1. Video Interactions for Teaching and Learning (VITAL) A System for Higher Education

2. A collaborative activity At Teachers College: Herbert Ginsburg, Michael Preston, Susan Jang, Yu-Ling Hsu Many staff at the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL), a group that develops new learning technologies for the university

3. Overview of talk Background: course method and components VITAL online environment What we learned SEGUE, an example of a similar online resource for medical education Discussion

4. Background Course on children’s development of mathematical thinking Diverse students from curriculum and teaching, special education, psychology, instructional technology Goals are to:  Give students knowledge of relevant psychological and educational literature  Enable them to interview and observe children, to “diagnose” individuals’ mathematical thinking, and to develop appropriate ways to teach math

5. Course components Traditional syllabus, readings Carefully designed videos on key topics Online assignments and guided lessons in which:  Students analyze, review, examine videos  Students relate readings to videos Lectures that include discussions of videos Weekly student reflections on lectures Final projects incorporating student videos

6. Demonstration of VITAL

7. What did we learn? How does VITAL affect student learning?  Students seem better prepared each week  Students seem to have more grounded understanding How does VITAL affect teaching?  The model for student/instructor interaction (Assignment → Lecture → Reflection )  I get to know the students better by examining their assignments and reflections  I accommodate lectures to the assignments and reflections

8. A medical example: Project SEGUE SEGUE: Set the stage, Elicit information, Give information, Understand the patient’s perspective, End the encounter Uses streaming video and asynchronous discussion boards to teach the cognitive foundation of medical interviewing Used by the Department of Family Medicine at Boston University and at Brown University

18. Case Study Results 10 students from 2 medical schools reported: improvements in self-awareness increased understanding of interviewing concepts high levels of satisfaction with online learning and with achievement of course objectives (J Med Internet Research 2003)

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20. Thank you! Our information: Herbert Ginsburghpg4@columbia.edu Michael Prestonmdp2010@columbia.edu Yu-Ling Hsuyh2042@columbia.edu Center for New Media Teaching and Learning: http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu