Learning Technologies- RIVET

RIVET – Research, Instruction and InnoVation in Educational Technologies – is the learning technologies division of the Program for Faculty Development, dedicated to the e-learning needs of the Faculty of Health Sciences.

RIVET provides technical advice and assistance, development opportunities, consultations  and resources to enable faculty, staff and community health professionals to integrate technologies effectively in teaching and learning.  

RIVET offerings include:

• Explore Technology

A casual lunch-time lecture series aimed at introducing McMaster faculty and staff to the ways in which technologies are being used across campus to enhance teaching and learning.

• Teaching With Technology

Hands-on workshops which combine pedagogy and technology.

• Technology Consultations

Available to faculty and staff who are interested in using technology in their teaching.

Upcoming Sept./Oct., 2011 events flyer (please click here)

Details about these events and more can be found on our resource website, http://rivetier.mcmaster.ca.

Contact: rivet@mcmaster.ca
RIVET official site: http://rivet.mcmaster.ca
RIVET resource site: http://rivetier.mcmaster.ca

Interesting Reads

Keeping learning central: a model for implementing emerging technologies

Irmgard U. Willcockson* and Cynthia Phelps

School of Health Information Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA

Abstract

Felt problem: Technology integration continues to be a challenge for health science faculty. While students expect emerging technologies to be used in the classroom, faculty members desire a strategic process to incorporate technology for the students’ benefit.

Our solution: We have developed a model that provides faculty a strategy for integrating emerging technologies into the classroom. The model is grounded in student learning and may be applied to any technology. We present the model alongside examples from faculty who have used it to incorporate technology into their health sciences classrooms.

Keywords: technology integration; emerging technologies

Received: 25 February 2009; Revised: 4 June 2009; Accepted: 3 May 2009; Published: 15 January 2010

Citation: Medical Education Online 2010, 15: 4275 - DOI: 10.3402/meo.v15i0.4275

Medical Education Online 2010 © 2010 Irmgard U. Willcockson and Cynthia L. Phelps. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.