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Comparison of E-Learning, M-Learning and Game-based Learning in Programming Education – A Gendered Analysis: Learning

Comparison of E-Learning, M-Learning and Game-based Learning in Programming Education – A Gendered Analysis: Learning to code is considered as a difficult and challenging task for a significant number of novice programmers in programming education. Novice programmers have to acquire different skills...
Source: online-journals.org

The new cultural norm: reasons why UK foundation doctors are choosing not to go straight into speciality training: The number

The new cultural norm: reasons why UK foundation doctors are choosing not to go straight into speciality training: The number of UK foundation doctors choosing to go straight into speciality training has fallen drastically over the last 10 years: We sought to explore and understand the reasons for...
Source: biomedcentral.com

Google Has Announced a Plan to Disrupt the College Degree: Google's new certificate program takes only six months to complete,

Google Has Announced a Plan to Disrupt the College Degree: Google's new certificate program takes only six months to complete, and will be a fraction of the cost of college.
Source: inc.com

Establishing a taxonomy of potential hazards associated with communicating medical science in the age of disinformation

“In a globalised information age, medical science can appear disconnected and aloof from those it serves to help. Educational and professional bodies (including universities and medical centres) have a unique societal role to inform their peers and public on evidence-based medicine, and a responsibility...
Source: bmj.com

7 Predictions for a Post-Coronavirus World

1. Companies that traffic in digital services and e-commerce will make immediate and lasting gains 2. Remote work will become the default 3. Many jobs will be automated, and the rest will be made remote-capable 4. Telemedicine will become the new normal, signaling an explosion in med-tech innovation...
Source: medium.com

Informing pedagogical action: Aligning learning analytics with learning design.

"any user interaction behavior must be analyzed in the specific education context such as the learning design and course modality. An understanding of the learning design context is imperative for establishing accurate predictive models alongside pedagogical recommendations."...
Source: www.sfu.ca

Effectiveness and feasibility of a mindful leadership course for medical specialists: a pilot study: Medical specialists

Effectiveness and feasibility of a mindful leadership course for medical specialists: a pilot study: Medical specialists experience high levels of stress. This has an impact on their well-being, but also on quality of their leadership. In the current mixed method study, the feasibility and effectiveness...
Source: biomedcentral.com

Effects of a quasi-experimental study of using flipped classroom approach to teach evidence-based medicine to medical technology

Effects of a quasi-experimental study of using flipped classroom approach to teach evidence-based medicine to medical technology students: Flipped classroom is known to improve learning efficiency and to develop one’s ability to apply high-level knowledge. To investigate the effect of flipped classroom...
Source: biomedcentral.com

Influence Of Big Data On Millennials’ Career Prospects | Emerging Education Technologies

Influence Of Big Data On Millennials’ Career Prospects | Emerging Education Technologies
Source: emergingedtech.com

Student Performance on an E-Learning Platform: Mixed Method Approach

Student Performance on an E-Learning Platform: Mixed Method Approach: E-learning is considered a leading application of digital technologies in educational systems. The aim of the paper is to explore the utilization and impact of digital technologies on an e-learning platform. For this purpose, research...
Source: online-journals.org

Innovating Pedagogy 2020

Open University publishes a review of learning technologies looking at how pedagogy is changing. This year's report "Innovating Pedagogy 2020" highlights a number of emerging trends in education or learning. The report is well referenced and gives practical advice on how best to apply these innovations....
Source: edtechie.net

Virtual reality technology for teaching neurosurgery of skull base tumor

Virtual reality technology for teaching neurosurgery of skull base tumor: Neurosurgery represents one of the most challenging and delicate of any surgical procedure. Skull base tumors in particular oftentimes present as a very technically difficult procedures in the setting of neurosurgical teaching....
Source: biomedcentral.com

The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade: "For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. I think it is worthwhile, as the decade draws to a close, to review those stories and to see how much (or how...
Source: hackeducation.com

Moore's outcomes framework and related papers

blog post image Outcomes-based planning for CME (Continuing Medical Education) often cites Donald Moore, Professor of Medical Education at Vanderbilt University. In 2009 he published an outcomes framework for CME (1) - which expanded George Miller's 1990 competency pyramid (2) - followed by a more detailed explanation...
Source: agnate.co.uk

Yes you can learn surgery via YouTube

"Doctors are turning to YouTube to learn how to do surgical procedures, but there's no quality control: Tens of thousands of videos on YouTube show surgeries ranging from face-lifts to knee replacements. But the content isn't vetted or curated, and some doctors say it should be." The platform dominance...
Source: cnbc.com

HERhealth ... Increasing the ability of low-income women to take charge of their health

HERhealth™ | Programs | HERproject "Women working in global supply chains, many of whom are young and undereducated migrants, have limited health knowledge and often lack access to critical health services and products."
Source: herproject.org

Micro-credientials - the toy model and other perspectives.

25 Years of EdTech: 2019 – Micro-credentials. "... micro-credentials represent the latest chapter in the attempt to make the shape of higher education more amorphous and flexible. In this, I am in favour of them, because if you want education to be inclusive and diverse then it needs to come in...
Source: edtechie.net

The Distinctions Between Theory, Theoretical Framework, and Conceptual Framework

"Health professions education (HPE) researchers are regularly asked to articulate their use of theory, theoretical frameworks, and conceptual frameworks in their research. However, all too often, these words are used interchangeably or without a clear understanding of the differences between these concepts....
Source: lww.com

Autonomy, Belonging, Competence. GMC reports on the ABC of wellbeing.

Caring for doctors Caring for patients: An independent report into the wellbeing of UK medical students and doctors. "In 2018 we commissioned Professor Michael West and Dame Denise Coia, to carry out a UK-wide review to help tackle the causes of poor wellbeing faced by medical students and doctors. ...
Source: gmc-uk.org

Publication bias is a challenge in science and a criticism of the influence of industry.

Publication bias is a challenge in science and a criticism of the influence of industry. In the domain of biosciences and drug development more accountability (e.g. the FDAAA 2007), editorial and peer-review training (as suggested by the Cochrane Collaboration), and statistical techniques (as championed...