2. Nikos Mattheos University of Bern, Switzerland

3. May 2007Vilnius Nikos Mattheos Problem Based Learning Computer Asssited Learning Distance Learning Life-long Learning Blended Learning Case based learning Distributed Learning Adult Learning e-learning Deep Learning Team based Learning Asynchronous Learning Didactic Learning collaborative Learning............

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6. Is Learning a biological process..?

7. Is Learning about mimicking..?

8. May 2007Vilnius Nikos Mattheos Is Learning about memorising..?

10. periodontal disease inflamation plack bacteria red chronic aggressive bleed gingivitis slow fast Necrotising stress systemic pain family diabetes anaerobic

11. Is Learning limited in certain moments..?

12. May 2007Vilnius Nikos Mattheos The effects of sleep restriction and extension on school-age children: what a difference an hour makes. Child Dev. 2003 Mar-Apr;74(2):444-55. Effects of caffeine, sleep loss, and stress on cognitive performance and mood during U.S. Navy SEAL training. Sea-Air-Land. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2002 Nov;164(3):250-61. Epub 2002 Sep 5.

13. ...and why bother Learn..?

14. May 2007Vilnius Nikos Mattheos The Mating Mind : by Geoffrey Miller. The development of the brain, learning and the evolution of intelligence, under the light of Evolutionary Anthropology Theories

15. What do you actually need..?

16. “Half a brain” J.Borgstein, C.Grootendorst University Hospital Rotterdam, female, 7 years old, bilingual, normal growth, satisfactory school performance normal socialising light spasticity of movements on right side

17. “We know much more on how to improve diapers, than how to improve the use of our brain”. Marc Prensky, American researcher

18. how many cells exist in an autopsy of human brain of 2x2 mm? Peter Huttenlocher, Massachusetts: Synapses counts: fetus : 124 million newborn : 253 million 8 month : 572 million

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20. brain plasticity: connections which are not used perish! Torsten Wiesel, D. Hubel (1970s): closing one eye of new born cats Greenough B, Univ of Illinois: ”playground” rats

21. brain is there to keep us alive Learning is the porcess which ”callibrates” the brain in response to what the environment requires brain is made to learn and learning makes the brain what it is: Interaction and Plasticity Learning is in essense an individual, long, lonely process

22. Problem Based Learning Computer Asssited Learning Distance Learning e-learning Blended Learning Case based learning Distributed Learning Asynchronous learning Didactic learning Team based learning......... This is all about teaching..! Teaching

23. Teaching is everything the others will do to affect your learning..! Halton Getty, 1945

24. The Virtual Classroom in Periodontology EDSA, 1998 - 1999

25. Preparatory Workshop : Barcelona October 1998!

27. What was the most important thing you learned during the EDSA Virtual Classroom?

28. May 2007Vilnius Nikos Mattheos Teaching Good usefull effective helpful targeted Bad not usefull ineffective unhelpful confusing Learning

29. Rosenberg BH, Landsittel D, Averch TD. Can Video Games be used to predict or improve laparoscopic skills? J Endourol 2005 : 19: 372-376. ”Video Games aptitude appears to predict the level of laparoscopic skill in the novice surgeon.”

30. May 2007Vilnius Nikos Mattheos Rosser JC Jr et al The impact of video games on training surgeons in the 21st century. Arc Surgery 2007:142 :181-6. “Video games may be a practical teaching tool to help train surgeons.”

31. May 2007Vilnius Nikos Mattheos Teaching Good effective helpful targeted Bad ineffective unhelpful confusing Learning complete slow permanent... incomplete fast temporary...

32. Teaching is only one of the factors that lead to learning..! personal factors learning environment teaching

33. 1. help students build associations 2. help students initiate interactions 3. support students on a long term process 4. provide continous feedback Some principles of effective teaching:

34. May 2007Vilnius Nikos Mattheos 1. learn by building associations

35. May 2007Vilnius Nikos Mattheos “… innovators who are changing the world step into the Intersection: a place where ideas from different fields and cultures meet and collide ultimately igniting an explosion of extraordinary new discoveries. “ How to achieve the extraordinary through building asociations between different fields, disciplines and cultures.

36. May 2007Vilnius Nikos Mattheos 1. learn by promoting interaction

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38. May 2007Vilnius Nikos Mattheos learner-content vicarious learner-learner ? learner-tutor

39. May 2007Vilnius Nikos Mattheos learner-interface student slides videos teleconference multimedia textbooks seminars television Internet

40. May 2007Vilnius Nikos Mattheos 3. Support a long term process

41. May 2007Vilnius Nikos Mattheos 4. learn by continous feedback

42. May 2007Vilnius Nikos Mattheos ”Keep the end in mind ! ”

43. May 2007Vilnius Nikos Mattheos Education will be enhanced and improved through technology as long as the focus remains on learning IVIMEDS consortium

44. nikolaos.mattheos@zmk.unibe.ch