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Blended Learning

Experiences

Use of ICT

Lessons learnt

Outlook

Framework for further training in medical health care

• Small facilities – one up to five doctors, one up to ten assistants

• Assistants – low wages, high part-time, low participation in training and small offer for professional training

• Changes and chances – trend to larger facilities; more intensive use of ICT; changed expectations of patients

• Need to enlarge the ICT proficiency, need for IT security, communication and marketing

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Motivation to develop ICT training with e-learning

• Need to overcome typical barriers for training – few time of healthcare-assistants, few money to travel and to participate in training

• Use presumed resources for learning – long lunch break, learning at the work place

• High supply of internet learning resources in medicine

• Didactical approach – PC is a universal tool

• Many different learning topics

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Blended Learning

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Working basis for the project

• Implementation with a professional school in Krefeld (August 2006 – February 2007)

• Teachers had no experience with e-learning/ blended learning

• Moodle-platform

• 16 participants in facilities of different specializations (ear/nose/throat – radiologist – dermatologist – urologist)

• Participation of doctors in the development and implementation of the training

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Blended Learning

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Use of ICT

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Proceeding in the development of the training

• Use of PAS 1032-1:2004

• Blended learning 50/50

• Access to the platform also for the doctors

• Tutor observes the activities of learners in the platform

• Each trainer develops training material for the platform

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Blended Learning

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Lessons learnt

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How could learners profit from the project?

– 16 beginners – 8 finalists: high drop off at the beginning

– Doctors did not use the platform

– High differentiation of ICT competences

– High work-load for the participants, enlarged particularly by ability tests

– Partly: enlargement of work tasks at the work place, improved reputation among colleagues, improved self-esteem, in one case: higher wage

– Higher learn motivation and activities among the participants above 30

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Blended Learning

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Lessons learnt

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How did trainers and learners use the ICT resources?

• Participants downloaded scripts in order “to be sure”.

• Self-service rather attractive for learner with academic background and for learners used to ICT

• No learning at the work-place individual learning at home

• Different use of teachers – from textbook only up to range of exercises and textbooks, homework and feedback. Difficulty to give differentiated and motivating feedback in written form

• Efficient supervision of individual learners activities – particularly to identify high-performer

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Blended Learning

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Use of ICT

Lessons learnt

Outlook

Lessons learnt

• Orientation of the trainer to the needs and abilities of the individual learner.

• Assessment of the learners preconditions is necessary

• Motivating elements to keep pace on the platform

• Abilities and knowledge on internet resources for learning

• Ability to manage the classroom-situation, to sequence the learning content and to use the dynamics of co-operation in the classroom.

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Motivation

Starting Point

Blended Learning

Experiences

Use of ICT

Lessons learnt

Outlook

Outlook

• ICT- Newcomer still prefer structured, traditional learn methods

• Encouraging experience with movies and step-by-step-explanations

• Strength of e-learning in repetition and short ability tests

• Encourage the use of forum by tasks for the participants