What does the evidence show:
- No study reported negative impacts of E-learning
- Enhances learners understanding of material
- Students who e-learn performed slightly higher on practical exams
- Their flexible, convienant, study at own pace, adapt to different learning styles, assist with technology skills
“Faculty must identify and understand the learning of millennials to promote success”
5 Steps to Developing an E-Learning Module:
- Define Topic
- Choose topic
- Foundational knowledge
- Challenging content: e-learning may be beneficial for content that students struggle with—it supplements traditional methods
- Learning domain
- Define Audience
- Students, CI, New Faculty
- Maybe more playful for students
- Local vs. National
- PT, PTA or interprofessional? – Language may change based upon audience
- Students, CI, New Faculty
- Define Your Project
- Determining Learn Objectives
- Determine Assessment Method
- Formative vs. Summative
- Dependent on purpose
- Choose topic
- Build Team
- Director
- Content Expert
- Instructional Designer/e-learning expert
- Software developers/engineers
- IT support
- Students
- Peer-Reviewer
- Create Content
- Choose software, images, equipment, talent, instructional design, ADA guidelines, educational resources
- Choosing Software
- Cost
- Difficulty in use
- Interactivity
- Examples of Software You Could Use:
- Powerpoint
- Office Mix (Free Download on microsoft). Can add quiz function. Only works on PC.
- iSpring Suite (more expensive, but can be more interactive). Interactive rich media, video, drag and drops, branching, etc.
- Video Scribe (whiteboard style animation video—$12-30/month). Delivers content in engaging manner.
- iMovie (video editing for Mac) and Garage Band (Audio for Mac)
- Articulate Studio. Presentation based e-learning software, transforming PPT into an online format. Takes a recorded powerpoint into HTML file. 20 pre-built templates for interactions.
- Articulate Storyline. Learn driven. Very robust. Build any interaction you can think of. Click or hover over any object. Utilizes buttons, sliders, markets, hotsports
- Camtasia. Screencast software with editing tools, animations and effects. Has zooming capabilities, call outs, hotspots, quizzes.
- Choosing Images
- Pixabay: great location for SVP files (for video scribe)
- NIH Image Gallery
- Implement and Gather
- Conducting reviews
- Peer-Student Reviews
- Pilot and Begin Measuring Outcomes
- Outcomes