Tag: assignment
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Avoiding the busy-work of AI-generated assessment submissions
Traditional assessments are probably obsolete due to AI (for teachers and students), presenting an opportunity to shift towards a paradigm that evaluates students’ ability to apply knowledge and create impact using AI as a supportive tool, rather than simply memorising information.
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Blended Intensive Programmes on Digital Health and AI
ai, artificial intelligence, assignment, BIP, Blended Intensive Programme, digital health, digital health technology, European Commission, genAI, health intervention, healthcare technology, online learning, personal organisation, personal productivity, professional education, prompting, student modility, workshopDuring April-May, I participated in two Blended Intensive Programmes at Escola Superior de Saúde do Alcoitão, coordinated by Antonio Lopes, in collaboration with European physiotherapy schools. These programmes combined short-term physical mobility abroad and online components, featuring topics like digital health technologies, responsible AI use in education and research, and generative AI workshops.
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Link: AI Pedagogy Project
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…
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Short notes on concept mapping
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:…
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Applying theoretical concepts to clinical practice
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…
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CHEC short course: teaching and learning
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…
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Concept mapping assignment in 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…
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Aligning curriculum with assessment
Our department is gearing up for it’s annual planning meeting, where we review the physiotherapy course from the past year and plan for the next one. This is also the year that our newly formed Directorate of Teaching and Learning has developed an institutional teaching and learning policy, with a strategic implementation plan over the…
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Assignments
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, wikiOver 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.…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-28
Cultivating Communities of Practice: A Guide to Managing Knowledge – 7 Principles http://bit.ly/1J8gpw # Can’t wait for my netbook to arrive so that I can play with Moblin 2.0…http://bit.ly/gqdOV # BMJ Case Reports blog: Finding your doctor through their published case reports http://bit.ly/3qEG9y # Trends and issues in open and distance learning in Africa IRRODL,…
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Third year ethics assignment
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…