Lessons Learned

1. Winston Tan MD FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic

2. Aims
 Review and understand what has been learned ?
 What are the ways we learn and how to optimize their
utilizations?
 Describe and develop a plan for continuous learning

3. Questions
 What is the best approach for learning for you?
 What are the relevant topics discussed?
 What topics you learned today are applicable?
 What do you think will help you best learn?
 How can we help you learn?
 What do you think would you remember from this
course?

4. 4
Lessons Learned
PROJECT PROCESS AND RESULTS WHAT WENT WELL WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE
Risk Management
• Was the team effective in identifying potential
problems?
• Were the right people involved in the risk
assessment process?
• Were the risks accurately measured (probability
and impact)?
• Were the risks effectively mitigated?
Communications Management
• Were all planned documents produced?
• Was there too much or too little documentation
(number of documents, level of detail)?
• Were there many or too few meetings?
• Did the appropriate individuals receive
information in a timely fashion?
Quality Management
• Were the project requirements traced through
execution and control to help ensure
requirements would be met?
• Was the product tested against project
objectives / requirements?
• Did the final product meet project objectives /
requirements
• Overall, was customer satisfied with the final
product?

5. Technology-Enabled Active Learning Increased
Learning Gains
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100% - %Correct pre-test
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Lecture Students 2002 TEAL Students 2003

6. A Problem-Based Module Increased Learning
Gains
Source: Greenberg, J. Smith, N. & Newman, J. (2003) “Instructional Module in Fourier Spectral
Analysis, Based on Principles of How People Learn,” Journal of Engineering Education
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7. Visualizations Help Students See
What Cannot Be Seen
An animation used in Physics II, a course in electromagnetism” (8.02T). Click to see how field lines
move. For more information on the Technology-Enabled Active Learning project, go to
http://web.mit.edu/8.02t/www.

8. ... Assessment
Assessment works best when:
 It is formative
 It is collaborative, which means
 Demands on faculty time must be
honored
 Differences in research in the “hard” and
“soft” sciences must be made explicit
 Quantitative and qualitative methodologies are used