1. Informal Learning: So, you think you know the Net?
David Topps
Cabin Fever
Feb 2017

2. Linear or non-linear format?
PBrain for non-linear
Link to resources on

3. How our use has changed Finding > Saving
Dozens of devices around the house
Commodity items now
Synchronization is key factor
Finding > Saving

4. How our use has changed Finding mobile apps
How hard to keep up with steady flow of apps.
Browsing thru Android Play Store in Medical category –
amazing number of pseudo-medical apps eg. Porn nurses, sleep aids, menstrual trackers, injection site trackers (for MS?? - hmmmm), hairstyles?? – I kid you not
Lists of recommended apps – how can they keep up?
CMA site – they don’t seem to do this any more
PCCR by Wes Jackson: MyPCR.ca

5. Tips re searching Power of search engines Google tips
castrated if ”safe”
anonymous web browsers
Google tips
site:
plus or minus
quotes
– The Onion Router
– used to be a sport. Faded since 2009.

6. PubMed vs Google Scholar
Librarians shun GS
Who has the better algorithm?
Manual vs automatic transmission
- article is a bit dry.

7. The Perils of RCTs Sidebar issue EBM gurus and the “ultimate” evidence
How much of our best evidence is flawed
Why Most Published Research Findings Are False
Most downloaded paper from PLoS Medicine

8. Image Search Google Advanced Image Search Reverse Image Search
see ‘usage rights’ near bottom
Reverse Image Search
TinEye:
Google
Copyright issues – see or
Figure1 – you can upload and anonymize your images. Also searches and quiz-of-the-day as a teaching tool

9. Take a snap NOT Instagram Use patient’s phone then email to you
Figure 1:
edit before upload
search and quiz-of-the-day
as a teaching resource
Telus EMR app
for all 3 (MedAccess, Wolf, Practice Solutions)
upload direct to chart, securely
– Venezualan doc takes selfie while patient in labour then posts on Instagram.
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10. Teaching Videos youtube.com/user/CliniSnips CURIOS video mashup tool
to extract snippets from YouTubes
for teaching
annotation
avoids copyright problem

11. Alternate Facts Story generators Snopes

12. How to keep up? Aggregators & curation SoMe
PCCR by Wes Jackson: MyPCR.ca
CURIOS and Practical Doc
SoMe
Social Media but acronym well named
Feedly
Twitter at conferences

13. Social Learning
vs SoMe
Sharing
Posting
Sync
Annotation

14. Google Docs Now part of Google apps suite https://docs.google.com
Google Drive, Sheets, Slides
simultaneous editing!
No more version control problems!

15. Your own notes Evernote Microsoft OneNote http://evernote.com/
ubiquitous access from any device
pricing change – BEWARE!
Microsoft OneNote
getting better
Kindle Reader example – sync’d bookmarks, but also common annotation

16. File Sharing Dropbox vs OneDrive vs Google Drive Pros and cons to each
When everything is free, you are not the customer, you are the product

17. URL shorteners Lots out there Tiny.cc tinyurl, youtu.be,
pick your own extension
case-sensitive ( iLearning ≠ ilearning )
blocked by some firewalls

18. PersonalBrain http://www.thebrain.com/
Free-form linking in a mindmap or concept mapping style.
Great for grabbing and making notes about interesting stuff you come across on the web

19. Digital Professionalism
Security
Identity
Reputation
What goes on the web stays on the web!
– Digital Professionalism map

20. Password managers A few tips about passwords 1Password app
any devices
family sharing