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Handhelds are required for students at UCLA Med School. This talk explores: how handhelds enhance curricular objectives and learning, evaluation of student motivation and usage, and new applications.
Presented by: Anju Relan
Director, Instructional Design and Technology Unit
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
There is a subtle but inescapable shift occurring in the adoption of technologies in education, alluringly labeled as "E-learning to M-learning". Can handheld technologies fulfill the promise of a "cognitive partnership" so eagerly hoped for since the early eighties? At the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, handhelds have been an institutional requirement since 2001 for third year medical students. We have systematically examined the implications of this technology for enhancing a host of curricular objectives in clinical education. Our efforts in diffusing handheld technologies have involved the development of new, interactive applications that are best suited for mobile environments, infrastructure investments augmenting the development and delivery of interactive learning tools, and a continuous evaluation of student motivation and usage of relevant tools. All these developments will be discussed. This presentation will attempt to link theoretical perspectives in developing medical expertise with the unique attributes of existing mobile technologies. A critical analysis of the cognitive potential of mobile learning with current and future handheld technologies will serve as the context of the presentation.
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