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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

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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

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