Category: Assignments

Link: AI Pedagogy Project

Dec 1, 2023

in AI, Assignments, Education, Note

AI Pedagogy Project, artificial intelligence, assessment, assignment, education, Harvard, higher education, large language model, LLM, pedagogy

https://aipedagogy.org/ The AI Pedagogy Project (by metaLAB at Harvard) provides educators with a collection of resources in 3 parts: The project aims to encourage creative and critical engagement with AI in education through assignments and materials inspired by the humanities. There is also a collection of sample assignments (see below) from educators to spark informed…
Let students negotiate the deadlines that suit them

Apr 16, 2021

in Assessment, Assignments

assignments, deadlines, decision-making, flexibility, time-management

Most of my assignments include a peer review component where students send their initial draft to two peers who review it and give feedback on how the assignment can be improved. I provide guidance on what effective feedback looks like, with an emphasis on helping peers submit their best work; it’s about building each other…
IPE course project update

Sep 16, 2016

in Assignments, Ethics, Physiotherapy, Technology

blended learning, ethics, iep, iep course, international ethics project, online learning, portfolios, project, research, wordpress

This post is cross-posted from the International Ethics Project site. My 4th year students have recently completed the first writing task in the IEP course pilot project. I thought I’d post a quick update on the process using screenshots to illustrate how the course is being run. We’re using a free version of WordPress which…
PHT402: What is the value of a human life?

Aug 15, 2013

in Assignments, Curriculum, Ethics, pht402, Physiotherapy

equality, ethics, human life, human rights, judgements, morals, online course, pht402, professional ethics, torture, values

This is my fourth contribution to a series of weekly posts related to the #pht402 Professional Ethics course. This week’s topic is specifically about torture, but the general principle concerns the rights of the individual vs the rights of society, as well as asking about the relative value of a human life. I’m going to…
Short notes on concept mapping

Sep 19, 2011

in Assignments, Learning

assignment, concept mapping, concept maps, concepts, movement science

In preparation for a concept mapping assignment I ran during the course of this year, I did some reading on concept mapping, during which I made some short notes. Here they are… Concept mapping is useful to establish relationships between ideas and has been linked to 30 % improvement in student understanding Ausubel’s assimilation theory:…
Problem based learning: transitioning to an online / hybrid learning environment

Sep 15, 2011

in Assessment, Assignments, Curriculum, Learning, Research, Students, Teaching, Workshop

assessment of pbl, blended learning, content, critical thinking, face to face, hybrid, karl popper, meena iyer, missouri university, online, pbl, problem based learning, problem solving, scaffolding

A few weeks ago I attended a short presentation by Prof. Meena Iyer from Missouri University. Prof. Iyer spoke about how she moved her PBL module from using a traditional, mainly face-to-face approach, to an online / hybrid approach. Here are my notes. —————————- “All life is problem solving” – Karl Popper How do we…
Applying theoretical concepts to clinical practice

Aug 9, 2011

in Assessment, Assignments, Learning, Physiotherapy, Research, Students, Teaching

assessment, assignment, classrooms, clinical learning, clinical teaching, concept mapping, drafting, knowledge, lectures, movement science

I just finished giving feedback to my students on the concept mapping assignment they’re busy with. It’s the first time I’ve used concept mapping in an assignment and in addition to the students’ learning, I’m also trying to see if it helps me figure out what they really understand about applying the theory we cover…
CHEC short course: teaching and learning

Aug 4, 2011

in Assessment, Assignments, Learning, Teaching, Workshop

assignment, cape higher education consortium, chec, course, teaching and learning, workshop

Today was the first day of a short course looking at teaching and learning and is pretty innovative in that it is co-ordinated by, and open to, academics from several higher educational institutions in the Western Cape. It’s being organised by the Cape Higher Education Consortium (CHEC). The course runs for the next month, during…
Concept mapping assignment in Movement Science

Jul 15, 2011

in Assessment, Assignments, Technology

assignment, cmaps, cmaptools, concept mapping, movement science

Fora while I’ve been toying with the idea of using concept mapping for an assignment in the Movement Science module that I teach and I finally took the plunge. See below for the assignment I gave the students using CmapTools to explore relationships between the concepts in the module and clinical practice. It’s my first…
Social networks and clinical education: presentation at SAAHE

Jul 1, 2011

in Assignments, Conference, Education, Physiotherapy, Research, Social media

clinical dilemmas, clinical education, clinical learning, practice knowledge, presentation, reflective practice, saahe 2011, social media

My presentation at the SAAHE conference is a more in-depth look at the same project that I presented at the conference in 2010. The key points I wanted to make were that: Students struggle to develop practice knowledge because it is hidden from them i.e. they can’t “see” our thinking process as we reason our…
SAAHE conference, 2011 – day 1

Jun 30, 2011

in Assessment, Assignments, Conference, Education, Ethics, Health, Research, Teaching

concept mapping, ebm, ebp, evidence based practice, future of health science education, reflection, reflective journaling, saahe 2011, student perceptions, teaching and learning

Introduction by Dr. Lionel Green-Thompson A country whose health is fragile The future of health science education: 2020 vision by Prof. Athol Kent “After an introduction like that I can’t wait to hear myself speak” It’s not the strongest or fittest who survive but the ones who are most adaptable to change Who will our…
Why open licensing benefits everyone

Jun 7, 2011

in Assignments, Education, Open access, Physiotherapy, Research, Social media, Technology

collaboration, open access, openphysio, physiopedia, publication, sharing

In 2009 I started an online physiotherapy encyclopaedia called OpenPhysio. It was a space for me to run a few assignments with my 4th year students at the time, as well as a bit of an experiment to see what would happen i.e. would physiotherapists and physiotherapy students automatically create and edit an online physiotherapy…
How do students perceive academic literacy?

May 30, 2011

in Assessment, Assignments, Ethics, Students

academic literacy, cheating, citation, plagiarism, referencing, research

Narrative means towards literacy understandings: exploring transformations within literacies and migrating identities Last week I attended a short seminar by Dr. Catherine Hutchings from UCT, who presented some of the results of her PhD study looking at academic literacy and student identity. Here are some notes I took during the seminar. How do students develop…
Using social networks to develop reflective discourse in the context of clinical education

Mar 10, 2011

in Assignments, Conference, Education, Ethics, Health, PhD, Physiotherapy, Research, Social media, Technology

clinical reasoning, ethical reasoning, facebook, health professional education, healthcare professional students, medical education, online discussions, poster, reflection, reflective discussion, research, saahe, safri, social network, social networks, teacher

My SAFRI project for 2010 looked at the use of a social network as a platform to develop clinical and ethical reasoning skills through reflective discussion between undergraduate physiotherapy students. Part of the assignment was to prepare a poster for presentation at the SAAHE conference in Potchefstroom later this year, which I’ve included below. I…
Assignments

Feb 19, 2010

in Assignments, Education, Ethics

assignment, community-based healthcare settings, education, ethics, Google, google sites, healthcare system, human rights, Ireland, learning outcomes, management, module, online presence, physiopedia, physiotherapist, physiotherapy, Royal College of Surgeons, south africa, university of the western cape, Western Cape, wiki

Over the last week I’ve given my fourth year physiotherapy students 2 assignments to be completed over the next few months. Here is a basic rundown of each. The first assignment is part of the continuous evaluation for the Management module I teach. The students must create a website for a (fictional) private physiotherapy practice.…
Giving students a voice in Physiotherapy Ethics

Nov 23, 2009

in Assignments, Education, Physiotherapy, Students

Basil Buthelezi, energy, ethics, example, healthcare, higher education, physiotherapy education, physiotherapy ethics, poem, professional ethics, student voices

I’ve been going through some of the “Professional Ethics” assignments I received from our third year physiotherapy students, and wanted to share this one with you (with the students’ permission). It was written by Basil Buthelezi, and which I think really showcases the wonderful talents our students have, which we would never usually encounter because…
Third year ethics assignment

Sep 23, 2009

in Assignments, Note, Physiotherapy, Students

assignment, blog, education, ethics, healthcare, human rights, physiotherapy, south africa, student

I just wanted to send out a quick post to highlight the great work that one of my third year students has done as part of her ethics assignment. The idea was to discuss the topic of human rights in South African healthcare using any method that the students wanted to. I’m getting some great…
Reflective blogging assignment – finished

Jul 24, 2009

in Assignments, Social media, Students

assignment, blogging, presentation, reflection, saahe

Earlier this year I gave my final year physiotherapy students a blogging assignment as part of their Professional Ethics module. The goal of the assignment was to read a selection of articles that were relevant to coursework that had been discussed in class, to reflect on those readings, and then to post a blog entry…
Reflective blogging assignment

Feb 13, 2009

in Assignments, Education, Physiotherapy, Social media

assignment, blogging, clinical reasoning, comment, conversation, ethical dilemmas, online space, reflection, reflective tool, social media platforms

A few months ago, I wrote about the use of blogging as a reflective tool. I’ve since developed an assignment for the Professional Ethics in Physiotherapy module I teach, in which students will blog as a form of reflection on some of the topics we cover in class. Every student will then read every other…