Narrative Learning in the Virtual Landscape: A Model From a Baccalaureate Program

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 159-163
Author(s):  
Meghan E. MacNamara
Keyword(s):  
Medical Humanities ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Practical Skills ◽  
Online Course Design ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Narrative Constructions ◽  
Humanities Curriculum

This article explores the implications of presenting a medical humanities curriculum in a virtual format, using as a model a fully online humanities course taught in both traditional 15-week and accelerated 5-week formats. The course explores narrative competency and allows baccalaureate students to deepen their practical skills with increased awareness of narrative constructions. The online course design fosters growth in many areas of communication that have otherwise been absent in face-to-face courses taught by this educator. In the virtual format, students showed increased investment in the course content and an openness to communicating their experience as well as to critically challenging their colleagues on narrative-based dilemmas, such as those centered around building empathy, remaining nonjudgmental when challenged with ethical dilemmas, and awareness of signs within themselves of disengagement and burnout.

scholarly journals Online versus Face-to-Face: Students' Preferences for College Course Attributes

2014 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
John T. Mann ◽  
Shida R. Henneberry
Keyword(s):  
Course Design ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Course Selection ◽  
Online Course Design ◽  
Design Technology ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Early Afternoon ◽  
College Course ◽  
Attribute Information

The objectives of this article were to determine: 1) students' preferences for college course attributes; and 2) how the amount of course attribute information impacts enrollment. Results indicate students had the highest preferences for face-to-face (F2F) courses offered late morning and early afternoon and two to three days per week. Students selected online over F2F courses depending on course makeup; for example, course topic, online course design technology, and when the F2F version was offered. Additionally, students selected online courses more frequently when additional online course attribute information was available during course selection.

Online course design structure and interface

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (169) ◽  
pp. 15-33
Author(s):  
Penny Ralston‐Berg ◽  
Heather Braatz
Keyword(s):  
Course Design ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Online Course Design ◽  
Design Structure

Network Courses Construction and Research

2012 ◽  
Vol 482-484 ◽  
pp. 2253-2256
Author(s):  
Lin Jin ◽  
Tong Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Electronic Technology ◽  
Online Course Design ◽  
Teaching Development ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Technical Specifications

Network courses construction and research, explained the concept and the content of Network curriculum, the main technical keys of the network course construction, and discusses the methods of using Dreamweaver Web Editor developing network course based on Web platforms. "Digital Electronic Technology" online course design and implementation of an example, introduced the principle of network curriculum design, and the technical Specifications of teaching development.

Use of Felder and Silverman learning style model for online course design

2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moushir M. El-Bishouty ◽  
Ahmed Aldraiweesh ◽  
Uthman Alturki ◽  
Richard Tortorella ◽  
Junfeng Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Learning Style ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Online Course Design

scholarly journals Development, Implementation, and Initial Participant Feedback of an Online Anatomy and Radiology Contouring Bootcamp in Radiation Oncology

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 238212052110377
Author(s):  
Paige Eansor ◽  
Madeleine E. Norris ◽  
Leah A. D’Souza ◽  
Glenn S. Bauman ◽  
Zahra Kassam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Radiation Oncology ◽  
Medical Physics ◽  
Course Completion ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Subject Knowledge ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Creation

BACKGROUND The Anatomy and Radiology Contouring (ARC) Bootcamp was a face-to-face (F2F) course designed to ensure radiation oncology residents were equipped with the knowledge and skillset to use radiation therapy techniques properly. The ARC Bootcamp was proven to be a useful educational intervention for improving learners’ knowledge of anatomy and radiology and contouring ability. An online version of the course was created to increase accessibility to the ARC Bootcamp and provide a flexible, self-paced learning environment. This study aimed to describe the instructional design model used to create the online offering and report participants’ motivation to enroll in the course and the online ARC Bootcamp's strengths and improvement areas. METHODS The creation of the online course followed the analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation (ADDIE) framework. The course was structured in a linear progression of locked modules consisting of radiology and contouring lectures, anatomy labs, and integrated evaluations. RESULTS The online course launched on the platform Teachable in November 2019, and by January 2021, 140 participants had enrolled in the course, with 27 participants completing all course components. The course had broad geographic participation with learners from 19 different countries. Of the participants enrolled, 34% were female, and most were radiation oncology residents (56%), followed by other programs (24%), such as medical physics residents or medical students. The primary motivator for participants to enroll was to improve their subject knowledge/skill (44%). The most common strength identified by participants was the course's quality (41%), and the most common improvement area was to incorporate more course content (41%). CONCLUSIONS The creation of the online ARC Bootcamp using the ADDIE framework was feasible. The course is accessible to diverse geographic regions and programs and provides a flexible learning environment; however, the course completion rate was low. Participants’ feedback regarding their experiences will inform future offerings of the online course.

scholarly journals 9. Quality Matters: A Faculty-Centred Program to Assure Quality in Online Course Design

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kay Shattuck
Keyword(s):  
Review Process ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Peer Review Process ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Quality Assurance Program ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Design Standards ◽  
Online Course Design ◽  
Quality Matters

One of the dilemmas faced by today’s faculty is assuring quality in online courses. As one solution to that dilemma, Quality Matters (QM), a program of MarylandOnline, built a rubric of design standards informed by existing research literature and best practices. The rubric was implemented within a faculty-centred, peer review process in which colleagues share their expertise to facilitate course design improvements and to achieve an established level of quality in online course design. This article will describe the basic tenets and processes of QM as an inter-institutional quality assurance program for online learning.

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