Module 10: IT for Health Education


Module M10: IT for health education

Introduction to Medical Education Informatics 16 
Principles of Medical Education


 Educational Theories: Adult learning theory, types of Learning Theories (Behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism, connectivism, humanists theory), Kolb‘s learning cycle, learning domains (Blooms Taxonomy), learning modalities (Auditory, visual, kinesthetic and tactile), Introduction to Instructional Design Theories (ADDIE, KEMP and Rapid Prototyping) and learning communities (Communities of Practice, Online Learning Communities) 

Assessments: Overview, competence assessment (Millar‘s pyramid), assessment tools, simulation based assessments, workplace based assessments, online assessment strategies, challenges in assessments.  Technology in medical education:  Principles of Multimedia Designing for Medical/Health professional Education  Interactive Multimedia for Education: Overview of Multimedia technologies, Multimedia Learning, multimedia Instructions and theoretical foundation, overview of SCORM, Components of SCORM and overview of m-Learning (Uses, technologies, challenges, authoring tools…etc).  Web 2.0 in education: Overview, transition from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0, principles of Web 2.0, Web 2.0 technologies for Education (Blogs, Wiki, Social Bookmarking, Media Sharing, Social Networking, Collaborative tools, Bricolage and Mashups…etc)  Moodle: Installing Moodle, design basics in Moodle, enrolling students and assigning roles to students, using quizzes and questionnaires, conducting an online discussion, assessment tools in Moodle and tracking activity and reporting.