RESOURCE: The MOOC School of Medicine
The pedagogical advances occurring in the world of education are certainly fast paced. Didactic lecture hall teaching is now outdated courtesy of problem and team based learning in addition to the novel approach of the ‘flipped classroom’.
With the advent of technology and emphasis on E and M learning, we are now experiencing an era of continuous educational revolution with MOOC’s being evident of this phenomenon. Such massive open online courses have sparked from the fact that in the vast majority of cases people are often unable to gain education from world renowned institutions if not physically resident in such areas or unable to gain education due to issues allied to affordability.
Written by Brian S McGowan, PhD
Dr. McGowan has served in leadership positions in numerous medical educational organizations and commercial supporters and is a Fellow of the Alliance (FACEhp). He founded the Outcomes Standardization Project, launched and hosted the Alliance Podcast, and most recently launched and hosts the JCEHP Emerging Best Practices in CPD podcast. In 2012 he Co-Founded ArcheMedX, Inc, a healthcare informatics and e-learning company to apply his research in practice.
