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Evaluation and Assessment

Evaluation and Assessment

Assessment:
Student will create a multimedia assessment that aligns with their systemic/oral health correlation research paper to provide other students with important information discovered to help in developing knowledge of all systemic diseases that affect the oral cavity.

Learning Objective:
Students will create multimedia assessments, understand and apply them to patient education and learning. They will be able to analyze and evaluate information collected to provide feedback to patients.

Project based learning is a good portion of a Dental Hygiene students curriculum. Students have to promote oral health in communities, provide dental education to all age groups, they research and set up table clinics, and they graduate with the willingness to continue to do so. It will be my challenge to make those projects technology based, for example instead of a pre and post survey on paper, a poll or survey using technology may be a good addition. The only downfall would be our baby boomers are not the greatest users of technology and they don’t have the knowledge or devices to do such tasks.

Application:
I like to assume my multimedia assessment is like the segmenting principle. You watch a portion of a video, learn a bit of information and answer a quiz question prior to moving on to the next segment or topic. Each one builds on the next and in the end you have learned a wealth of new information.

Reflection:
This week was easier for me than others, because I was more familiar with the technology/assignments we used. I enjoy ‘project based learning’ because I feel it is more hands on and that is my kind of learning. I think I will try to use polls more often, especially in the dental clinic. It would be neat to have patients to answer a poll when they arrive and when they leave via their phones for great feedback and research for students. Creating rubrics online is fairly easy, and technology that assists you in doing so is a nice extra to have.



Multimedia Assessment:



Rubric: Rubric: Systemic Disease and Oral Health Coorelation


Poll:

Concept Mapping

Idea:  

To have students create a concept map that they can continue to build on throughout the two-year program.  Utilizing a topic of choice (dental related). It could also be used to study for board exams amongst other students.

Learning Objective:

Students will be able to utilize technology to create and present a concept map on various subjects enhancing student collaboration and development.

Application:
I believe concept maps can be used for so many different things (which is a benefit).  Being that you can use visual images, videos, link to other websites, allows for a variety of options.  My map reminds me of the segmenting principle. Each area/subject is a part of the puzzle and you learn, review, and understand each part and when finished all the segments are pulled together.

Reflection:

I like concept mapping, I feel if I was to use it more in my classroom then I would upgrade to have access to the additional features.  Concept mapping makes it feasible for you to be creative.  I suffer from OCD :], and I didn’t like that I couldn’t put the lines where I wanted to and I couldn’t add words in the middle of the arrows to the next connection. Hopefully all that could be fixed with an upgrade.

Overall, I want to incorporate some version of concept mapping in my classroom.  I like how more than one person can edit the map on a collaborative level.  I would suggest students work in groups of 3 or more developing a map on a topic that can be broken down into more details and topics regarding a dental/systemic relationship.

Augmented Learning 

Idea: Students will create QR codes on put them on their clinical displays so patients or other students can scan the QR codes and link to additional resources and information.

Learning Objective: Students will be able to create QR codes and apply them for patient education

Application:

I would like to connect QR codes to the segmenting principle in thoughts that the information presented is short and to the point with a QR code that links to further information.  Almost redundancy when the information is presented and a student scans the QR to access the information again.  It will be difficult to implement QR codes in our dental clinic because students are not allowed to have cells phones due to patient privacy and HIPPA.  That doesn’t mean we can do an exercise on a day where patients are not seen in clinic.  I think the idea of using QR stickers and applying them throughout the clinic.

Reflection:

I like augmented learning.  Even though QR codes are easy to create, I find them fun to scan to see where it links you.  You see QR codes on everything, in restaurants, on products, and in schools and it’s a good marketing too as well.  Being fairly easy to create, QR codes make a nice addition to the dental field by furthering patient education with the use of technology.  Sometimes patients would rather Google information than ask a professional and lets be honest, everything on Google isn’t always correct, therefore it is nice for patients or students to be able to find the solid and researched information they need.  I think I will personally use these more and require students to use them on projects, papers, and in clinic.  I enjoy QR scanning, because it’s like a scavenger hunt.