Enhancing Teaching and Learning through Technology (288129206)

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Enhancing Teaching and Learningthrough Technology

Jan Bellack, MGH Institute of Health Professions, BostonDeanna Reising, Indiana University, BloomingtonDouglas Carr, Indiana University, Bloomington

Moderator: Malcolm Brown, EDUCAUSE



Session Goals:• Leverage technologies to engageteachers and learners in a collaborative,personalized learning process.

• Apply an example of simulation

technology that complements the teaching-learning process and enables evaluation oflearning outcomes.





ENHANCING HEALTH PROFESSIONSEDUCATION THROUGH TECHNOLOGY

• Invitational conference sponsored by Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, April 2015

• 38 leaders from health professions education, higher education, healthcareorganizations, patient advocacy, and technology development representing diverseinstitutions

• 3 commissioned papers , one of which was Swirl: Trajectories for DigitalTechnology in Higher Education by Malcolm Brown , EDUCAUSE

• 6 consensus recommendations offered

• Conference recommendations have been adapted for thispresentation to apply to the broader higher education audience



Brown’s (2015) trajectories: • Personalization

• Adoption of hybrid learning models

• Big data



Swirl : • “An individualization or fragmentation,together with a re-assembly of the micro-

units into new, custom configurations.”• “A period of both dislocation , when theknown and familiar begin to disappear, andrelocation , where we invent new methods

and techniques.”Brown, 2015



MACY CONFERENCE KEY ASSUMPTIONS• We are witnessing important shifts in health professions

education and clinical practice toward increased access andvalue, better care, and improved health outcomes for all.

• Education outside the health professions is undergoingdramatic changes away from traditional lecture and classroomapproaches.

• Technology is a significant factor in these changes and

harnessing its power will enable advances in both educationand care delivery that will improve the efficiency andeffectiveness of teaching, learning, and patient care.



Six Conference Recommendations



Recommendation IMacy: In health professions education, technology should be used tosupport the ongoing development of learners from undergraduatelevels through clinical practice; enhance interprofessional learningopportunities; and empower every student, faculty member, andclinician to embrace the role of both teacher and lifelong learner.

Adaptation: Technology should be used to supportthe ongoing development of learners fromundergraduate levels through post-graduateemployment; enhance team learning opportunities;

and empower every student, faculty member, andemployee to embrace the role of both teacherand lifelong learner .



Application of Recommendation I• Shifts focus from teacher to learner > learner-centered > informs

curricular design with emphasis on promoting student success,course and degree completion

• Maximizes opportunities for lifelong learning “anytime, anywhere” forstudents, teachers, employers

• Facilitates individualized learning, personalized progression towardmastery, and active collaboration among teachers and learners

• Enhances efficiency and effectiveness of teaching and learning

across educational and work settings

• Expands learning opportunities unbound by time or place and allowsindividuals to refresh knowledge and skills through continuous,lifelong “just-in-time” learning and training



Recommendation II

Macy: Faculty in health professions education should be supported todevelop skills and expertise in the selection and effective use ofeducational technologies to complement the teaching-learning processand assessment of outcomes.

Adaptation: Faculty in all disciplines should besupported to develop skills and expertise in theselection and effective use of educationaltechnologies to enhance the teaching-learning

process and the assessment of learningoutcomes .



Application of Recommendation II

• Demands resources to develop and train faculty in the fundamentalsof learning theory and the best uses of educational technologies fortheir respective disciplines

• Advocates for faculty development programs and tools to supportteachers in developing the skills needed to use educational

technologies in their roles as curriculum designers, contentorganizers, coaches, facilitators, advisors and mentors, andassessors, including tracking student progress and identifyingstudents in need of special guidance and support

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Creates opportunities to engage, inspire, and reward faculty forscholarly and curricular innovations using new and emergingeducational technologies

• Blends educational technologies and in-person learning engagementto support student success and achieve desired learning outcomes



Recommendation III

Macy: Educational technologies should be used to accelerate thetransformation of health professions education to a system that iscompetency-driven, affordable, and accessible to each learner.

Adaptation: Educational technologies should be

leveraged to accelerate the transformation ofeducation to a system that is competency-based,affordable, and accessible to each learner.



Application of Recommendation III

• Enables the assessment of learner readiness to learn, thedocumentation of learner competencies, and tracking ofgraduates’ success across their careers

• Individualizes learner pathways and enhances accessibility and

flexibility to achieve learning objectives and learner competencies

• Offers potential to address affordability with shift to competency-based learning, access to and use of open educational resources,

• Offers potential for innovation and greater efficiency in fulfillingaccreditation and regulatory requirements through measurementand aggregation of data for evaluation of individuals, cohorts,programs, and institutions over time



Recommendation IV

Macy: Technology should be leveraged to bridge the gapbetween educational and clinical missions, where teaching andlearning are embedded within a healthcare delivery system thatcontinuously improves.

Adaptation: Technology should be leveraged tobridge the gap between school and work , wherelifelong learning is a shared partnership between thelearner and the employer for continuousimprovement of the individual and the organization.



Application of Recommendation IV• Permits use of big data and learning analytics to educate learners,

personalize learning pathways, and continuously enhance theteaching-learning process

• Places greater emphasis on addressing workplace requirementsto ensure graduating students have the requisite knowledge andskills to succeed post-graduation

• Requires technology developers to work in active partnership witheducators and employers to maximize the utility of technology-assisted instruction & assessment to refine instructional design

and improve the learning process and outcomes

• Leverages technologies to enable self-assessment, teamwork,and self-regulated learning to achieve learning outcomes and buildcapacity for and commitment to lifelong professional development



Recommendation V

Macy: Leaders of health professions education programsshould employ technology to analyze community and populationdata and use those data to continuously inform the design ofcurriculum content and learning experiences to reflect thecontemporary health and healthcare needs of society.

Adaptation: Educators should employ technology tocollect and analyze aggregate data on studentlearning outcomes and competencies and use those

data to continuously inform the design ofcurriculum content and learning experiences thatconnect with and reflect the needs of society



Application of Recommendation V

• Drives attention to the value of using learning analytics toenhance the connections between teaching-learning,evolving disciplinary knowledge, and changing societalneeds

• Supports the use of aggregate data and learning analyticsfor continuous improvement of academic programs,curricula, and student learning experiences that lead tostudent success in achieving personal and programmaticlearning goals and building the capacity for lifelong learning



Recommendation VI

Macy: Educational technologies should be used to facilitate thesharing of content and integration of data across systems andprograms, thus promoting the scalability and adoption ofefficient and effective educational strategies.

Adaptation: Educational technologies should beused to facilitate the sharing of content andintegration of learning analytics across faculty and

programs, and to promote scalability and adoptionof more efficient and effective teaching-learningstrategies.



Application of Recommendation VI

• Requires academic leaders and faculty to work collaboratively andin partnership with technology developers to implement standardsfor collecting and sharing data from a variety of sources, includingthe learning management system and personalized, longitudinallearning portfolios

• Guides design of electronic learning and computer-basedassessment systems to permit learners and teachers to accessrelevant learning data “anytime, anywhere” and maintain acontinuous learning portfolio as students and employees cross theboundaries of programs and institutions

• Triggers identification of lags in student learning and enablesearly intervention with students in need of special academicguidance and support to ensure student success



Application of Recommendation VI

• Facilitates re-purposing, re-sequencing, and reuse ofcontent to adapt to different contexts, types of learners,educational objectives, and circumstances of place, time,and cost

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Deanna Reising & Doug CarrIndiana University, Bloomington



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• How are you leveraging technology to engageand collaborate with your students in the teaching-learning process?

• How are you leveraging technology to createpersonalized learning pathways adapted toindividual learning needs and progress?

• What examples can you share?

• What successes have you had?

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What challenges have you encountered?



Final questions and

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