HPE 807 Advanced Online Learning and Instruction within HPE

Through the development and implementation of a scholarship of teaching and learning research project, students in this course will develop an understanding of the various ways new technologies can be used to enhance learning. Students will select a new and innovative learning technology (i.e. learning objects, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, mobile apps, virtual reality, Cmap tools, etc.) and design an educational intervention using the new technology. At the same time, they will collect and analyze data on the effectiveness of the technology in enhancing learning by incorporating the principles of the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Credits

2

Prerequisite

HPE 506

Learning Objectives

1. Critically assess new educational technologies within various health professions educations.
2. Identify ways to incorporate new educational technologies into online HPE interventions.
3. Critically reflect on socially just practices in online HPE.
4. Develop a socially just educational intervention.
5. Analyze leadership issues in eLearning.
6. Create a personal plan for leading eLearning programs.