Wessex Bay & IPE Andy Pulman, Web Team Leader, School of Health & Social Care (HSC), Bournemouth University [email protected]/ http://andyp.edublogs.org/ “Increasingly video games are being recognised as a powerful tool for learning. Yes of course they are entertaining and a lot of fun, but they’ve also the ability to inspire and motivate. They hold out the tantalising prospect of personalised, responsive and thoroughly enjoyable learning experiences, irrespective of age, or our ability” Lord Puttnam (ELSPA, 2006)
Wessex Bay & IPE. Andy Pulman, Web Team Leader, School of Health & Social Care (HSC), Bournemouth University [email protected] / http://andyp.edublogs.org/ “Increasingly video games are being recognised as a powerful tool for learning. Yes - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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• Moving beyond shared teaching to collaborative learning
• Providing parity of learning experience for large student numbers (n=600+) unevenly spread between disciplines and across wide geographical area with students located in academic centres at Bournemouth, Yeovil and Portsmouth
• Supporting staff in adapting and changing learning & teaching practices
Web based ‘simulated community’ peopled by health & social care users,living and working in a typical seaside community in a variety of urban andRural settings. The e-learning components consist of:
• Practice situated individuals as ‘live’ and changing learning resources.
• Case scenarios developed by health & social care practitioners & service users for analysis and problem solving.
• Discussion boards and chat rooms for sharing and debating Interprofessional perspectives on case scenarios, new episodes and client bulletin updates & for engaging in role plays.
• Additional learning resources including professional codes of conduct, legislation, professional standard and policy documents.
Preparing Students for collaborative learning with different professions
Personal & Academic Development (PAD) unit provides studentsworking in uniprofessional groups with foundation in learning to Learn:
• e-learning & IT skills• information literacy & study skills• critical thinking & reflecting on practice
In preparation for working collaboratively in IPE groups through two LevelC units running concurrently, in:
• Preparation for professional practice• Communication
Delivery is by means of blended learning with face-to-face & onlineLearning activities supported by the Simulated Community (Wessex Bay)& Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
• Healthy scepticism on the value of e-learning compared with face-to-face classroom based sessions
• Balancing the resource constraints of study hours available for uniprofessional and interprofessional study
• Preparedness for blended learning
• Taking ownership of Wessex Bay & VLE course areas
• Benefits & challenges of working with & learning from colleagues located in different professions: “But I have no idea how a midwife or social worker would interpret this case” (staff comment shared in IPE Curriculum Planning Meeting)