The new iTeachEM logo has arrived, and it’s been uploaded to iTunes. So be on the lookout for it. What’s coming soon? iTeachEM episodes are currently in development and will be announced on Twitter…
Continue reading... January 28, 2013
NB Helps Flip the Classroom
I recently came across in interesting free online annotation tool called NB developed by MIT, that seems ideal for helping to flip the classroom as part of an asynchronous learning approach. NB allows an instructor to upload pdfs so that students can read and annotate them collectively. Students can ask questions about sections of text, answer each [...]
Continue reading... January 26, 2013
You MUST talk about SMACC CLUB!
The first rule of SMACC CLUB is you MUST talk about SMACC CLUB! So, what is SMACC CLUB? SMACC CLUB is a chance for anyone anywhere in the world to take part in the SMACC conference online, whilst championing the critical appraisal of the emergency medicine and critical care literature. It is also a chance [...]
Continue reading... January 24, 2013
Learning’s Dirty Little Secret
This TEDx talk covers a lot of things I have a habit of banging on about, but does so with considerably more eloquence. What’s the dirty little secret about learning? The forgetting curve is precipitous. Even the best students remember little years after a course finishes. Jamshed Bharucha highlights 3 key things that can lead [...]
Continue reading... January 22, 2013
The Magic of Spaced Repetition and Cognitive Science
How cognitive science can help learning in medicine has been featured on iTeachEM a few times already. In are Are You Wrong About Learning? we discovered that studying in one place, learning one thing at a time, taking notes in lectures and not studying just before the exam are NOT necessarily good for learning. In [...]
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