Tag: communication

In Beta podcast: Generative AI personas in physiotherapy education

May 28, 2024

in AI, Education, Physiotherapy

clinical reasoning, communication, communication skills, personas, podcast, simulation, skills development

In this conversation Leanne Wiles and Dean Walker discuss how they used generative AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT to simulate patient interactions for students in physiotherapy education, enhancing their communication and reasoning skills. Students interacted with AI personas portraying diverse health scenarios. The practice proved immersive and effective, displaying significant potential for flexible educational…
BIP AI – AI for organisation and communication

May 13, 2024

in AI, Presentation, Productivity

artificial intelligence, bias, BIP, Blended Intensive Programme, communication, effectiveness, hallucination, note-taking, organisation, personal productivity, professional productivity, prompt framework, virtual assistant, workflow

In this workshop for the Blended Intensive Programme on AI in education and research, Antonio Lopes, Hugo Santos and I explore the transformative potential of integrating generative AI into personal and professional workflows for academics. Practical use cases demonstrate how AI can streamline tasks, from constructing lecture outlines to drafting emails. The workshop provides a…
Response to an email on the use of technology in the classroom

Sep 6, 2016

in Technology

communication, technology, the conversation

I just received an email from someone who read my article in The Conversation, “Technology is no longer a luxury for universities – it’s a necessity“. They asked two questions and I thought I’d post my response here. The questions were: Do you think teachers have to show students how to use the software which is…
Using the Community of Inquiry in online learning environments

Jan 12, 2012

in Learning, PhD, Physiotherapy, Research, Social media, Teaching

cognitive presence, collaboration, communication, community of inquiry, discourse, experiential learning, groupwork, knowledge construction, kolb, online learning, peer evaluation, reflection, self-assessment, social networks, social presence, teaching presence, zone of proximal development

I’m in the process of putting together a workshop for the facilitators of one of our modules that we’re restructuring in order to use a blended learning approach. Here are the notes that I’ve been putting together on the Community of Inquiry (CoI) for the workshop. Bear in mind that these notes are my attempt…
Twitter in undergraduate physiotherapy research

Mar 4, 2009

in Education, Physiotherapy, Research, Social media

bit.ly, communication, education, Firefox, laconica, micro-blog, micro-blogging, physiotherapy, plugin, research, students, tweets, twitbin, twitter, URL shortening

I’ve spent the past few weeks experimenting with Twitter, a micro-blogging service that allows users to post short “tweets” of up to 140 characters. I’ve been following it’s development for a year or so but never really got it. I finally saw it’s potential in education when I realised that it’s only a small leap…

Tag: communication

In Beta podcast: Generative AI personas in physiotherapy education

BIP AI – AI for organisation and communication

Response to an email on the use of technology in the classroom

Using the Community of Inquiry in online learning environments

Twitter in undergraduate physiotherapy research