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ANGEL Learning: Enhancing Quality Instruction at Medical School
1/12/2006
School of Medicine Integrated Curriculum Re-Design and Delivery
As part of the School of Medicine basic science integrated curriculum redesign, a collaboration space is needed to facilitate the re-design process. This space must provide a place to share documents with curriculum directors, to discuss curriculum changes, to share calendar events, and to keep track of timelines and project deadlines. The medical faculty is using an ANGEL Community Group area to support these activities. Faculty discuss the curriculum content in sub-groups and then roll it up into the larger group for peer review.Approved curriculum will be moved to a content repository using templates designed to support specific teaching and learning activities. This repository also will store a copy of lecture materials and online learning activities that can be shared across several course modules.
The final step in the curriculum re-design process involves creating integrated modules using a predefined course template. First, a course shell is constructed using this template. Then, content from the repository is linked to the modules. This two-step process allows the content to be maintained by one subject matter expert but used in multiple courses, reinforcing learning concepts. The course calendar then drives the delivery of the content. When students log into a module, they see a daily view of the calendar with links to course content being discussed that day.
Doctorate in Nursing Program Design and Delivery
ANGEL will support the design and delivery of our new Doctorate of Nursing program as well. Curriculum designers from TLT are working with faculty to identify key features common to all courses. Templates for each of these teaching and learning activities are created and stored in a shared repository. As the curriculum is created, these templates provide each course with a consistent structure. This structure will be shared with students during orientation to reduce the time they need to become familiar with course expectations and the learning environment.Another key component to the program is an electronic portfolio. ANGEL ePortfolio was purchased to support an environment where students can post artifacts and reflect on their learning experiences. Nursing students will post articles that they submit for publication, their research findings, and their professional presentations in their ePortfolio. In addition students will maintain a blog to document their learning experiences throughout the program. Each of these artifacts and reflections will be based upon program goals and objectives. Program mentors will have access to student ePortfolios, and students can share their artifacts with others as needed.
Online Testing
In the Spring 2005 term, KUMC created a 100 seat "high stakes" testing center. Faculty assess students in the controlled testing environment in a manner similar to national licensure exams. KUMC is exploring using ANGEL's secure browser to deliver online exams in the testing center. Once the secure browser is loaded, a proctor enters a password that "locks down" the computer. At that point, students can only see a link to their secured exam. The browser will not allow the students to switch programs or access any other program on the computer. Hitting the print button results in a blank page. Once the student completes the exam, the proctor must enter a password to "release" the computer.Recommended Reading
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