{"id":380,"date":"2020-06-27T10:57:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T14:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0118\/?p=380"},"modified":"2020-06-27T10:57:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T14:57:39","slug":"unit-1-activity-3-design-document-v-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0118\/unit-1-activity-3-design-document-v-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 1, Activity 3. Design Document v.1"},"content":{"rendered":"

I believe the quick pivot from face-to-face to virtual training is a common phenomenon that happened to most of us in the education environment, regardless of the institution. I belong to a healthcare institution in Toronto, Canada. Our education and training modality before the pandemic hit us was a combination of face-to-face, eLearning, or blended learning. Virtual training was something that our organization was exploring as a preparation for a significant education initiative. Then COVID-19 happened, and we had to quickly shift how we are teaching and learning. We initially used Zoom for our virtual classes, but because of the growing cybersecurity threats in using Zoom, our chief information security officer (CISO), sent a memo that we need to transition to MS Teams (University Health Network, personal communication, March 2020). \u00a0As our organization continues to provide virtual training to all staff while preparing to bring the clinical learners back in the system, there is the issue of how to support educators and clinicians to use MS Teams as a tool for teaching, learning, and virtual care.<\/p>\n

My focus is on supporting the educators and learners as we shift to using MS Teams for virtual teaching and learning. My problem of practice is how might we continue to enhance our skills in using MS Teams to facilitate virtual teaching and learning across the organization? <\/em><\/strong>Being recently involved in meetings and working groups on ways to support staff to increase their proficiency in using MS Teams, it seems that common themes are starting to emerge. For instance:<\/p>\n