentations/index.html?from=www.crestron.com%2Fairmedia
Universal Notes for Medical Students. Study plans, quiz bank, notes, competency tracking and more. $ Fee required
http://myuniversalnotes.com/login
Virtual Patient Practice Based Learning Resources
OpenLabyrinth. Free, open-source, and more importantly open-standard (supports the ANSI/Medbiq Virtual Patient standard, which promotes case portability across different platforms).
http://openlabyrinth.ca
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4b62thWFmM
Virtual Interactive Case (VIC) system from the University of Toronto.
http://pie.med.utoronto.ca/VIC/
DecisionSim. Fully hosted; supports the ANSI/Medbiq VP standard.
http://decisionsimulation.com/
Adobe Captivate. Personal case authoring tool, but expensive.
http://www.adobe.com/products/captivate.html
TUSK. Large enterprise educational system that has a virtual patient creator.
http://tusk.tufts.edu/about/caseplayer
i-Human Patients®. Comprehensive simulated patient encounters for medical education. $ Fee required
http://www.i-human.com/
vpSim. Online virtual patient player, authoring and administration application for medical education, training and assessment.
http://vpsim.pitt.edu/shell/Login.aspx
Watch
Khan Academy. Salman Khan. TED Talk 2011. 20 minutes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM95HHI4gLk
Virtual Surgery - Developing an accurate and realistic teaching tool for medical schools. WMG Warwick. 2 minutes.
http://youtu.be/VatujwVOgg8
Medical Education Through Simulation. UC Irvine. 2 minutes.
http://youtu.be/JXPBuubC16M
Classroom Modifications at Louisville College of Medicine. 3 minutes.
http://louisville.edu/medicine/tech
Classroom Redesign at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. 5 minutes.
https://www.einstein.yu.edu/education/md-program/education-center/
Read
Issa N, Schuller M, Santacaterina S, Shapiro M, Wang E, Mayer RE, DaRosa DA. Applying multimedia design principles enhances learning in medical education. Med Educ. 2011 Aug;45(8):818-26. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2011.03988.x. PubMed PMID: 21752078
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21752078
Cook DA, Garside S, Levinson AJ, Dupras DM, Montori VM. What do we mean by web-based learning? A systematic review of the variability of interventions. Med Educ. 2010 Aug;44(8):765-74. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03723.x. Review. PubMed PMID: 20633216
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20633216
Richards R. Explain Everything: Formative Assessment and Screencasting. Free on iTunes Bookstore.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/explain-everything-formative/id844630744?mt=11
In-Depth Review
Watch
The Era of Digital Medicine. Warren Wiechmann. TEDx Talks. 13 minutes.
http://youtu.be/0LYZpHbwzl4
The Digital Era Hits Medicine. Eric Topol. Baylor College of Medicine. 48 minutes.
http://youtu.be/4uZvrunYBpg
Read
♥Cool Technology for Academic Medicine. Michel L. Richardson. 191 pages. $5.99 in the iBookstore.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/cool-technology-for-academic/id463402823?mt=11
E-Learning Heros. Articulate Community. A constantly updated collection of best practices for eLearning.
https://community.articulate.com/hubs/e-learning-101
Technology in Medical Education Blog. Dr. Neil Mehta's personal experiences.
http://www.blogedutech.blogspot.com
Do
Powerful Tools for Teaching and Learning: Web 2.0 Tools. Coursera, University of Houston.
https://www.coursera.org/course/newtechtools
Video Games and Learning. Coursera, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
https://www.coursera.org/course/videogameslearning