1. Keeping Up With the Jetsons
Melissa Stiles, MD
Beth Potter, MD
Anne-Marie Lozeau, MD, MS
Janet Reschke

2. Introduction
Background
Why this topic
Objectives

3. Outline Introduction Podcasts Web 2.0 Wikis and Blogs RSS and iGoogle
Wrap-up

4. The Generations Birth Year “Generation” 1925-1945 Silent Generation
Baby Boomers
Generation X
Generation Y
(Millenials; NetGen)
A notable demographic shift will begin to occur in 2010 when the oldest Baby Boomers (b. 1945) hit the United States' legal retirement age of 65. As boomers retire, more members of Generation X will take roles in middle and upper management and the large membership of Generation Y will take up positions in the lower half of the workforce

5. What generation are you?
Silent Generation ( )
Baby Boomer ( )
Gen X ( )
Gen Y (

6. Generation Y
“This is a generation that grew up at the speed of Nintendo and cable internet-- they can't imagine a life without , cell phones and iPods; everything to them is fast and instantly accessible.”
posted January 22, 2007

7. Generation Y
“Generation Y wants to be judged by the work they do, not the hours they put in.”
Posted July 11, 2007

8. Gen Y Characteristics Adaptability: Used to adapting
Technologically savvy: Growing up in the age of technology
Ability to grasp new concepts: This is a learning-oriented generation
Efficient multi-taskers: They will do it faster and better than their competition.
NAS Recruitment Communications

9. Other Learning Characteristics
Motivation by technology
Low threshold for boredom and short attention span
Desire for adults to act as their peers
Memorization – something they will not do
California State University Library

10. Today’s college grads have spent less than 5,000 hours of their lives reading, but over 10,000 hours playing video games and over 20,000 hours watching TV.
The Futurist, 2003

11. Glimpses of Gen Y

12. Horizon Report 2008
Gold standard in researching trends in Higher Education and emerging technologies

13. Horizon Report 2008 Emerging Technologies
Grassroots video
Easy to capture, edit & share short video clips
Collaboration webs
Edit group documents; hold online meetings; swap information and data
Mobile broadband
Content delivered over cellular network or wirelessly

14. Horizon Report 2008 Emerging Technologies
Data mashups
Mashups - combination of two web services that work together to create a new service
Collective intelligence
Wikipedia; community tagging
Social operating systems
Organization of networks based around people rather than content

15. Horizon Report 2008 Critical Challenges
Shifts in scholarship
Need for innovation and leadership
Higher Ed expected to deliver services, content and media to mobile and personal devices
Assessment is lagging behind creative work
New forms of work – blogs, podcasts, wikis, videos
Skills gap between using tools for media creation and creating meaningful content

16. Horizon Report 2008 Key Trends
Web 2.0 & social networking
Tools enable co-creation & instant publication
More global collaboration
Tools to connect learners & scholars all over the world
Access & portability of content
iPod; smartphones; electronic book readers
Movies; books;
Students’ view of technology vs faculty is widening
FaceBook; MySpace; Google Docs

17. Clickers a.k.a. Audience Response System
Questions developed in PowerPoint
Learners click for the answer
Results are immediately graphed
Uses radio frequency technology
UW DMF using Turning Point

18. Have you incorporated clickers in your teaching?
Yes No

19. Lecture Capture Record Lecture for Archiving on the Web
Can be used for:
Learners who miss a lecture/part of a lecture
Learners who attended and want to review
Others who are interested

20. Lecture Capture Resources McGill Medical School
University of Wisconsin

21. Using Podcasts in Medical Education

22. Have you ever listened to a podcast?
Yes No

23. Have you created a podcast?
Yes No

24. What are Podcasts?
Making files (usually audio) that are available online
RSS feeds
Playback on computer
Download to mp3 player, PDA, or smart phones

25. Pilot Podcasts in Family Medicine
Podcasts were developed to supplement the Geriatric Curriculum
To-The-Point Podcasts (5-10 minutes)
Summarized the major teaching points
Interview format

26. Results

27. Results

28. Demonstration
Podcasts

29. Enhanced Podcast Sync with Powerpoint

30. Enhanced Podcast Video:

34. Resources Audio Recording Software Audacity Garage Band (Mac)
Garage Band (Mac)
Final Cut (Mac)

35. Medical Podcasts Major Journals
Dr Pod

36. Summary Many potential uses Learning Curve/Time Fun and easy to do!!
Supplement lectures/journal clubs
Assignments
Meeting Preview/Review
Announcements
Learning Curve/Time
Fun and easy to do!!

37. Curriculum Resources McGill University FMDRL POGOE MedEdPORTAL
FMDRL
POGOE
MedEdPORTAL

38. Web 2.0

39. Have you heard of Web 2.0?
Yes No

40. Web 2.0

41. Web 1.0 versus Web 2.0 Static/Passive Encyclopedia Britannica
Personal Websites
Directories - Favorites
MS Word – static document on webpage
Dynamic/Interactive
Wikipedia
Blogs/Facebook/ MySpace
Tagging (De.liciou.us/RSS
Google Docs & Spreadsheets

42. Wiki

43. Have you used a Wiki?
Yes No

44. Wiki In Hawaii – Wiki means to hurry or swift
A collaborative web site that can be edited by anyone who has access to it

45. Wiki Allows virtual collaboration Wikipedia is the most well known
Allows easy editing and version capabilities

46. Wiki Disadvantages Advantages Easy to Use Free software to edit
MediaWiki.org
Important to note when the information was updated
Disadvantages
Prone to Vandalism
Political campaign
Quality Issues
Potential HIPPA violations

47. Wikipedia Celebrates 750 Years Of American Independence
Founding Fathers, Patriots, Mr. T. Honored
JULY 26, 2006 | ISSUE 42•30

48. Medical Wikis
DrWiki – Started in 2006 by a group of cardiologist; must be credentialed to contribute
FluWiki
Designed for public health officials
Ganfyd
“closed environment” wiki

61. Blogs

62. Have you visited a blog?
Yes No

63. Have you created a blog?
Yes No

64. Blogs Short for Weblogs
80% of online users under 28 regularly visit blogs
40% of this age group have their own blog

66. Blog Advantage Easy to use Can keep track of topics Replace a listserv
Does not clog
Disadvantages
Authenticity
Need to go to a site
Copyright
HIPPA

67. Medical Blogs List of blogs Clinical Cases and Images Dermatology
Clinical Cases and Images
Dermatology
Medical Student Reflections
Patient Support Groups

70. Social Bookmarking/Tagging

71. Do you use social bookmarking?
Yes No

72. Social Bookmarking/Tagging
A web service “ … that enables users to collect and annotate (tag) their favorite web links in an online, open environment, which others are usually free to read and use (bookmarks stored in a central server location accessible from any machine).”
Boulos MN Wheeler S. The emerging Web 2.0 Social Software: an enabling suite of sociable technologies in health and health care education. Health information and Libraries Journal,

73. Social Bookmarking/Tagging
Advantages
Share resources
Track research progress
Disadvantages
Still have lots of hits
Another site to go to

77. RSS

78. Have you heard of RSS?
Yes No

79. Do you use RSS feeds?
Yes No

80. RSS: What is it? Really Simple Syndication
Format for delivering frequently changing web content that is automatically updated when material changes.

81. RSS Allows you to subscribe to:
Table of contents for electronic journals
News headlines
Blog postings
Podcasts
For a direct, permanent connection to updated sources of content.
Updates are delivered automatically (Feeds)

82. RSS: What can it do for us?
Unclog your
Save Time
Visit one vs. multiple websites
Conveniently keep current with professional reading / information

83. RSS: Where do I find “feeds”

93. RSS: What do I need to access RSS feeds?
RSS Reader – Program that automatically collects the feeds from websites and provides it in a simple form.
Web-based:
Google reader / iGoogle
Bloglines
My Yahoo
Desktop: Live bookmarks (Firefox, IE)

94. Do you have an iGoogle site?
Yes No

95. iGoogle Feature on Google Is a web management system (portal)
Can coordinate calendars, documents, bookmarks, RSS feeds
Free and easy to use

100. RSS Subscriptions 2 Methods of adding RSS feeds:
1. Sites will have direct subscription links to specific RSS readers.
2. Cut and paste URL into your RSS reader

111. What’s Next?
How have/could you use the technologies we have discussed?
What are the barriers for using emerging technologies?
Questions/Comments???