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RESOURCE: The Future Of Education Eliminates The Classroom, Because The World Is Your Class

We are moving away from the model in which learning is organized around stable, usually hierarchical institutions (schools, colleges, universities) that, for better and worse, have served as the main gateways to education and social mobility. Replacing that model is a new system in which learning is best conceived of

Posted on 5 Mar 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Education Technology, Informatics & Analysis, Learning Models & Theory, Rapid Learning Healthcare System, Resources

ABSTRACT: Health-related hot topic detection in online communities using text clustering.

Abstract Recently, health-related social media services, especially online health communities, have rapidly emerged. Patients with various health conditions participate in online health communities to share their experiences and exchange healthcare knowledge. Exploring hot topics in online health communities helps us better understand patients' needs and interest in health-related knowledge. However, the

Posted on 5 Mar 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In #hcsmRnD, Abstract, Informatics & Analysis, Resources, Social Media & Medical Education

MANUSCRIPT: Fixed or mixed? a comparison of three, four and mixed-option multiple-choice tests in a Fetal Surveillance Education Program

Background Despite the widespread use of multiple-choice assessments in medical education assessment, current practice and published advice concerning the number of response options remains equivocal. This article describes an empirical study contrasting the quality of three 60 item multiple-choice test forms within the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians

Posted on 5 Mar 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Informatics & Analysis, Manuscript, Medical Education, Resources

What if learning, doing, and sharing were one action in healthcare?

I have gotten a lot of great feedback on a blog post I wrote last summer on my person blog, 'I tweet because it simplifies learning.' In that post I talk about what I call the 3R's of adult learning: recording, reexposure, and redistribution and I talk about how we must

Posted on 5 Mar 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Blog, Rapid Learning Healthcare System, Resources, Social Media & Medical Education

RESOURCE: MOOC completion and drop-out rates

One of the main MOOC challenges: MOOC drop-out As drop-out rates are one of the main MOOC challenges, this research is a gift. For insight in the drop-out rates can provide angles for improvement, increased retention ... So, looking forward to follow Katy's research. And have a look at the wonderful

Posted on 4 Mar 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Education Technology, Learning Models & Theory, Resources

RESOURCE: Online Learning and the Future of Residential Education | March 3-4, 2013 | Video

The Summit Program Committee recommends the following reading in advance of the event. "The Particle Accelerator of Learning” (Inside Higher Ed, Peter Stokes, February 22, 2013) "Four Professors Discuss Teaching Free Online Courses for Thousands of Students" (The Chronicle of Higher Education, Jeffrey Young, June 11, 2012) "What We're Learning from Online Education"

Posted on 4 Mar 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Education Technology, Informatics & Analysis, Learning Models & Theory, Online Learning, Resources

MANUSCRIPT: A student authored online medical education textbook: editing patterns and content evaluation of a medical student wiki.

Abstract The University of Minnesota medical student wiki (UMMedWiki) allows students to collaboratively edit classroom notes to support medical education. Since 2007, UMMedWiki has grown to include 1,591 articles that have collectively received 1.2 million pageviews. Although small-scale wikis have become increasingly important, little is known about their dynamics compared to

Posted on 4 Mar 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Education Technology, Learning Models & Theory, Manuscript, Online Learning, Resources, Social Media & Medical Education

ABSTRACT: Surgeons don’t know what they don’t know about the safe use of energy in surgery.

Abstract BACKGROUND: Surgeons are not required to train on energy-based devices or document their knowledge of safety issues related to their use. Their understanding of how to safely use the devices has never formally been tested. This study assessed that knowledge in a cohort of gastrointestinal surgeons and determined if key facts

Posted on 4 Mar 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Abstract, Medical Education, Resources

MANUSCRIPT: Advancing medicine one research note at a time: the educational value in clinical case reports.

Abstract A case report--a brief written note that describes unique aspects of a clinical case--provides a significant function in medicine given its rapid, succinct, and educational contributions to scientific literature and clinical practice. Despite the growth of, and emphasis on, randomized clinical trials and evidenced-based medicine, case reports continue to provide

Posted on 4 Mar 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Informatics & Analysis, Learning Models & Theory, Manuscript, Rapid Learning Healthcare System, Resources

MANUSCRIPT: Medical students as human subjects in educational research.

Abstract Introduction: Special concerns often arise when medical students are themselves the subjects of education research. A recently completed large, multi-center randomized controlled trial of computer-assisted learning modules for surgical clerks provided the opportunity to explore the perceived level of risk of studies where medical students serve as human subjects by

Posted on 4 Mar 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Learning Models & Theory, Manuscript, Resources

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RESOURCE: The Future Of Education Eliminates The Classroom, Because The World Is Your Class

MANUSCRIPT: Fixed or mixed? a comparison of three, four and mixed-option multiple-choice tests in a Fetal Surveillance Education Program

RESOURCE: MOOC completion and drop-out rates

RESOURCE: Online Learning and the Future of Residential Education | March 3-4, 2013 | Video

ABSTRACT: Surgeons don’t know what they don’t know about the safe use of energy in surgery.

MANUSCRIPT: Advancing medicine one research note at a time: the educational value in clinical case reports.

MANUSCRIPT: Medical students as human subjects in educational research.

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