The 2014 Instructor’s Toolbox
New Tools for a New Job
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2014 Toolbox Objectives
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Identify traits of the EMS student
Identify instructor traits and teaching habits
Identify challenges in the classroom
Discuss gaps between students and instructors
Explain the tools available to fill these gaps
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Today’s EMS Student Profile
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Technology today
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Google vs. City Library
Wikipedia vs. Encyclopedia
Download vs. Copy
Upload vs. Turn in
Tweet vs. Call
Log on vs. Show Up
Tablet vs. Computer
Smartphone vs. Cell Phone
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Resource Changes
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Online companion sites
Online classrooms
Online tests and quizzes
Internet references
Free and Cost-associated resources
Animated and voice-over presentations
Supplemental presentation materials
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EMS Faculty
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Barriers to Acceptance
• Knowledge of the resources
• Autonomy of instructors
• Shortage of time to become comfortable with
the system
• Bad past experiences
• Concerns about quality and ability to monitor
student participation
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Breaking through Barriers
• Coordinators become proficient in use of the
full spectrum of course materials
• Conduct Instructor Meetings and offer
Instructor CE for participation
• Develop the infrastructure to use technology
at your institution
• Write technology into YOUR program
• Teaching is a TEAM sport!
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Embrace Change!
Somebody is moving your cheese……..
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Digital Options are NOT:
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Equal to a “Correspondence Course”
Anonymous and impersonal
Hands-off teaching gigs
Delivered without preparation
Lower quality or lower standards
Easy to complete
Inferior to traditional courses
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Full Digital Product Lines
• Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick
and Injured 10th Edition
• Advanced Emergency Care and Transportation
of the Sick and Injured
• Emergency Care in the Streets 7th
Edition
• Fundamentals of Fire Fighter Skills 3rd Edition
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Product Resources - Print
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Textbook
Workbook
Case Studies
Study Guide and Field
Guide
• Instructor Tool Kit
• Instructor’s Test Bank
CD ROM
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Product Resources - Digital
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E-Textbook
E-Workbook
EMS Zone Open
EMS Zone Special
Access Features
Virtual Ridealongs
Navigate Classroom
Navigate Test Prep
Interactive Lectures
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Product Options
• Textbook and Workbook – Print or digital
• Advantage Bundle
• Preferred Bundle
• Premier Bundle
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Digital Resources
• www.EMT.EMSzone.com
– A&P review; crosswords, flashcards, glossary,
and review items
– Audio book; case studies; chapter pretests;
interactive skill drills; skill evaluation sheets; skill
video clips
• Navigate Learning Management System
– Navigate Learn online classroom
– Navigate TestPrep online exam prep
• eBook/eWorkbook
• Interactive Lectures
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• Free features
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Anatomy review
Crossword Puzzles
Flash Cards
Glossary
Ready for Review
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• Special Privileges Access
features
– Audio book in mp3
format
– Action Case Studies
– Chapter Pretests
– Interactive Skill Drills
– Skill Evaluation Sheets
– Skill Video Clips
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Navigate LEARN
• Preloaded with course
content
• Additional content
options
– Indexes for new
instructor resources
– Assignments
– Activities
– Lecture outlines
– Discussion items
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• eBook access
• Assignment
management
• Automatic grading
• Gradebook (Optional)
• Reporting features for
instructors
• Progress reports
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Navigate LEARN Components
• Discussion Boards
– Pose questions to students for digital discussion
– Set interaction as grading criteria – nobody sits in
the corner without participating!
– Allows for creative and engaged thought
– Can allow for clarification of understanding
through student responses to complex essay
questions
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Navigate LEARN Components
• Automatic grading of workbook and
assignments, quizzes, and tests
• Test analysis available to instructor
• Gradebook is optional
• Message board can be used for
announcements and class-specific information
• Able to copy over for new classes for
consistency and convenience
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Navigate TEST-PREP
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Prepare students for National Registry
Self-study modules
Practice tests
Simulated certification exams
– Case based questions
– Detailed rationale
• Students can create custom tests
• Immediate feedback provided
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E-Textbook and E-Workbook
• Can be used as primary “book” for the course
• Satisfies the needs of the auditory and
kinesthetic learner as well as the visual learner
• Brings computers and tablets into the
classroom as standard measure
• Is accessible for a specific period of time
because it is interactive
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E-Book and E-Workbook
• Complete content of textbook and workbook
in an online environment
– Highlighting and note-taking
– Main point clarification and questions
– Skill videos and animations
– Flashcards and review activities
• Built on adult learning principles of KNOWSEE-DO-PROVE
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Interactive Lectures
• Audio-visual lectures for every chapter of the
textbook
• Cover all course learning objectives in
cognitive and didactic parts of the course
• Lectures come to life through Flash
animations and narration
• Can be used for initial presentation or review
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Benefits of Digital Options
• Can allow instructors to focus on most
important parts of the course in the classroom
• Provide a comprehensive option for make-up
and remedial needs
• Allow for flexibility in classroom delivery
priorities
• Accommodate varied learning styles
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Benefits for Students
• Objectives based
• Fully interactive
• Engages all learner style preferences
– Visual
– Auditory
– Kinesthetic – Tactile
• Consistency
• Reinforcement of concepts
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Conclusions
• The face of education HAS changed!
• We can no longer teach the way we were
taught.
• Instructors must adopt new methods.
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The search starts today!
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Thank You!
Sandy Waggoner
Resource Solutions Associates
64 Executive Drive
Norwalk, OH 44857
419-602-0758
sandy@consultrsa.com
Jones and Bartlett Exclusive Distributor
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