Engaging veterinary studentsin e-learning development

Nick Shorte-Media Unit, Royal Veterinary College

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Overview

How do key stakeholders use technology?

How do we “Teach the Teachers”?

Perhaps by “Learning from the Learners”?

So what do the students say?

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Current Status

Virtual learning environment

Podcast lectures

Computer aided assessment

e-directed learning

Clinical video bank

BUT

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Teachers constraints to change

Traditional approaches to teaching

Lack of time to learn and implement new

approaches

Limited exposure and awareness of new technology

Difficult to catch up with rapid pace of development

Not convinced of value of new approaches

DESPITE

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Teaching the Teachers

Traditional training courses

Creating interactive training materials

Seeding peer to peer skill sharing

Using student pressure

Changes to curriculum

SO

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Appropriate and Practical TechnologiesStudents, Teachers, Administrators and Researchers (STAIRS)

www.bloomsbury.ac.uk/apt

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Learning from the Learners

Focus groups and year reps

Student ambassadors

Developing e-guides

e-case development

Reviewing content

Lets hear the student view

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Conclusions

Students have helped

Determine how new technologies can help them learn

Identify the most effective learning tools

Encourage teachers to adopt new practices

Develop new tools to improve their learning experience

Assisted in training and supporting staff

Monitor the uptake and impact of new approaches

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Thank YouContact : Nick Short on : nshort@rvc.ac.uk

Thanks to : Beverley Panto and Asher Allison

Web : www.rvc.ac.uk/AMEE

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