Learning Technologies in Healthcare Education
Overview
Gain an in depth and critical understanding through practical experience of the potential for taking a learning technologies approach in healthcare education.
- Learn to develop and evaluate learning and teaching that involves learning technologies through hands-on experience
- Gain a broad conceptual and experiential understanding of the application of learning technologies in teaching, learning and assessment with specific reference to healthcare
- You will undertake a portfolio of work for assessment including: contextual statement; review of selected learning technologies; learning technologies project plan and development schedule; evaluation plan; reflective writing; and supporting evidence
- You will attend on-site workshops (18 hours) combined with online support and peer group activities (2 hours) and individual tutorial support (2 hours)
Learning technologies are new approaches to enhancing teaching & learning and might include e-learning, simulation, the use of digital media and social networking, and technology in the classroom including interactive whiteboards and audience response systems. This is not a technical module, and participants will not need to have any particular technical skills other than a willingness to explore new approaches in their teaching practice.
Key Facts
Contact: Jessica Simpson / Anna Scott
Module Leads: Professor David Davies andLink opens in a new window Richard Clay
Module Code: MD969
CATS: 20
Duration:
25/11/2024 - 26/02/2025
Required dates:
25/11/2024 Onsite
12/12/2024 Onsite
Three synchronous days online via Teams
09:00 – 13:00:
Wed 08/01/2025
Wed 05/02/2025
Wed 26/02/2025
Module dates 2024/25
25/11/2024 - 26/02/2025
Required days on campus 25/11/2024 and 12/12/2024
Required days online 08/01/2025, 05/02/2025 and 26/02/2025.
Assessment
4,000-word portfolio to be submitted 12 weeks following the taught sessions
Study options
- MSc route: available as an option on the Master's in Medical Education (MMedEd)