Learning Objects in Health CareNottingham 24th March 2009

Elinor Clarke (Associate Director –CIPeL)

• Introduction – Cipel (CETL 2005-2010)• Contributions & developments

– Learning Objects -production of LO, evaluation of LO

– Undergraduate Healthcare Teaching and Learning (IPLP)

– Patient Involvement– Repository

• Summary and Messages

Introduction

• CIPeL Centre for Interprofessional e-learning is a Government funded (HEFCE) CETL (2005-2010)

• Collaborative CETL (Coventry University and Sheffield Hallam University)• CIPeL has three stands of activity:

– Learning Object (LO) design, production and evaluation– Research– Dissemination

• Learning Objects (LO) are designed and produced by Interdisciplinary teams.

• LO’s placed in the CIPeL repository at http://Curve@Coventry.ac.uk and are utilised on all undergraduate health and social care programmes.

• Interprofessional Learning Pathway (IPLP) utilises IPLOs with all current Health & Social Care undergraduates*

• Service Users & Carers, Students and Staff are all engaged in producing LOs

• Research – exploration and evaluation of IPLP and small research projects e.g. MUVE. Reuse and repurposing of IPLO

CIPeL – CETL (2005-2010)

• Design and development issues• Secondees, Core Team, Service Users and

Carers, Students, Health & Social Care Educators• Interdisciplinary teams (Academic, technologist,

instructional designers)• Software (eXe, Softchalk, Flash etc)• Size matters• Current Issues• Reuse, repurposing and evaluations

CIPeL – Experiences

Interprofessional Learning Pathway (IPL)

IPLO Examples

LO -examples

LO -examples

The Rollercoaster Learning Object

A Carers Journey – Book of poems

Other Examples

Breast Cancer – patient Journey

Development – Genetics (Marfan, albinism & turners)

Evaluation of learning Objects – CIPeL workshop

CURVE Repository

• 70+ learning objects in CURVE• IPLO –LP, IPLO, IDLO • E-lecture (SHU) 3, Jane’s (4) Sarah (3), Ted (4)

Statistics(6) Vegetables, Referencing, reflection, visual case study (2), prisoner scenario (1), narrative story

• Interprofessionality - attributes• Reuse encouraged• Repurposing supported and encouraged.• Feedback and evaluation required

Summary and messages

LO “Any digital resource that can be re-used to support learning” Wiley (2002)

• MUVE- Multi-User Virtual Environments• IPLO “digital resource which supports professionals

learning with, from and about each other” Clarke (2008)

• IPLO Attributes – RLO (Reusability)– CUILU (Compency)– CIPeL (Interprofessionality)

Definitions