Virtual Reality technology use in the context of healthcare is new, exciting, and, as is often the case with hyped-up tech, being used without a complete understanding of the benefits and risks. The use of immersive virtual reality (IVR) has shown great promise in distraction from pain, training for cognitive and hands-on surgical work, as well as anxiety reduction and improving provider empathy skills. It may be relatively easy to...
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The RRU MALAT Program journey has brought our cohort to course LRNT 526, Inquiry into Contemporary Issues in Learning Technologies. In this course, we will be using the practice of critical inquiry to explore a learning technology through the lens of a specific learning experience and a further, deeper dive into a subsection of the use of that technology. I have joined Jeff Clemens, Alastair Linds, and Anita Fahrenbruch to form...
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Our final assignment for the RRU MALAT course LRNT 524 presented the opportunity to design a challenge for my peers and develop a pitch for my leadership to tell them why I felt the redesign of our training course was necessary. I chose to use the context of redesigning the way we teach Neonatal Resuscitation Program courses within our health authority, with the goal of improving the learning environment for our students. In...
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I’ll be honest, this assignment felt daunting to me. The readings were intense and our Prof’s request to choose a position aligning with one of the stances of either educational theory or instructional principles had me struggling to determine how I would proceed. After reading Ertmer and Newby’s (2013) exposition on Behaviorism, Cognitivism, and Constructivism in instructional design and Merrill’s (2002)...
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