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Using Lifeworld-Led Multimedia to enhance Learning – ECEL 2011 Presentation

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Abstract

In 2010, the School of Health and Social Care developed a collaborative lifeworld led transprofessional curriculum for health and social work disciplines harnessing technology to connect learners to a wider view of evidence based practice. The purpose was to increase use of technology-enhanced learning, introduce lifeworld-led philosophy to the curriculum, release staff potential, and expose students to research undertaken within the School. Delivered to over 600 undergraduate students from community development, midwifery, nursing fields, occupational therapy, paramedic science, physiotherapy and social work, the Exploring Evidence to Guide Practice Unit was facilitated by a number of resources including lectures, group work and a variety of web-based learning materials.

Central to the unit were seventeen web-based case studies which included the human experience of the impact of specific illnesses (such as stroke and living with dementia) and more general experiences (such as social isolation and homelessness). Each case study provided stories and poems, qualitative and quantitative research and policy and practice issues related to specific topics. At the heart of the philosophy underpinning the case studies and unit was an opportunity for students to integrate understandings about different kinds of knowledge for practice, conventional evidence, understandings about the person’s or service user’s experience and the student’s own insights that came from imagining ‘what it was like’ for the person experiencing a condition or situation and encountering human services (Galvin and Todres 2011). The project built on the successful development of Wessex Bay, a virtual community of case scenarios, used as problem-based triggers to engage students in learning activities relating to the residents (Pulman, Scammell and Martin 2009).

This paper discusses the development of the web based case studies and how they integrated visual and audio materials with the aim of enhancing the lifeworld experience of students.

Related Articles:

Pulman, Todres and Galvin, 2010. The carer’s world: An interactive reusable learning object.
Published in Dementia, November 2010, vol. 9 no. 4. 535-547.

Related Links:

The Television and Radio Index for Learning and Teaching (TRILT) is the best source of UK television and radio broadcast data available on the web

PhD/Open Research Seminar – School of Health & Social Care

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An investigation into factors which may lead to an improvement in the Quality of Life for people with a particular Long Term Condition through the use of Web 2.0 Technology

Demands for a greater degree of control and influence over personal health and healthcare (DoH 2008b. p.3) and governmental policy have resulted in the current NHS Operating Framework (DoH 2007, p.2) identifying the need for sustained focus on information management and technology in the NHS to deliver better, safer care.

In 2005, the NHS and Social Care Model – a blueprint to support organisations in improving local services for people with long-term conditions (LTC) – was published (DoH, p.9). For the delivery framework, it was noted that available options which health and social care communities could use to support people with LTC might include sets of technological tools (DoH 2008a, p.45). These could be technology that supported personalised care and choice, helped people remain independent and provided resources and support for patients to self-care and self manage.

Computer technology of the type termed Web 1.0 could be defined as the ability to connect computers and make information available, as opposed to Web 2.0, which connects people and facilitates new kinds of collaboration. Geographically displaced users can connect through social networks to others with the same chronic condition (Seeman 2008). Meanwhile, websites utilising Web 2.0 technology seek to improve the quality of users lives by offering support and information about treatment for and coping with chronic illnesses (Birnsteel 2008b, Fernandez 2008).

Current definitions concerning the integration of health information and support with Web 2.0 technology (Landro 2006, Shreeve 2008, Holt 2008, O’Grady 2008, Eysenbach 2008) are primarily concerned with approaches from a healthcare or medical perspective. They do not effectively consider how this might work from the viewpoint of the patient and also fail to consider how patients could already be using Web 2.0 technology or might want to adapt it in the future. There is a need to design a patient centered framework, encapsulating the use of Web 2.0 technology for people with LTC who might want to support, mitigate or improve their own quality of life. The primary research question and hypothesis are therefore:

Primary Research Question
Does Web 2.0 technology foster, hinder or have no impact on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in people with a particular (to be specified) LTC?

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Barriers to a Virtual Europe – ECEL 2009 Presentation

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The final project output from the Virtual Europe project. A presentation for ECEL 2009: 8th European Conference on e-Learning.

At the conclusion of the Virtual Europe project, this paper offers a unique viewpoint on the benefits and limitations surrounding the development and pilot of a European health based simulated community. It discusses how the project has not successfully achieved its targeted objectives and reflects on the barriers which stopped the project from being successfully utilised within European health education curriculums. It contrasts the lessons learned from work on the Wessex Bay virtual community (Scammell et al. 2008) with its international counterpart and offers some suggestions on the practicalities of working on future interprofessional, intercultural e-learning projects.

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Handheld Learning 2009 Presentation : Mobile Technology as a Mechanism for Delivering Improved Quality of Life

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Here is the SimpleMind mindmap of my presentation from Handheld Learning 2009 created on iPhone (it’s too big to see in this post so I’ve attached it as a link).

SimpleMind is a great free easy to use application which you can then upload to iPhoto – shame it wasn’t really big enough to hand around at the conference round table so I resorted to a paper version.

HHL09 Presentation Mindmap

Handheld Learning 2009 Presentation Support Materials

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I will be presenting a short (but lovely) paper “Mobile Technology as a mechanism for delivering improved Quality of Life” at Handheld Learning 2009 in a roundtable session. Here are the links to web materials from my reference list which might be of use from this (a full list including other references will accompany the final paper at a later date).

Anderson, J. and Rainie, L. (2008). The Future of the Internet III. Retrieved February 16, 2009, from Washington, DC: Pew Internet and American Life Project.

Barr, F. (2009). Nintendo DS to offer diabetes care. Retrieved July 24, 2009, from London: E-Health Europe.

The Centre for Cell Phone Applications in Healthcare. (2009). C-PAHC Vision. Retrieved January 6, 2009, from The Center for Cell Phone Applications in Healthcare.

Fox, S. and Fallows, D. (2003). Internet Health Resources. Retrieved October 30, 2008, from Washington, DC: Pew Internet and American Life Project.

Haddon, L. (2008). Mobile Access to Social Networking Sites: A UK Survey. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from London School of Economics.

HealthMap. (2009). Global Disease Alert Map. Retrieved February 24, 2009, from Harvard-MIT: HealthMap.

Horrigan, J.B. and Rainie, L. (2006). The Internet’s Growing Role in Life’s Major Moments. Retrieved July 7, 2009, from Washington, DC: Pew Internet and American Life Project.

Imperial College London. (2006). New report demonstrates the need for systematic use of mobile technology in healthcare. Retrieved January 12, 2009, from Imperial College London.

Madrigal, A. (2009). Tracking Internet Chatter Helps Spot Swine Flu Outbreak. Retrieved July 9, 2009, from Wired.

Ubisoft. (2008). My Health Coach: Manage Your Weight. Retrieved July 21, 2008, from Ubisoft.

Who Is Sick? (2009). Retrieved February 24, 2009, from USA: Who Is Sick?

World Health Organisation. (2003). Adherence to long term therapies – Evidence for action. Retrieved February 19, 2009, from World Health Organisation: Geneva.

Serious Games on the Move Presentation

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Just back from presenting a paper at the Serious Games Conference with Mark Shufflebottom focusing on the production of a serious game. The project, a collaboration between the School of Heath and Social Care and NHS South West, was one of three HSC e-learning initiatives granted funding during 2007. Mark worked with myself and Ruth Lewis from the HSC Clinical Skills team to create a web-based virtual simulation of an infection control scenario. This presentation included a brief q and a and a demo of the application.

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Serious Games on the Move 2008

Plymouth e-Learning Conference Presentation

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Attended a really enjoyable and stimulating e-learning conference at Plymouth today. Here’s my session on Web 2.0 @ BU – Use of Wikis within the School of Health & Social Care (instead of using powerpoint this session utilised a wikispace)

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Date & Time Of Presentation : Friday 4th April 2008 at 11.45am – 12.15pm

Andy At Plymouth

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