Distance education offers an opportunity to catalyze sweeping curricular change. Faculty members ... more Distance education offers an opportunity to catalyze sweeping curricular change. Faculty members of the University of Michigan Dental Hygiene Program spent eighteen months researching best practices, planning outcomes and courses, and implementing an e-learning (online) dental hygiene degree completion program. The result is a collaborative and portfolio-integrated program that focuses on the development of reflective practitioners and leaders in the profession. A team-based, systems-oriented model for production, implementation, and evaluation has been critical to the program's success. The models and best practices on which this program was founded are described. Also provided is a framework of strategies for development, including the utilization of backward course design, which can be used in many areas of professional education.
... http://www.theijep.com ISSN 2157-622X Fostering Integrative Knowledge through ePortfolios Mel... more ... http://www.theijep.com ISSN 2157-622X Fostering Integrative Knowledge through ePortfolios Melissa Peet, Steven Lonn, Patricia Gurin, K. Page Boyer Malinda Matney, Tiffany Marra, Simone Himbeault Taylor, and Andrea Daley University of Michigan ...
Program evaluation is a necessary component of curricular change and innovation. It ascertains wh... more Program evaluation is a necessary component of curricular change and innovation. It ascertains whether an innovation has met benchmarks and contributes to the body of knowledge about educational methodologies and supports the use of evidence-based practice in teaching. Education researchers argue that rigorous program evaluation should utilize a mixed-method approach, triangulating both qualitative and quantitative methods to understand program effectiveness. This approach was used to evaluate the University of Michigan Dental Hygiene Degree Completion E-Learning (online) Program. Quantitative data included time spent on coursework, grades, publications, course evaluation results, and survey responses. Qualitative data included student and faculty responses in focus groups and on surveys as well as students' portfolio reflections. The results showed the program was academically rigorous, fostering students' ability to connect theory with practice and apply evidence-based practice principles. These results also demonstrated that the students had learned to critically reflect on their practice and develop expanded professional identities; going beyond the role of clinician, they began to see themselves as educators, advocates, and researchers. This evaluation model is easily adaptable and is applicable to any health science or other professional degree program. This study also raised important questions regarding the effect of meta-reflection on student confidence and professional behavior.
... STUDENT PORTFOLIOS (Campbell, 2004; Costan-tino & De Lorenzo, 2002; Lyons, 1998) ... more ... STUDENT PORTFOLIOS (Campbell, 2004; Costan-tino & De Lorenzo, 2002; Lyons, 1998) have begun to receive increasing attention, not only in the higher ... These portfo-lios are used to assess student perform-ance in the program (Ashelman & Len-hoff, 1994; Brown, 2004; O ...
... MELISSA PEET, PH.D. ... RICHARD TOLMAN, PH.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ABSTRACT ... ... more ... MELISSA PEET, PH.D. ... RICHARD TOLMAN, PH.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ABSTRACT ... Undoubtedly, instructors also take note of what material students readily grasp versus the material with which they struggle, but it is unlikely that they share this information formally. ...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present results from a two-part study that tests the ef... more Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present results from a two-part study that tests the efficacy of a methodology for tacit knowledge retrieval, validation and sharing known as generative knowledge interviewing with a group of senior leaders in a non-profit organization, and then assesses the impact of that process on leaders, managers and knowledge creation efforts across
Distance education offers an opportunity to catalyze sweeping curricular change. Faculty members ... more Distance education offers an opportunity to catalyze sweeping curricular change. Faculty members of the University of Michigan Dental Hygiene Program spent eighteen months researching best practices, planning outcomes and courses, and implementing an e-learning (online) dental hygiene degree completion program. The result is a collaborative and portfolio-integrated program that focuses on the development of reflective practitioners and leaders in the profession. A team-based, systems-oriented model for production, implementation, and evaluation has been critical to the program's success. The models and best practices on which this program was founded are described. Also provided is a framework of strategies for development, including the utilization of backward course design, which can be used in many areas of professional education.
... http://www.theijep.com ISSN 2157-622X Fostering Integrative Knowledge through ePortfolios Mel... more ... http://www.theijep.com ISSN 2157-622X Fostering Integrative Knowledge through ePortfolios Melissa Peet, Steven Lonn, Patricia Gurin, K. Page Boyer Malinda Matney, Tiffany Marra, Simone Himbeault Taylor, and Andrea Daley University of Michigan ...
Program evaluation is a necessary component of curricular change and innovation. It ascertains wh... more Program evaluation is a necessary component of curricular change and innovation. It ascertains whether an innovation has met benchmarks and contributes to the body of knowledge about educational methodologies and supports the use of evidence-based practice in teaching. Education researchers argue that rigorous program evaluation should utilize a mixed-method approach, triangulating both qualitative and quantitative methods to understand program effectiveness. This approach was used to evaluate the University of Michigan Dental Hygiene Degree Completion E-Learning (online) Program. Quantitative data included time spent on coursework, grades, publications, course evaluation results, and survey responses. Qualitative data included student and faculty responses in focus groups and on surveys as well as students' portfolio reflections. The results showed the program was academically rigorous, fostering students' ability to connect theory with practice and apply evidence-based practice principles. These results also demonstrated that the students had learned to critically reflect on their practice and develop expanded professional identities; going beyond the role of clinician, they began to see themselves as educators, advocates, and researchers. This evaluation model is easily adaptable and is applicable to any health science or other professional degree program. This study also raised important questions regarding the effect of meta-reflection on student confidence and professional behavior.
... STUDENT PORTFOLIOS (Campbell, 2004; Costan-tino & De Lorenzo, 2002; Lyons, 1998) ... more ... STUDENT PORTFOLIOS (Campbell, 2004; Costan-tino & De Lorenzo, 2002; Lyons, 1998) have begun to receive increasing attention, not only in the higher ... These portfo-lios are used to assess student perform-ance in the program (Ashelman & Len-hoff, 1994; Brown, 2004; O ...
... MELISSA PEET, PH.D. ... RICHARD TOLMAN, PH.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ABSTRACT ... ... more ... MELISSA PEET, PH.D. ... RICHARD TOLMAN, PH.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ABSTRACT ... Undoubtedly, instructors also take note of what material students readily grasp versus the material with which they struggle, but it is unlikely that they share this information formally. ...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present results from a two-part study that tests the ef... more Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present results from a two-part study that tests the efficacy of a methodology for tacit knowledge retrieval, validation and sharing known as generative knowledge interviewing with a group of senior leaders in a non-profit organization, and then assesses the impact of that process on leaders, managers and knowledge creation efforts across
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