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.