Technologies in Biomedical and Life Sciences Education: Approaches and Evidence of Efficacy for Learning

by Harry J. Witchel (Editor), Michael W. Lee (Editor)

Overview

This contributed volume focuses on understanding the educational strengths and weaknesses of mediated content (including media as a learning supplement), in comparison to traditional face-to-face learning. Each chapter includes research on, and a broad-brush summary of, approaches to combining life sciences education with educational technologies.

The chapters are organized into four main sections, each of which focuses on a key question regarding the consequences of incorporating media into education. In this regard, the authors highlight how educational technology is both a bridge and barrier to student access and inclusivity. Further, they address the ongoing discussion as to whether students need to be present for lectures, and on how having agency in their own learning can improve both retention and conceptual understanding. To link the content to current events, the authors also shed light on the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having onthe continuity of educational programs and on the growing importance of educational technologies.

Consequently, the book offers life science educators valuable guidance on the technologies already available, and an outlook on what is yet to come.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030956325
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	06/25/2022
Series:	Methods in Physiology
Edition description:	1st ed. 2022
Pages:	580
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Harry J. Witchel, Ph.D.
Dr. Harry J. Witchel is Discipline Leader in Physiology on the University of Sussex site of Brighton
and Sussex Medical School (UK). His team's interdisciplinary research within the Department of
Neuroscience there resulted in his students winning the Best Research Paper Award at the
international ECCE conference (2019); he also researches and innovates on educational topics
revolving around human computer interaction and assessment. He has received over 15
teaching awards and recognitions, including three at the national level: from the British Science
Association, the Physiological Society, and most recently a National Teaching Fellowship from
AdvanceHE (2021). He is a long-standing member of the Physiological Society, where he
currently serves on the Education, Public Engagement and Policy Committee. His teaching
qualification is as a Senior Fellow (Higher Education Academy); he received his A.B. (College) in
Biophysics from Columbia University (New York), and his Ph.D. from the Department of
Physiology-Anatomy at the University of California at Berkeley.

Michael W. Lee, Ph.D.
Dr. Michael W. Lee received his Masters and Doctoral degrees in Medical Science, with a focus
on Medical Pharmacology, from the Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South
Florida. This was followed by a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Florida College of
Medicine at the Shands Cancer Center. He has served as a founding faculty member at several
pharmacy and medical schools where he has trained students both in the classroom and in the
laboratory. He is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin Dell
Medical School in the departments of Medical Education and Oncology. He is also an Associate
Member at the Live Strong Cancer Institutes. His research interests center around delineating
molecular mechcnisms of therapeutic agents for cancer and on development of novel
educational technology tools for enhancing basic science learning. He has received numerous
awards for teaching including a Golden Apple (2011), a Recognition of Innovation award (2011),
and he has been awarded excellence in teaching awards three consecutive years (2019, 2020,
and 2021). In 2020 he was awarded the designation of Distinguished Teaching Professor,
following admittance into the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School Academy of
Distinguished Educators. He is an active member of the International Association of Medical
Science Educators (IAMSE), the American Physiological Society (APS), and he serves on theeditorial board of the journal Pharmacology Research and Perspectives.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Introduction and Educational Context.- Chapter 1: Introduction: Intentional Innovation in Educational Technology and Media to Promote Students’ Holistic Development.- Chapter 2: Technology, Equity and Inclusion in the Virtual Education Space.- Chapter 3: Institutional Culture of Student Empowerment: Redefining the Roles of Students and Technology.- Chapter 4: From Psychology Laboratory to Student Development: Untangling Momentary Engagement from Longer-term Engagement in Bioscience Education.- Part 2: How Educational Technologies Shape the Classroom Experience.- Chapter 5: Perceptual Learning, Adaptive Learning, and Gamification: Educational Technologies for Pattern Recognition, Problem Solving and Knowledge Retention in Medical Learning.- Chapter 6: The Flipped Classroom: A Guide to Making Evidence-Based Decisions about Implementation.- Chapter 7: Supplementary Videos in the Biosciences: How Stakeholders Can Reinforce Complex Concepts for Self-Directed Learners.- Chapter 8: Aligning assessment goals with the current and future technologies needed to achieve them.- Chapter 9: The Use of Video, Audio and E-portfolios to Provide Feedback.- Chapter 10: Academic Cheating: How Can We Detect and Discourage It?.- Part 3: How Educational Technologies Transcend the Classroom.- Chapter 11: DEBATE PART 1: Attendance and Performance: a New Landscape in the Era of Online Teaching.- Chapter 12: DEBATE PART 2: Lecture Capture, Attendance and Exam Performance in the Biosciences: Exploring Rare Exceptions to the Link Between Attendance and Performance in the Era of Online Teaching.- Chapter 13: Online Science Education at Scale: Open and Distance Learning, MOOCS, and Other Learning Assets for Theory and Practice.- Chapter 14: Social Online Learning: Leveraging Social Media and Web-Based Co-Creation to Drive Learning.- Chapter 15: The Role of Educational Technology on Mitigating the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Teaching and Learning.- Part 4: The Future and Research.- Chapter 16: The Unpredictable Future of High Fidelity Patient Simulation in Biomedical Science
Education: the Price Must Be Right.- Chapter 17: The Future with Extended Reality, Three-dimensional and Advanced Imaging for Molecules, Microscopy and Anatomy.- Chapter 18: The Future of Biomedical and Life Sciences Education: Evidence-based Future Directions.