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Bulletin Health Systems and Services - PAHO - April 2018

April 30, 2018

eLearning for undergraduate health professional education - a systematic review informing a radical transformation of health workforce development

This publication on ‘eLearning for Undergraduate Health Professional Education’ responds to a need at the country level for evidence to inform and guide health professional education as an important vehicle in preparing health professionals to be ‘fit-for-purpose’. The World Health Organization (WHO) Department of Health Workforce in collaboration with the Department of Knowledge, Ethics and Research commissioned the Global eHealth Unit (GeHU) at Imperial College London to conduct a systematic review of the scientific literature to evaluate the effectiveness of eLearning for undergraduate health professional education.

XVI Meeting will be held AIESAD

New “Moodle Mobile” app could be interesting

The official Moodle Mobile app has been recently released on Google Play, Apple and Windows Market App Stores.

It is important to mention that the app only works with Moodle sites that have been configured to allow it (although we consider it an interesting app, currently the Virtual Classrooms of the PAHO Virtual Campus for Public Health do not include this option, while we wait for improvements).

Also worth noting is that the app is only a complement for Moodle mobile theme (responsive theme), which offers many more possibilities for users in their course activities.

The Moodle Mobile app is primarily designed to integrate Moodle with mobiles (smarthphones, for example).

New update for iTunes U with collaboration tools for teachers

As of July 8, 2014 provides a new update of iTunes U in the version for Apple iPads.

E-Learning Market Trends & Forecasts 2014-2016 Report

The U.S. company Docebo (dedicated to providing E-learning services) published in March of this year a study that suggests that it is estimated that $51 billion will be invested in 2016 in e-learning worldwide. Although this study is intended largely to investors, the information provided is interesting.

The report distinguishes three components or sub-sectors of e-learning: Content, authoring tools, and virtual learning platforms.

The worldwide growth for all three components combined is 7.6% but some regions will grow more: Asia (17.3%), Europe (16.9%), Africa (15.2%) and Latin America (14.6%).

Moodle releases new version 2.7

Recently, Moodle version 2.7, which includes enhancements for teachers, students and administrators, was released.

Configuration of conditional activities, uploading of assignments, and questionnaire design offer new options. We also found a new HTML text editor.

Version 2.6 (November 2013) also brought new changes in the assignment of grades, review PDF, quick editing of activities and resources, improvements to the calendar and greater compatibility with all types of devices (desktop computer, tablets, mobile phones), among other innovations.

Moodle (an open source project with the help of a community of developers and users) is still implemented in many sites and courses and has also been translated into several languages.

You can check on the Moodle site for more information:

Possibilities and Challenges of E-learning in the African Continent

E-learning and open and distance education is growing worldwide. There is no doubt that the experiences in each region, although different and dependent on the context, can be useful to improve proposals.

According to some market research reports, in Africa the demand for products and services for e -learning (platforms, authoring tools, content development, etc.) is growing rapidly, as well as Asia and Latin America.

The use of mobile devices and smart phones by a growing number of people could facilitate e-learning and m-learning. In a similar way, it will also be necessary to expand the coverage of broadband internet and technology infrastructure, which partly depends on public policies.

EXPOELEARNING 2014 in Chile, Costa Rica and Bogota, Colombia

The EXPOELEARNING Conference and Exhibition is an international event focused on e-learning, ICTs and Human Resources, organized by AEFOL. It is one of the main e-learning events of Spain and Latin America.

According to its website, several editions have been planned for 2014 in Latin America (May 15th in Chile and June 11 & 12 in Costa Rica). There has also been announced and edition in Bogotá, Colombia, but no specific dates are given in the website.

Access to the exhibition area is free. Regarding the conferences for this event (which do include an inscription fee), the main topic for the recently finished EXPOELEARNING Madrid, Spain 2014 was the “Future of e-Learning”. Forums, workshops and other activities are also part of the event.

Two research on the status of Online Education in the United States

Recently two studies showing a diagnosis of the state of online education, circunstritos the U.S. context were published.

The first study is conducted by the Babson Survey Research Group (coordinated by Professors Elaine Allen and Jeff Seaman, and in collaboration with Pearson and the Sloan Consortium), and has been presented annually for the past 11 years.

Entitled "Grade Change" Tracking Online Education in the United States (Change: Status of Online Education in the United States), this study analyzed the responses of academic managers and students in college and university courses taught online.

E-learning in 2014

e-learning 2014

E-learning continues to be an important learning strategy. In previous years, we have shared similar news, such as Perspectives elearning 2013, and e-Learning Trends 2012.

Many of these ideas and trends of recent years have prevailed, but with new innovations. We continue talking about:

Global Learning Council to develop quality standards in online-learning

The Global Learning Council is an initiative of Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, USA), which will seek to study quality standards in online-learning, propose "best practices", reflect on the role of technology in learning, determine what metrics to use and the most effective methods to achieve quality.

"Open Education Europa" Portal

The European Commission has launched a new website called "Open Education Europa", a meeting point where you can find and also share open educational resources, courses and MOOCs in various areas and intended for people of different educational levels.

E-learning Infographics

Infographics have become popular recently but have been used for a long time, in newspapers, magazines, advertising and other media. According to the Eduteka Portal, a commonly accepted definition of Infographics is "graphic representation, in poster form, including data, graphics and text to communicate, in a simple manner, complex ideas or concepts".

“Curated” content about E-Learning

Scoop.it! Curated content

The concept of content curation is still recent but is continually being more frequently used. According to Sergio Ortega (2011), content curation is the “capacity of a system or human being to find, organize, filter and give meaning, relevance, and usefulness to the contents about a specific theme, obtained through different sources” (free translation).

Available the last volume of the Ibero American Journal of Distance Education

Recently released the latest volume of the Journal of Distance Education Iberoamericana.

This international journal is a strategy of the American Association of Higher Distance Education in order to disseminate the advances in research and innovation in the field of education and open and distance learning.

The magazine, with articles of high quality, is published in print and electronic format and content completosestán available from the website.

Links to the Journal:

XIV Virtual Educa International Meeting Colombia 2013

From 17 to June 21, 2013, took place in Medellin, the XIV International Virtual Educa Colombia 2013. Virtual meeting spaces Educa promote reflection on innovation in education as a strategic mechanism for social inclusion and sustainable development. The annual international meeting is organized into eight broad themes among which we highlight the axis of "Virtual Education, a quality issue."

Among the many activities in the meeting, there was a display table on quality in e-learning, called "II Seminar eLearning Quality in Latin America"​​, which was aimed at analyzing the aspects to consider in terms of quality development of online courses from the experience of the Red EDUC @ L.

“Best of Elearning” Awards

The best e-learning solutions and workplace technology products and services will be selected and awarded after being nominated and voted by users, across 26 different categories. The reader’s choice “Best Of Elearning! Awards” have given distinction to open-source and licensed technologies like Moodle, Blackboard Collaborate, Articulate Storyline, Camtasia, Prezi, Microsoft Power Point, Evernote, among others.  The awards will be announced during the Enterprise Learning! Conference & Expo, August 26 to 28, 2013 in Anaheim, CA.

More info:

http://elceshow.com/best-of-elearning-awards/

Perspectives elearning 2013

Instead of the traditional article on technology trends for next year, I would like to reflect on what are the challenges facing the technology training through face to 2013.

What are the constraints, the scenario we can expect, what about our market internationally.

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Technology in times of crisis: more powerful than you think

Tecnología en momentos de crisis: más poderosa de lo que piensaThe technology connects people, objects and data much more than at any other time in history. You can see the traffic on a map on a smart phone or call a taxi to our exact location using an application, without considering extraordinary.

But in no time the heart stops, where if we see those connections: in a time of crisis.

Benefits of Using a Software-as-a-Service LMS

Learning Management Systems (LMS) come in all shapes and sizes. When incorporating an eLearning environment into your workplace, it is important to choose an LMS built as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution.

SaaS can also be referred to as a cloud-based service. This means any device with Internet connection can access the system from any location. The software itself is not hosted on site. Instead, the vendor hosts and maintains the server for you.

A SaaS LMS is designed for independent business use. All eLearning features are customizable so you can bend the software to your needs, making it simple to manage and requiring little administration on your part.

Advanced qualification in Moodle 2.3. The rating by Evaluation Guide

A few weeks after the release of version 2.3 of Moodle has begun the testing process to be held in the coming weeks and we Participate in several dozen volunteers worldwide. Once this testing and after the code Appropriate corrections will release the new version, so far only available for evaluation.

Moodle 2.3. The new version comes

e-Learning Trends 2012

1. Achievements of e-learning in 2011:

The importance of sharing educational content

This video (subtitled in Castilian) describes the advantages of using free and open educational resources.

He held the 3rd place in the "Why is education important open?" organized by the Department of Education in the United States.

What do you think?

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The 10 issues for the success of the communities

Social networks are coming into our organizations as instruments of innovation, which makes them powerful strategic tools.

Unfortunately, although its use is available to any organization and seemingly easy application, the most common is that their implementation is a failure.

It is difficult for a group of people effectively share their knowledge with the aim of improving processes, tasks, products or create new ways to sell or produce, but it is especially difficult for them to be carried out.

Who needs a title when you can learn for free online?

Studying for the pleasure of learning is the difference between pursuing a formal education and training on their own initiative without the aim of obtaining a titlechange. In the first case just go to a school and spend a few tests with the only stimulus to receive a certificate. In the second the student is not satisfied with so little, but aims to dominate the matter to be able to apply a master in his life and work.

Online education advances over traditional models

The development of the technology begins to cause significant changes in teaching models.  In universities, for example, the traditional crowdedlibraries copies are giving way to digital books (e-books).

This is the case of the Department of Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) where digital texts can be downloaded from any terminal to the laptops of the students.

In September, the UTSA opened the first library without books that works in a U.S. university campus

It can accommodate 80 people and houses 425 000 18 000 digital books and digital magazine subscriptions, reports the BBC reporter, Kabir Chibber.

Drastic change

How to free education at Stanford, Princeton or Berkeley

What happens to study? ¿Fundamentals of pharmacology, Greek and Roman mythology, introduction to genomics? Who would want to study the classes? ¿Faculty of Stanford University, Princeton, Berkeley?

Well, if you have internet access, all that you can do from home thanks to a program developed in California, USA, in collaboration with some of the most prestigious institutions in the world. And it's free.

The program, called Coursera, offers 36 courses designed by renowned professors from the universities of Pennsylvania, Michigan, in addition to those listed above.

Open doors

MIT and Harvard announce edX

Harvard y el MIT ofrecerán sus cursos gratis por Internet

 

Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) today announced edX, a transformational new partnership in online education. Through edX, the two institutions will collaborate to enhance campus-based teaching and learning and build a global community of online learners.

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