High-fidelity simulation in healthcare
High-fidelity simulation is revolutionizing healthcare training. Immersed in realistic situations, learners develop technical and interpersonal skills without risk to patients. Investment and debriefing ensure that learning takes root. Despite some misgivings, students and trainers alike are enthusiastic about this stimulating approach, which is an invaluable complement to clinical learning for quality care.
Educational scripting, part 5: evaluation
To conclude our series of articles on pedagogical scripting, this week we will discuss assessment. It can take various forms in a distance learning device.
Explicit teaching and solid pedagogy
A major unforeseen event in the timetable and the teacher once again finds himself short of time and resources... How can he get his students to revise and make sure they've understood the material in such a short space of time? These are common situations that stand in the way of strategic learning development. The overriding concern in any teaching or learning situation remains student success, and explicit teaching can help achieve this, depending on the context.
The properties of perception in online course design
A fluid course respects these simple rules, often intuitively. We can of course take other experimental paths, who knows what we might discover, but the fact is that our perception and information processing circuits are "wired" in a certain way, and taking this into account when designing courses and training sites leads to better results.
How to use procrastination
One student replied, "What can I do to combat procrastination?" I was tempted to find "operational" answers for 18-year-olds in their first year of university...