DISTANCE LEARNING 17 BEST PRACTICES ICS Transforming Technologies
“Most ideas about teaching are not new, but not everyone knows the old ideas.”
Euclid, c.300 BC
Confucius say
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. I have on-line
synchronousinteractions in cyberspace and I masterhigher level thinking skills.
Interaction
Active Learning
High
Order
Thinking
Skills
BP 12: use interactive exercises
Analysis | Synthesis | Evaluation
“Develop a testable model of environmental insult.”
“Draw appropriate inferences from epidemiologic data.”
“Integrate general biological and molecular concepts into public health.”
“Interpret results of statistical analyses found in public health studies.”
ASPH Education Committee Master’s Degree in Public Health Core Competency Development Project Version 2.3
How?
Cooperative learning Group projects in virtual space
Problem-based learning Treasure hunt | find applicable instances How would you…?
Cases Extended discussions and examples
Simulations Role playing and dialogs
BP 13: use mind/concept mapping software Vehicle for systems thinking Visualizes relationships for visual
thinkers Brain storming Real time collaboration
Examples
Mind Manager from MindJet Visual Understanding Environment –
Tufts XMind Cmap And much, much more…