Blogging: Pros and Cons for the Adult Learner

           This week, EDACE 765 is blogging about Podcasts. I will outline some advantages and disadvantages to consider when incorporating Podcasts into higher education. Overall, I think that the advantages for this technology significantly outweigh the disadvantages, and that this is an emerging technology in higher education that is worth exploring more!   Image from https://americannegotiationinstitute.com/interviews/   King and Cox (2011) acknowledge that higher education “has been slower to adopt this most powerful application of podcasting” compared to childhood K-12 educators that have been applying podcasting creatively for quite some time (King and Gura, 2009; King and Cox, 2011, p.39). Despite slow-adoption, podcasting is now becoming very popular, and thus is a technology that educators should strongly consider implementing into their curriculums.   Check out this recentarticle from Escarcha (201...

This week for EDACE 765 we created video blogs/podcasts about how to integrate technology into our career fields. I interviewed Dr. Nguyen. We discussed how to she is integrating technology into the Family Medicine clerkship curriculum at the Uniformed Services University. For all EDACE 765 students, check out my podcast here .

Wikis for collaborative learning, knowledge construction, critical thinking, & contextual application   While I don’t have any experience with creating formal lesson plans, I have been responsible for the learning activities of many medical students and residents. Below is my first shot at an 8-week “lesson plan” for my second-year family medicine residents. I am not quite sure of the best way to format this lesson plan, but I will do my best to lay out the content and intent for using the Wiki to facilitate knowledge construction and collaborative learning between the residents and their patients.   Overview: The Context behind the Lesson Plan The second year of family medicine residency (referred to from here on as “PGY2” for post-graduate year #2) starts on July 1 st and ends on June 30 th every year. The PGY2 academic year is broken down into 13 four-week blocks. The first 4-week block of the PGY2 academic year at our residency program is dedicated ...

What is a Wiki? A wiki is an online collaborative writing medium that is easily edited (Lari, 2011). Richardson (2006) describes a wiki as "a collaborative web space where anyone can add content and anyone can edit content that has already been published" (p.8, as cited by West & West, 2009, p.3). Wiki's can be used by anyone. There are many free options for a group to start sharing information through a wiki, such as Google Docs . Wikis are optimally designed for collaborative use by distance learning students that are creating a group project or employees spread throughout different geographical locations that must work together on a deliverable product. Wiki's provide an online, easily accessed and editable alternative to email chains, discussion boards, or blogs. Wikis are similar to these other forms of online communication, in that posts can occur asynchronously, and multiple users can be commenting and working on the projec...