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
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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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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
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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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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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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
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
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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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!)
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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