Learning with Notecards app

Zen.do (http://www.zen.do/)is a new beta app that allows users to take notes and create flash cards at the same time.  This app does not work with Internet Explorer, so use the Firefox web browser. What is unique about this app is a review mode that allows users to score their grasp of material. Users create a login and password to use the service. Wow!! This app will be so helpful to learners! View the vido below to learn more. 

Webinar and Polling Software

I have been exploring the use of webinar and polling software for the past several months.  Some of the grad students in the Integrating Technology in the Health Science Educator Role have not had any experience with webinar software.  It is a concept that some of the informatics students had difficulty understanding, too.

Many of the colleges and universities in the University System of Georgia (USG) use Wimba; however, GCSU does not.  I would like to use webinar software for:

• Online course orientations
• Student "oral" class presentations
• Assissting one or more students who need guidance to resolve a technology issue
• Collaborate with students on course projects
• Online meetings

I am familiar with Wimba and Elluminate from a participant and speaker's perspective, but what about free solutions?  I discovered DimDim (http://www.dimdim.com/ ) this past weekend. It is free for up to 20 users.  It has all of the features that were on my "want" list:  videoconferencing, ability to use presentatiaon and polling software, and the ability to share desktops. 

Next, I explored using Poll Daddy software (http://polldaddy.com/ ).  It could be useful for formative assessments for a lesson or course.  So far, I have experimented with the use of polling software in email. My next step is to include it on a web site or this blog.

Educational Gaming

I attended a 2 hour webinar entitled Playing Games to Enhance Learning with Dr. Atsusi Hirumi as a presenter this afternoon.  Plan to attend the follow-up face2face presentation next Friday.  The presenter engaged the audience by asking us to visit gaming sites and then used online polling to obtain feedback. The SCORM modules that I am sharing in this blog are low tech gaming solutions (in comparison to scenes and lifelike figures).  I will be posting some examples of more sophisticated gaming software pertinent to the health sciences later.  I did add a couple of educational gaming blogs to my Blogger site to follow. I attempted to search for additional one at the Technorati (Blog search engine) http://technorati.com/ site, but the search engine was not working.

Gaming sites to explore:

• 360ed  http://360ed.com/ (not open to the public but interesting)
• TabulaDigita http://tabuladigita.com/
• Gazillionaire http://www.gazillionaire.com/gaz.html
• Games2Train http://www.games2train.com/
• Disaster in Franklin County http://cpheo.sph.umn.edu/cpheo/umncphp/franklincounty.html (free but requires registration)
  

What other sites or educational gaming blogs do you recommend?
This information supports Chapter 23 on e-Learning (Thede & Sewell).

SCORM Modules to Support the Thede & Sewell Nursing Informatics Textbook

The SCORM  modules (sharable content object reference model - see page 397-398 for more information) are now available for download and use to support the learning content for chapters the Thede & Sewell textbook. SCORM modules are designed for faculty who use the Thede & Sewell textbook and a learning management system to provide learning content. For more information, see my web site for the textbook at http://hercules.gcsu.edu/jsewell/textbook.htm

You can download the SCORM modules from the links below. Save each file to your desktop computer and then import it into your learning management system using the SCORM import feature.

Chapter 9 - Spreadsheets http://hercules.gcsu.edu/jsewell/textbook/Chapt9TermsScorm.zip
Chapter 10 - Databases http://hercules.gcsu.edu/jsewell/textbook/Chapt10TermsScorm.zip
Chapter 14 - Consumer Health Records http://hercules.gcsu.edu/jsewell/textbook/Chapt14TermsScorm.zip
Chapter 22 - Telehealth http://hercules.gcsu.edu/jsewell/textbook/Chapt22TermsScorm.zip
Chapter 23 - e-Learning http://hercules.gcsu.edu/jsewell/textbook/Chapt23TermsScorm.zip
Chapter 24 - Administration http://hercules.gcsu.edu/jsewell/textbook/Chapter24TermsScorm.zip
Chapter 25 - Research http://hercules.gcsu.edu/jsewell/textbook/Chapter25TermsScorm.zip
Chapter 26 - Legal/Ethical Issues http://hercules.gcsu.edu/jsewell/textbook/Chapt26TermsScorm.zip