Post on 03-Jun-2020
Creating and Deploying Interactive eBooks in Healthcare Education
BCNET Conference Agenda • Why we moved to ebooks • How we chose the platform • How the development process changed • Collaborative deployment model used • Research results on project • Quick demo and download of a sample book • Questions
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To download a sample • On a ipad open itunesU • If you don’t have iTunesU download the free app • Go to the catalogue of courses and scroll to the bottom of the page • Where it says to enroll, type in this code:
• FJL-FDS-MZ5 • I will approve the requests as I talk • Code only good for this presentation only.
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Why we chose ebooks • Strategic plan from BCIT to move towards innovative teaching • Desire to decrease our carbon footprint • Bring curriculum to the bedside to improve patient care • Provide more engaging curriculum to meet the student of
2020 needs • Leverage mobile technology students are bringing with them
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Choosing a platform • Started off looking at devices
• E ink devices • Tablets
• Myriad of choices made it difficult • Needed a platform that would work in distance education,
classroom and clinical • Decided looking at technology first was incorrect
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• Looked at our development process • Wanted a technology that did not change our process • Easy for faculty to use • Did not add to development time • Educationally appropriate • Provided easy course management
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What we looked at • Adobe Products
• Indesign and Acrobat Pro • Large learning curve • Few resources on campus • Limited faculty engagement • Took more time than paper
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• ePub creators • Looked at CSS/XML for creating epubs • Created fancy pdf’s but not very interactive • Limited on campus resources • Increased development time and learning curve
• Free programs like Calibre • Created nice epubs but not interactive as we wanted
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• Everything we tried would work on any device but officially none of the devices were supported on campus
• Most of students 60-70% used Apple devices in class, clinical or personal use.
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Looked at iAuthor • Provided a less steep learning curve • Interactive HTML5 widgets built in • Fit well into our educational philosophy • Able to use existing content and move it to iAuthor so did not
change development process • Free program—only faculty time • Met strategic objects at the institute and program level.
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Challenges • Apple device in a MS campus
• Limited support through official channels • Tied to single device • Apple licensing agreement • Copyright
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Pilot Project • 40 + student pilot project with first course through to first
clinical experience (2.5 courses) • 6 faculty developed • Less than 4 months from development to delivery to students • Purchased 100 ipads for student and faculty use • Ipads loaned through library services • Curriculum deployed using iTunesU
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Development Team Changed • In paper
• Faculty and expert reviewers • Template experts and printing services • Bookstore for purchasing and inventory management
• In ebook format • Multimedia designers • Faculty, expert reviewers • Instructional designers (IDC) for project management and
education process
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Deployment • In paper
• once printed went to bookstore • Students paid and received materials • Canada Post and courier services
• Ebook • Different process—seemed complicated at first but ended
up to be easier and less involved • Ebooks loaded into iTunesU as non-affiliated instructor • Code given to students
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More deployment • Very collaborative—needed to engage with more resources • Library was integral to success • ETS at BCIT assisted with testing of deployment profiles • ITS placed more AP in classroom to handle extra wifi load • Faculty orientated students • Faculty provided ipad/ebook support
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Library • Used library as lending service as they have experience and
resources available for lending • Used Mac Mini and configurator to provision ipads
• Ipads deployed using partially supervised device • Installed profiles for wifi, password protection, app tracking • Installed popular apps and required apps • Loaned ipads out to students
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Pilot Project Results • Exam score: paper 87% ebook 91% • Most popular apps downloaded facebook and netflix • Only 1 breakage of ipad, 1 ipad battery fail • 4 help calls over course of pilot project—ongoing 1 year so far • Comments from students: liked portability, interactive parts
well appreciated, felt slower reader • Faculty more engaged with curriculum—sense of ownership • Faculty engaged from development to deployment
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Challenges • Not all students liked the ipad in all aspects—10% still
requesting paper • Need to develop more robust process for ebook deployment • More research needed on reading, comprehension and use in
clinical contexts
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Now your turn to experience • You should have approval to download • Open your itunesU • Download sample book
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Rob Kruger RN MEd Faculty, Critical Care Nursing Specialty Simulation and Innovation BCIT Building SE 12 Room 328 3700 Willingdon Ave Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2 Rob_kruger@bcit.ca 604-432-8952
http://www.bcit.ca/study/programs/810absn
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