an online self paced continuing professional development (cpd) program on anxiety disorders for...
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An Online Self-Paced Continuing
Professional Development (CPD)
Program on Anxiety Disorders
for Health Professionals
Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney
Richard Wenchao He
Education and Multimedia Design Coordinator
Background of the Program
›External funding from CCRE
›The topic (Anxiety) not properly covered in
current medical training programs
›Academic staff interested in online education
- Subject matter experts (SME)
›Emerging demand for online CPD programs
- Due to health professionals’ busy schedules
›Firm belief:
- Video recording of F2F lectures ≠ effective e-learning
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Design
›Structure
- 13 units, each unit has 3-5 modules, each module lasts for
about 15 minutes
›Guidelines for 23 SMEs
- Length of modules, writing style, copyright, scripts,
vignettes, graphics, learning activities, assessment, etc.
›Central learning objective list (167 LOs)
- Submitted content learning objectives
assessment questions
- Good for peer-review and project management
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Development
› Articulate Studio
- Flash-based slide shows with annotations, talking heads, interactions, quizzes
- SCORM packages
› Text Aloud
- Text-to-speech with Australian accent
- Enable fast modifications without re-recording human voiceover
› Moodle
- Polls, topic-based discussion forums, question banks, off-line activities, recommended readings, e-portfolios, glossaries, study note, e-resources, certificate printouts
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Unit Homepage
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Unit Introduction
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Lecture
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Learning Activity – Quiz
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Learning Activity – Q&A Forum
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Vignette
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Checklist
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Unit Quiz – MCQs
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Unit Quiz – Matching
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Recommended Readings
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Glossary
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Study Note
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Future Directions (1)
High quality online
learning programs
Research outcomes
F2F course resources
Clinical experiences
Professional networks
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Future Directions (2)
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Structure of Development Clusters (Leacock, 2005)
Future Directions (3)
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Identify desired results
Determine acceptable evidence
Plan learning experiences and instruction
Stages of Backward Design (Wiggins & McTighe, 1998)