The NMC Horizon Report: Higher Education Edition, was a task in itself to read, I felt the best thing to do was break it up into parts. As tedious as the report may have appeared I really came away with insight to what has been established and what is potentially to come. My first impression was apparent with my affinity toward the subject of “….Students as Creators” section, being in the medical field I have found that the obvious answer to improving students understanding of fundamental concepts is to incorporate methods such as: collaborative, participatory, project-based, and peer-to-peer learning. BUT, the bigger problem that I feel that needs attention within my department is the lack of blended learning. It may seem like a copout to speak of something so general but how can I want pursue topics such as “social media and students as creators” when I can’t get on “hangout” because its restricted on our schools servers? So, I took Dr. Schroeder idea that was given in the instructions for this assignment and made a prototype presentation to deliver to my director of the respiratory program and the dean of students. The NMC report does offer a great deal of insight to the now, but my take was what am I going to with it for the future?
I have two items to share:
An artifact that analyzes items of blended learning and mixes it with my experiences within the classroom here.
My prototype presentation to hopefully enact Blended Learning within the Respiratory program, here.
Frederick Reyes: EDTECH Learning Log 