Building a digital platform: iPads for Undergraduate Medical Students

Dr Mark Hamilton & Terese Bird

How do we respond to a rapidly evolving educational landscape?

Not flexible or responsive enough

How did we do it?

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• PDF workbooks

• Notability & iCloud/Dropbox

• ‘Bring iPad to everything’

I am satisfied with learning with iPads

0

22.5

45

67.5

90

% Agree % Neither Agree Nor Disagree % Disagree

Autumn 2013 Spring 2014 Autumn 2014

I am satisfied with reading on iPad

0

22.5

45

67.5

90

% Agree % Neither Agree Nor Disagree % Disagree

Autumn 2013 Winter 2013/14 Spring 2014

I am satisfied with reading on iPad

0

22.5

45

67.5

90

% Agree % Neither Agree Nor Disagree % Disagree

Autumn 2013 Winter 2013/14 Spring 2014 Autumn 2014

I am satisfied with reading on iPad

0

17.5

35

52.5

70

% Agree % Neither Agree Nor Disagree % Disagree

Autumn 2013 Autumn 2014

What 3 words describe studying with the iPad?

Annotated and organised notes

“It’s a lot easier to carry around just the iPad. Keeps all my lectures and notes

well organised”

Group work collation and development

“In group work, discussing oedema and venous return with members of my

group. Using internet and Notability”

Student-made flashcards and

quizzes“Using the iPad to display lecture slides and workbooks in the lecture; using this information to make flashcards… right

there and then…”

Handwriting and drawing

“Make tracings of muscle anatomy … I learn anatomy by drawing it, as it really helps me to visualise how

everything fits together….”

Advantages of a flexible platform

• No built-in obsolescence

• Quizzing and polling apps - Nearpod, Socrative

• Use in group work sessions

• Students sharing work and ideas - Airdrop

• Facebook groups, iMessage

Flexible platform gives us leverage for new challenges

• Challenge 1: Feedback

• Challenge 2: E-Assessments

The Case for Electronic Assessments

• Examinations in smaller spaces than computer laboratories

• Online or offline

• Electronic examinations for detailed and fast feedback

Electronic Assessment Pilots

Building on the platform: iBooks

Building on the platform: our apps

Building on the platform: virtual reality

Thank you!