Andy McPhee
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AAMA National Conference
Indianapolis, IN
September 2011
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 Review learning styles and multiple
intelligences
 Introduce common technologies
 Electronic whiteboards
 Podcasts
 Interactive response systems
 Many others
 Brainstorm ideas for using those
technologies
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Describe the seven learning styles and eight multiple intelligences.
Explain common technologies used to address multiple learning
styles, including electronic whiteboards, podcasts, interactive
response systems, and other interactive tools, and how they might be
used in an MA classroom.
Determine which technologies best fit which learning style and why.
Explain key benefits and basic costs of the various technologies
discussed.
Discuss specific activity ideas for use of each technologies in the
classroom.
Cite at least ten websites where more information can be obtained or
software downloaded.
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 7 basic learning styles
 Visual (spatial)
 Prefers using pictures,
images, and spatial
understanding
 Aural (auditorymusical)
 Prefers using sound and
music
 Verbal (linguistic)
 Prefers using words in
speech and writing
 Physical (kinesthetic)
 Prefers using body,
hands, and sense of
touch
 Logical (mathematical)
 Prefers using logic,
reasoning, systems
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 7 basic learning styles
 Social (interpersonal)
 Prefers to learn in groups or with other people
 Solitary (intrapersonal)
 Prefers to work alone and use self-study
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 Learning style assessment
 www.ldpride.net/learning-style-test.html
 www.learning-styles-online.com/inventory
 http://home.nau.edu/edsup/sss/learn_styles_info
.asp
 http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=
Multiple_Intelligences_and_Learning_Styles
 http://www.ldrc.ca/projects/miinventory/miinve
ntory.php
 http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/
mi/index.html
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 Articulated by Howard
Gardner in 1983
 Similar to learning styles
but slightly different
perspective
 Bodily-Kinesthetic (bodysmart)
 Interpersonal (people-smart)
 Intrapersonal (self-smart)
 Linguistic (word-smart)
 Logical-mathematical
(number/reasoning-smart)
 Musical (music-smart)
 Naturalist (nature-smart)
 Spatial (picture-smart)
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 Faculty and administrators must be open to
implementation
 Involve IT early on
 Adjust technologies and expectations to
student population
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 Electronic whiteboards
 Interactive response systems
 Podcasts
 Other interactive teaching tools
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Voice boards
Image teaching tools
Interactive software
Photo Story
Audacity
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Tutorials
A&P resources
Concept mapping
Quiz-related
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 Fit
 Kinesthetic
 Social
 Visual
 Description
 Ceramic/plastic whiteboard that
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can electronically scan itself
Images can be transferred to
computer, edited, printed, emailed, or faxed
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 Benefits
 Enhances student response
 Highly useful for distance learning
 Reduces paper load
 Encourages involvement
 Reduces re-learning time; they “get it” the first
time
 Allows use of multimedia resources and
internet with whole class
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 Costs
 Mimeo: $1400 and up
 PolyVision: $1600 and up
 Smart Technologies: $1500 and up
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 Activity ideas
 Demonstrate blood flow through heart
 Dosage calculations
 Parts of a letter
 Word-building
 Sequencing
 Concept mapping
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 Fit
 Auditory
 Solitary
 Visual (video)
 Description
 “Personal On Demand broadCAST”
 Sound or video files that can be downloaded to
iPod or other PDA
 Allow learning wherever learning is
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 Types available
 Audio podcasts
 Audiobooks
 Applications
 Video podcasts
 Cost ranges from free to $100+
 May be subscription-based (RSS feed)
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 Audio podcasts
 Free
 Typically subscriptionbased
 Topics
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Nursing
Anatomy
Coding
Medical news
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 Audio podcasts
 Topics
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Medical terminology
Test-taking tips
First aid
Nutrition
Fitness
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 Video podcasts
 Only a few for health care at the moment but
growing
www.videomd.com
www.mayoclinic.org
/podcasts
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/he
alth_edge
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Main podcast outlets
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iTunes
Podcast.com
Medical podcasts
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www.medicinenet.com
www.podcastalley.com
 Make your own podcasts
 Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net
 SoundWave: www.nch.com.au/wavepad
 PodBean: www.podbean.com
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 Activity ideas
 Listen-and-Say
 Students listen to collection of audio medical terms
 In class, rapid-fire game of pronunciation
 Find-a-Term
 Assign specific terms and have students locate them
on podcast (measured by min:sec into podcast)
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 Fits
 Kinesthetic
 Linear
 Solitary
 Description
 Wireless, handheld input device for in-class
testing
 Instant feedback
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 Types
 Engage (Scantron)
 iclicker
 Polyvision
 Smart Technologies
 TurningPoint
 Smart phones
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 Wiffiti
 Real-time
messages to
selected
screens
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 Text the Mob
 Project polls on
screen, audience
sends input with
cell phones
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 Benefits
 Increases retention of learning
 Increases attention and motivation
 Improves student attitudes
 Enhances teaching effectiveness through
immediate feedback
 Reduces learner anxiety by allowing
anonymous polling
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 Costs
 SMART Response (Tec): was about $1500 for
24; $2000 for 36
 Text the Mob
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 Activity ideas
 Mid-class check on learning
 Pair with existing quiz for quick assessment
 Ethics discussions
 Anatomy identification
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 Voice boards
 Web-based
 Like a bulletin board for audio
 Allows:
 Voice-enabled e-mail
 Live group discussions
 Podcast creation
 Embedded grading capabilities
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 Voice boards
 Wimba Voice
 Demos:
 http://goo.gl/v5Mvy (Professor “showing” his class how
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to use Wimba Voice)
http://goo.gl/iY23y (Final project showing how to use
voice board to teach pronunciation online)
 Gong Project
 Free system
 http://gong.ust.hk/
 Free module for Moodle
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 Image teaching tools
 Image bank
 Images dropped into PowerPoints
 Interactive software
 Examples
 Delmar’s Comprehensive Medical Assisting
(Delmar)
 The Professional Medical Assistant (F.A. Davis)
 Take time to review
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 Photo Story
 Free Microsoft software that merges photos
and sounds
 PCs only
 Basic functionality now in Movie Maker and
DVD Maker for Windows 7 and Vista
 Students take photos, script “story,” and then
record the script
 Example: The Day I Was Born
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 Concept mapping
 Visual map of connections among concepts
 Also called mind mapping, brain mapping
 Start with central theme and add concepts
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 Concept mapping
 Software to purchase
 MindMapper (www.mindmapper.com/)
 Inspiration (www.inspiration.com/Educators)
 ConceptDraw Mind Map (www.conceptdraw.com)
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 Concept mapping
 Free software
 Concept map generator
(http://davisplus.fadavis.com/wilkinson/Concept_
Map_Generator.cfm)
 Visual Understanding Environment or VUE
(http://vue.tufts.edu/)
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 QR codes
 “Quick Response” code
 Easy to create
 Requires smart phones
 Ideas for use:
hipscan.com
 Internet scavenger hunt
 Citing sources
 Link to key homework or other sites
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 Quiz-related
 QuizStar
 Online quiz management
 Quizlet
 Free online site for flash card activities
 Developed by 15-year-old Andrew Sutherland
 Lots of medical terminology flash cards
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 Tutorials on diseases, tests, and treatments:
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www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorial.html
A&P resources
 www.innerbody.com
 www.getbodysmart.com
 www.instantanatomy.net
 Visible Body: www.visiblebody.com
 Student/Teacher Use: $17.95
(1 term/5 months) OR $35.95
(2 terms/1 year)
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