telblogmin, 30 March 2017 Susan and Richard enjoyed a meeting this week with mHabitat in Leeds. As part of our work in digital literacy, we are keen to learn from and contribute to the work of others in the field. Mhabitat is hosted by Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and they work to support innovation in health…
telblogmin, 28 March 2017 Three of us from the Technology Enhanced Learning Programme were lucky enough to be able to attend the RCN conference, in Cardiff. This is a particularly important time in nursing as their standards are currently being reviewed. The current pre-registration standards for nursing were published in 2010 and since then there has been an unprecedented…
telblogmin, 28 March 2017 We should probably more accurately say ‘what are digital literacies’ as digital literacy comprises a whole set of capabilities that go towards making up something that we might recognise as being digitally literate. This opening sentence hints at part of the problem around digital literacy. It’s a term bandied about but which either has no…
telblogmin, 22 November 2015 DEMEC Poster: Holy Grail Poster Background Often considered the ‘holy grail’ of learning, measuring the impact of learning has long eluded educationalists working in healthcare education and training. Evidence suggests that most effective learning takes place outside the classroom – the so called ‘water cooler conversations’ – as medical professionals start to put theory into practice. Summary…
telblogmin, 22 November 2015 DEMEC Poster: Barriers to TEL Background Medical and clinical students on placement face a number of technology barriers to accessing learning materials, ranging from ageing equipment and lack of wi-fi to overly restrictive internet access policies and constraints on the use of personal tablets and smartphones. Summary of work We interviewed a large body of…
telblogmin, 22 November 2015 DEMEC Poster: Serious Gaming Doesn’t Have To Be Seriously Expensive! Background Do computer games have a place in healthcare education and training? The same principles which make games so addictive and compelling can be applied to learning content, improving learner engagement and improving learning outcomes and knowledge retention. Developing effective game based learning can be…
telblogmin, 12 November 2015 We weren’t sure what to expect, to be honest. We knew Hack Partners were experienced in pulling off these kind of events and some of us had a bit of experience at a Hack Partners’ hackathon but this was an exploratory exercise for us. We knew that we wanted to innovate ourselves, we knew that…
telblogmin, 9 November 2015 The presentations at the end of a long weekend by all the teams completely bowled me over. The level of sophistication in presentation, design and working prototypes was quite amazing, as was the energy and enthusiasm in delivery. What seems so unfair is that each team only gets four minutes to pitch and two minutes to…
telblogmin, 8 November 2015 What a privilege to be at TELHACK this weekend. I didn’t know what to expect but it certainly wasn’t that! At 5.30pm, after working pretty much non-stop all weekend, the teams did an amazing job of pitching to the judges. The judges posed some valid but difficult questions and they were handled brilliantly. Everyone managed…
telblogmin, 8 November 2015 John has had to leave TELHack but has posted this to us to post here. John Pyle – Director of OpenHealth Hub, Director of Nine Health, Director of Commade TELHack 2015 (London): A perspective from a veteran of NHS Hackdays I have been privileged to have been able to see the development of the TELHack…
telblogmin, 8 November 2015 The teams have been reminded of the 4.30pm deadline and told to try and have presentations ready by 2pm for a run through, tech check and feedback, allowing time for any last minute adaptations. Everyone seems calm so I’m guessing they’re all on track for deadline. Some even found time for a power nap…
telblogmin, 8 November 2015 TELHack has now reached its final day, and the contestants done well to stay aware of time limitations – there’s still another seven or so hours for them to work on their projects, but many of the groups have began to form their end product already. The productivity over the night remained surprisingly high, perhaps…
