Student Engagement: what’s that in a digital anatomical environment? · 2016-09-05 · What’s...
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Student Engagement: What’s that in a Digital Anatomical Environment?
Manisha Dayal School of Science & Health
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Human Anatomy
• “Difficult” subject
– Factual based
– Detail is required
• Surface approach rather than Deep approach
• Western Sydney
– Medical Science
Shifting of Anatomy Teaching
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http://aeon.co/magazine/philosophy/the-after-life-for-me-is-to-donate-my-body-to-science/
http://www.buffalo.edu/ubreporter/archive/2012_07_12/gross_anatomy
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/10-ways-to-help-poorer-students-into-medicine-guide-launched/2016961.article
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Anatomy Units: Medical Science
Introduction to Anatomy
Anatomy of the Thorax & Abdomen
Anatomy of the Head & Neck
Appendicular Skeleton
Face-to-Face
Lecture
2 hrs/week
Self –directed
Lab Session
2 hrs/week
Self Study
6 hrs/week
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Summative assessments
• Group Assignment (20%)
• Intra-Semester Test (25%)
• Final Exam (55%)
• 2 x Intra-Semester tests (50%)
• Final Exam (50%)
• Group Assignment (20%)
• 2 x Intra-Semester Tests (25%)
• Final Exam (55%) ATA AS
AHN
Students time in the lab
• Only 2 hours per week
• Limited
• No revisiting after doing self study
• Photos in the lab
– Not allowed
• Reinforce their knowledge
• No means of self testing
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PAL 3.0- Pearson
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OPAL Quizzes
• Online Practical Anatomy Lab (OPAL)
• Fill in multiple blanks • Images exactly the same
as in the lab • No Multiple Choice
answers • Spelling important! • Feedback
– Correct answers
• Intra-semester tests equivalence
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OPAL Quiz
OPAL Quiz Example
Weekly MCQ’s
• Based on lecture content for the week
• Five questions per test
– Taken from a pool
– Consistent addition of new questions
• No images
– Only theory
• Based on student query regarding examples of the questions from the final exam
Weekly MCQ’s
1. The structures found in the pharyngeal gap between the superior and middle constrictor are:
a) internal laryngeal nerve and superior laryngeal vessels b) stylopharyngeus muscle, glossopharyngeal nerve and
stylohyoid ligament c) levator veli palatini muscle, pharyngotympanic tube and
ascending palatine artery d) recurrent laryngeal nerve and inferior laryngeal artery e) styloglossus muscle and stylopharyngeaus muscle
Adaptive Release- second round
Results: Thorax & Abdomen
Enrolments 2015: 128 2016: 110
Results: Head & Neck
Enrolments 2014: 95 2015: 87
Results: Appendicular
Enrolments 2014: 50 2015: 62
Discussion
• Preliminary results show change in online presence
• Adaptive release – Creates a continuous assessment environment
– Students who did not have access • Writing notes in class
• Decrease in failure rate for the lab-based tests across all three units
• Increased engagement ?
Student Feedback: Best Aspects
• “It was useful to have access to pictures of cadavers similar to our specimens to learn on”
• “Provided constant revision and self test opportunities that enabled me to keep a rough gauge of my knowledge and know when I should study more”
• “Having to score a certain mark on each quiz to unlock the following weeks content”
Student Feedback: Needs Improving
• “It made me ever so mad when I totally put the right answer and it marked it wrong cos instead of writing 'head of femur' I wrote 'fermoral head'. I cried several times”
• “There was repetition of the specimen photos and the questions. There were too many questions to complete before getting access to the lecture”
• “The images for the OPAL quizzes weren't clear enough to identify structures to answer the questions. Images were too small, would be better if they were more larger”
Conclusion
• Adaptive release
– Life long learning
• Adaptive tutorials?
• Contribute a mark and reward students doing these activities
• Greatly reduces workload on a weekly basis
– More time to dedicate to research
Future work
• Data currently being sorted and analysed
• Hoping to include information on other software's being used
• Add to the current database
– OPAL and MCQ
• Publication
– Showing the digital presence of WSU students
Questions
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