Transcript Technology in Teaching

Technology in
Teaching
…For the amateur
Handout…
http://www.brown.edu/Courses/BI_278/
Simplest
This
Powerpoint
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Advantages
Disadvantages
“Power Powerpoint”
Substance Use
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Alcohol
Caffeine
Tobacco
Illicit
Course of Schizophrenia
Catecholamines
Add Ons
Pictures
Epidemiology
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Depression
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5-7%
2:1 ♀:♂
$53 billion/year in US
World: most costly
(developed)
Other Graphics
Animations
GIF
Flash
More involved
Finished Product
Sounds
Audio Files
Video
Pre-made
From TV
A/V
A to D
Firewire
A Word(s) About Formats
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Avi: “edit”
Mpeg: “DVD”
Quicktime: “Mac”
Realmedia: “stream”
Editing programs (ex. Adobe Premier www.adobe.com)
($hundreds)
Standalone programs:
TMPGenc plus (http://www.pegasys-inc.com/) ($37)
From DVD
.vob
mpeg2
RIP
DEMUX
.vob
Ripping:
Demux/convert:
DVD Decrypter:
Flask Mpeg
www.dvddecrypter.com
www.flaskmpeg.net
Then just drop it in…
Do it Yourself Video
Firewire
digital
Challenges w/ pt videos
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Confidentiality
HIPAA
 Duty to patient
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Solutions
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Actors/Simulations
Animating
Editing Movies
Windows Movie Maker
Why bother?
Beyond Better Visuals
Self Directed Learning
Course Web Sites
Automating Powerpoint
Interactivity
Typical interactive model
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Content delivery
Measurement
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tests
Newer things
Flash
More elaborate
Authorware
Example: A Web Based Application
for Teaching Psychopharm
The problem
An Approach
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Using self teaching approaches
Why not use stuff already out there?
Could it work as well?
The Project
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Subjects
2nd year MS
 Method
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3 conditions:
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CD based self guided
Standard lecture
“do it yourself ”
Naturalistic
Evaluation
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test
The CD Program
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Macromedia Authorware
Branching tree organization
More flexibility
Web enabled
Results
Popularity
30
25
20
own
lecture
CD
15
10
5
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Learning
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18.5
18
own
lecture
CD
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16.5
score
Where next?
Tailoring
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laptop
wireless
bluetooth
ir
CD
palm
wireless
BT
PPC
wireless
BT
Home
computer
Access
HS
Better Interactivity
Ex: Computer Gaming
Final Note
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Need for collaboration…