MindLab Reflective Blogs

Using Rolfe's model of reflection, I have chosen the following areas to evaluate A. communication methods B. learning resources and activities combined . Step 1. What. Cultural responsiveness to communication, learning resources and activities for learners with English as a second language. Background: In my context of post graduate medical education, a significant proportion of my learners are non Caucasian, and many have relocated to NZ from countries including South America, SE Asia, Australia, UK, India, and the Middle East. A number of these global citizens are non native English speakers, however they all have a high level of reading and spoken English language proficiency. Despite achieving at high levels in many aspects of communication, I, and other supervisors find  the non native English speakers often have difficulty producing written  reports at the expected standard.  This skills gap is of course, not a defiency in educability (Bishop 2012). Bish

Self paced and personalised online learning - a global trend shaping education or an urban myth ? Analysing the gap between expectation and reality. Reflection using the Nguyen 5 component model. Trigger The OECD 2016 report on Trends Shaping Education Chapter 5 on technological development resonated with me, in particular, "self paced, interactive and personalised learning". OECD. (2016) Trends Shaping Education 2016, OECD Publishing, Paris. p101 OECD. (2016) Trends Shaping Education 2016, OECD Publishing, Paris. p110 Thoughts and actions  This resonated with me because in 2016  I created an open online library of elearning cases for learners to use as a self-paced and personalised resource. My learners are adults engaged in postgraduate higher education. This online library format was created as a resource to augment, not replace,  traditional teaching.  My assumption was that experienced Gen Y adult learners  have the knowledge, skills and attitudes nece

Activity 5: Using social online networks in teaching or professional development. Perceived affordances of social media for PD vs low quality content and information overload:  Finding my place in the information flow.  Reflection using Jay and Johnson (2002) reflective model. Step 1 (Descriptive stage):   Social media platforms I use in my professional development are my Research Gate page and a collaborative Wiki . Research Gate has been described as  "Linked In" for academic reseachers, in addition to acting as a repository for my academic publications, I also upload abstracts of academic conference presentations, and pdfs of conference posters.  I share printed conference posters by including a QR code, so a conference participant can  to link to the online version via their mobile device. My Wikispace is called Digipathed, I developed it in collaboration with two other Pathology Teachers, one in Wellington and one in Singapore. I use

What Critical Incident : A medical student at the University of Auckland has taken photos of specimens of colon and lung cancer  from the School of Medical Sciences Pathology Museum, annotated the photos, turned them into a study guide, and posted them on his open access blog, which he uses to collate  study notes for himself and to share with other students in the class. There is a no photography rule in this Museum Auckland University School of Medical and Health Sciences Pathology Museum Image: https://www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/en/faculty/mslc.html   .. So What   Using Ehrich's framework, the most relevant competing forces are - University of Auckland policy that there is to be no photography in the Museum, - Society and community - some internet users may find such images disturbing, shocking or culturally offensive. On the other hand, the student has created a shared education resource for the benefit of his community of learners

Reflection using the Nguyen 5 component model. Trigger Most literature reviews I read are text only, this is visually unappealing and technically dense to read and understand. Thoughts and actions Very few contain diagrams, but those are the most memorable articles. I would like to model these articles. I have included 15 coloured figures in my literature review.. Attentive, critical, exploratory, iterative My inclusion of diagrams is on the basis of clarity and concision. Diagrams  enhance the quality of a manuscript by: i. assisting explanation of unfamiliar abstract models and theories ii. attracting readers to images iii. figures provide a large amount of information in a shorter time span, always appealing to the time constrained iv. the use of figure and text together (2 channels of information) is shown to be more effective than text alone (Mayer 2003).  v. figures act as a hook to increase the chance of an article being read. vi. I as the auth

continued from Part 1. Im using the Nguyen 5 level framework to structure my reflections. Conceptual Framework - assumptions that underly my thoughts and actions A major influence to improving my academic writing style, in a contemporary manner, by showing authorial voice is the book Stylish Academic Writing by University of Auckland academic Helen Sword. Corroborating this shift in academic writing style to include personal voice and first person is an article advocating use of the first person in Academic Writing by the Writers Studio from Duke University, and many others, listed in the references.   View on Change This reflection is not a reflexive rejection of Mindlab guidelines, but an opportunity for instructors and students at Mindlab to   consider   authorial choice on using first person pronoun in academic writing. The aim is good communication, and hopefully, stylish academic writing. Self What does all the above say about me? I found it necessary to