1. Using Virtual Learning Environments in Medical Education 8 th National MS meeting, January 2010 Tim Bilham School for Health University of Bath National Teaching Fellow http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/contacts/det ail/ntfs/2007/bilham_tim_2007 http://www.bath.ac.uk/lmf/download/40548 URL

2. our journey How can you use VLEs to enhance teaching ? How can you make learning more effective? Scenarios 1.Constructing knowledge with learners 2.Supporting dispersed learners 3.Delivering a standardised experience 4.Offering something we can’t provide through print It’s about design……… http://www.flickr.com/photos/bidryboo/300945382/

3. what is a VLE? 'A Virtual Learning Environment is a collection of integrated tools enabling the management of online learning, providing a delivery mechanism, student tracking, assessment and access to resources'. These integrated tools may be one product (e.g. BlackBoard, WebCT) or an integrated set of individual, perhaps open-source, tools. JISCInfo Net(1) Low threshold technology Walled garden (1) http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/InfoKits/effective-use-of-VLEs Accessed: 15th Sept 2009http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/InfoKits/effective-use-of-VLEs

4. Scenario 1: social construction of knowledge

5. underpinning pedagogy traditional e-learningsocial construction Theory of LearningBehaviourist/ associativeConstructivist/ situated Design PrinciplesInstructional design – recursive decomposition of knowledge or skill Learning activities to encourage experimentation and the discovery of broad principles (E-) Learning Approach Transmission model: expert to student - knowledge captured in books/audio tapes/video Discussions of developing understanding in the company of tutor experts FocusIndividual isolated learners Connected groups of learners

6. Scenario 2: supporting dispersed learners

7. Scenario 3: delivering a standardised experience

8. Scenario 4: adding a new dimension

9. some examples GPConnect East Midlands Deanery RCSEd RCGP Severn Deanery

10. GPConnect Pilot with one of largest UK practices Educationally needs driven Problem-based, work-based PUNS and DENS Closed community People driven not content driven Environment created by practice community Community interacts with real-world practice issues and education Patient focused Point-of-practice education Evidence-based, academic expertise base Facilitated by University staff

11. EMHWD

13. RCSEd Information Governance Informatics

14. RCGP

15. Severn Deanery

16. Tim Bilham t.d.bilham@bath.ac.uk eatbath-present andyramsden URL http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/contact s/detail/ntfs/2007/bilham_tim_2007 some resources @ bath