1. Making Learning Fun Again M Choudhury, B Royston, P Li, V Jojanovski, C Thornton, D Newton Nov 2003

2. Why listen to this presentation? Doctors regularly involved in teaching Doctors regularly involved in teaching Internet increasingly used for education Internet increasingly used for education Ideal opportunity for interactive teaching Ideal opportunity for interactive teaching

3. What is EduCAT? EduCAT allows educators to create own teaching tools EduCAT allows educators to create own teaching tools Promotes novel methods of teaching Promotes novel methods of teaching Multimedia programming toolset Multimedia programming toolset Component based Component based Drag-and-drop programming Drag-and-drop programming Can be used stand-alone or over internet Can be used stand-alone or over internet

4. How I used EduCAT? Objective Objective - educational - educational - interactive - interactive - entertaining - entertaining Game created based on popular board games Game created based on popular board games - competition - competition - prizes & penalties - prizes & penalties - timers - timers

12. What the trainees thought! Anaesthetic trainees played the game Anaesthetic trainees played the game Feedback on educational value, usability and interest Feedback on educational value, usability and interest Game adapted according to feedback Game adapted according to feedback - more educational value - more educational value - more frequent questions - more frequent questions - more interactivity incorporated - more interactivity incorporated

13. My conclusion Novel way of learning Novel way of learning Engages student Engages student Easily adaptable by teacher Easily adaptable by teacher Varying types of questions and methods of answering Varying types of questions and methods of answering

14. Future plans Measure effectiveness by comparing two groups Measure effectiveness by comparing two groups One to play the game One to play the game The other to complete a paper quiz The other to complete a paper quiz Both groups tested for recall later Both groups tested for recall later

15. Making Learning Fun Again Any questions?