FOAMed & the ‘Net’ Generation of Educators &
Learners
Dr Shweta Gidwani Emergency Medicine Consultant
6th Feb 2014
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Disclaimer
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3 parts
Part 1: What is FOAMed? Why?
Part 2: Examples of FOAMed in action
Part 3: 5 reasons against FOAMed
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FOAMed
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Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor WWW
“ I have always imagined the information space as something to which everyone has immediate and intuitive access, and not just to
browse, but to create”
Why SoMe?
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Learning
Gathering Knowledge
Translating Knowledge
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1. Information
Relevant (problem oriented)
Learner centric
Presentation style
Ref:: Windham, C (2005) The student’s perspective. In D G Oblinger (eds) Educating the net generation
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Swiss cheese model of learning
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Benefits of Digital Instruction 1. Asynchronous 2. Individual 3. Intrinsic Motivation
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2. Contextualising
Knowledge translation is a social
phenomenon
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Not about technology - but how it is used
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Flipped Classroom
The ‘Sage on the Stage” teacher becomes the ‘Guide on the Side’
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Mike Cadagon
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Realising the potential of the ‘Collective’
& Personalising the experience
of the ‘Individual’
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FOAMed
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Part 2: Examples of FOAMed
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Journal Club
25th Sept
22nd Jan
#ALiEMJC+ =
#ALiEMJC Transcript
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Blogs
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Podcasts
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Conference
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Training Programs
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Augment learning
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Listen for Skeptical Sighs
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Part 3: Top 5 reasons against SoMe
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#1. Academic Rigour
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Open post publication crowd sourced peer review
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Open Access Journals
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#2 Reliable?
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The HONcode
1. Authority - qualification of author 2. Complementarity - support not replace 3. Confidentiality 4. Attribution - cites sources, dates 5. Justifiability -balanced/objective claims 6.Transparency - accessible, contact details 7.Financial Disclosure 8.Advertising - clearly distinguished
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Social Media Index@Brent_Thoma
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#3. This is just a FAD
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#4. It doesn't help me? - the Educators Perspective
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#5. I’m not Technical
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Tools
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FOAM is bubbling up
JOIN THE CONVERSATION
SKEPTICAL
WHEN IN DOUBT, LEAVE IT OUT
IS THIS AN N=1 TIP/ INNOVATION
INVOLVE YOUR COLLEAGUES (& PATIENTS)
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@JoeLex
“By sharing our specific skills, intuition, anecdotes, templates and experiences we
can create an an online experiential learning paradigm which will launch
medical education and research into a new era of understanding “
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