The document discusses e-learning and its potential applications for radiation oncology education. It begins by defining e-learning and explaining its benefits, such as increased access to learning materials, lower costs, and flexibility. Examples are provided of how e-learning has been used for medical education through interactive simulations, quick updates of materials, and remote guidance. The document then outlines various e-learning tools and resources like videos, virtual patients, webinars, online repositories, and e-activities. It also describes some e-courses and e-master programs that have been developed. In the future, the document suggests e-learning could increasingly integrate social learning and connect learners to ideas, interests, and each other through technologies like augmented

1. e-Learning Unit
MAASTRO Clinic
29.08..2012

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Outline >> e-Learning
1. What is e-Learning
2. Why it might be valuable
3. How it has been used for RT?
4. MAASTRO’s plan
5. Questions & Suggestions

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e-Learning
“Access wider audiences “Borring
Save resources and money Lonely
Easy to implement” Takes a lot of time”

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e-Learning, definition
Use of ICT & devices to facilitate (online) learning
Everywhere
Location independent
Every time
Self-pace & time
Everyone
Widens access to everyone
Reusable learning &
Efficient
Remote guidance

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e-Learning is not about
• Copy-paste of traditional course
materials in .pdf format
• Making available resources on the
Web (e.g., videos) without clear
learning goals, learning design
• Let students learn “by themselves”,
without guidance or support
• “Just” to set up a platform

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BUT e-Learning is
 A learning experience that
o Makes the best use of technology to achieve
learning goals and competence acquisition
o Promotes dialogue (peer collaboration)
o Help learners become involved
o Guides the learner in the learning process,
provides feedback & support
o Considers different learner profiles
o Integrates & profits from Web resources
(materials, people, databases...)

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e-Learning in Medical Education
• Makes possible to have access to specialists,
medical professionals and students around the
world
• Has the potential to enhance learning
• Can improve the understanding of complex
models: interactive simulations, computer
diagrams or images
• Offers quick, easy update & delivery of materials
• Allows educators to become facilitators instead
of content providers
Adapted from Tabakov (2008) & Ruiz et al.(2006)

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e-Learning in Medical Education
• Can result in cost-savings
• Publishing large numbers of images & cases is
cheaper and potentially more effective
• Instructor time, travel cost, labor cost
• Reuse of learning material
Adapted from Tabakov(2008) & Ruiz et al.(2006)

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Some considerations
• Development team must be multi-
disciplinary
• Could be difficult and costly
• Efforts are often underestimated

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e-resources Video
Text & Webinar Presen-
tations
Audio
Anima-
Virtual tions
Games
Patients Reposi
-tories
Blogs
Images
Tests
e-activity e-course e-master

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e-resources Video
Text & Webinar Presen-
tations
Audio
Anima-
Virtual tions
Games
Patients Reposi
-tories
Blogs
Images
Tests
e-activity e-course e-master

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e-resources
Animations
• Exploring content in
an interactive way
• 3D visualizations
• Mobile body atlas
Blausen Human Atlas
Video YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpxFmlTn120

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Virtual
e-resources
Patients
• Practice clinical
cases
• Make diagnoses and
recall key points
• Mobile applications
Prognosis App

18. e-resources

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e-resources
Webinars
• Online web conferences
• Access to experts
• Interaction in a live event, participation of
the audience
• Can include chat interaction, slideshow
whiteboard
• Recorded and stored
• With or without certification
• Pay or free of charge

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e-resources American College of Radiology
Webinars
http://www.acr.org

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Varian Webinars
e-resources
https://my.varian.com/

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e-resources
Repositories
• Collections of resources from different
institutions in a single place
• Categorized
• Browsing and search facilities
• Peer reviewed or “certified”
• Can be integrated in different e-learning
initiatives

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e-resources
Repositories
https://www.medischonderwijs.nl

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Video
e-activity
e-activities
• Aim to keep knowledge updated
• Video combined with assessments
• Short pre-recorded e-activities
• Evaluation
• ACOE CME accredited (Accreditation Council of
Oncology in Europe)

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Video
e-activity
e-activities
http://www.ecco-org.eu/oncovideos/

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e-activity
Virtual Worlds: Second Life
• Simulations to teach clinical practice
• Student needs to solve a case & justify
decision
• Feedback is provided while interacting
• Chatbots for interactions

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Virtual Worlds: Imperial College
e-activity
London
http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/teaching/elearning/
Video CNN, http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/30/doctors.second.life/#cnnSTCVideo

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e-courses
• Online courses
• Include
• A set of e-activities
• Different e-resources
• Interactive tools
• Can give credit points
• Pay or for free
• Open or close access

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ESTRO
e-courses
• Webinars
• Task assigment per week
• Collaborative work
• Use of interactive tools
• 4 weeks
• Fee
www.estro.org

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e-courses
Radiotherap-e
• e-Learning for advanced radiotherapy techniques
• NHS UK project
• Free for UK medical students and professionals
• Different types of assessment and feedback
• Include animations, videos, etc.
• Tools
• A contouring tool
• An image registration tool
• A drawing tool
• Calculation spreadsheets

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e-courses
Radiotherap-e
www.e-lfh.org.uk/projects/radiotherap-e
Tools: http://www.e-lfh.org.uk/projects/radiotherap-e/splay0.html (10)

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e-courses
ORTELLO
• Onderlinge RadioTherapeutische ELectronische
LeerOmgeving
• e-Learning platform for RT technicians
• Project of Dutch Medical Universities, Institutes
• Nederlands Kanker Instituut , NKI
• Academisch Medisch Centrum Amsterdam, AMC
• Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, UMC
• Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, LUMC
• Each partner has developed its own e-course
• Integration of e-activities and resources
• Some are free after registration, for others the institution
should provide credentials

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e-courses
ORTELLO

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ORTELLO e-activity
e-courses
http://www.boerhaavextern.nl/ortello/

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ORTELLO Game- Kabouterkracht
e-courses
http://www.boerhaavextern.nl/ortello/

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e-courses
Open e-courses
• Free online courses
• No fee, no cost for participants
• Free access to content
• With or without
• Content structure
• Collaboration
• Guidance
• Assessment
• Certification

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e-courses OpenCourseWare - Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health
http://ocw.jhsph.edu/
http://ocw.jhsph.edu/index.cfm/go/viewCourse/course/fundonc/coursePage/index/

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Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
e-courses
Gamification: https://class.coursera.org/gamification-2012-001/class/index
Machine Learning: https://class.coursera.org/ml-2012-002/lecture/index

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Advanced Physical Methods in Radiotherapy
e-master
U. Heidelberg
http://masteronline.ukhd.de/

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Advanced Physical Methods in Radiotherapy
e-master
U. Heidelberg
 Cancer treatment techniques such as IMRT, IGRT and
proton and heavy ion therapy
 Master (4 semesters) or post-graduate certification (2 or
3 semesters)
 80% online, 20% face to face, assessment is face to face
 5 Modules + Internship (7-14 days) + Thesis
 ECTS-Credit
 Fee: €16,426 (MSc), €2,500 (individual module)

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And...?
 Different ways of implementing e-learning initiatives
 Fancy, simple, complex, free, close, technological
oriented, expensive...
 BUT the focus should be
 Needs of the learners
 Learning goals
 Activities promote competence acquisition
 More cost-efficient technology and resources
 Participatory design --- involving the learners on the
design process (not only at the end!)

46. e-Learning Unit
MAASTRO

47. www.scoop.it/t/e-learning-radiation-oncology
adriana.berlanga@maastro.nl
adrianaberlanga

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e-Learning 2.0
 Integrate Web 2.0 technologies and tools into
educational and institutional practices
 Blog, wikis, twitter, social networks, Google tools, etc.
 Social learning, collaborative and participatory culture
 Learners are placed in the center of the learning process
 Learners become also content & support providers
 Teachers become facilitators
 Learning Networks for professionalization

50. Future of e-learning?
 The discussion about e-learning focuses on new ways
to deliver instruction, through online videos and
online courses. (.. )
 But, e-Learning has the potential to go further &
open opportunities for people to create,
collaborate, experiment, and express themselves.
 CONECTING WITH
 Ideas
 Interests
 Physical world
 People
Adapted from Mitch Resnick

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Augmented reality: Mirror for Medical
Data Visualization – Tech Univ. Munich
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oske0c1sOVE&feature=plcp/

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Augmented Reality, Mobile App
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4mboj-GbEA&feature=fvwrel