Conference presentation
The Island: Curriculum renewal incorporating blended learning using health related tasks for epidemiological studies of a virtual population
2013 Learning & Teaching Week Program Booklet, p.10
Learning & Teaching Week, 2013 (Sunshine Coast, Australia, 26-Aug-2013–30-Aug-2013)
University of the Sunshine Coast
2013
Abstract
Teaching students epidemiological concepts is difficult because actually conducting epidemiological studies with human populations is impractical for many reasons. A viable alternative is to use a virtual population. In this project, we explore using a virtual population (called The Island) as a means to giving students the opportunity to operationalise their epidemiological knowledge in PUB361 Epidemiology and Biostatistics. In the process, we will develop a number of new "tasks" for the Islanders to do which are directly relevant to the health promotion and environmental health students who are required to study PUB361. PUB361 will undergo complete curriculum renewal to incorporate The Island, including adoption of the news tasks. The Island is ideally suited to blended learning, and one outcome of this project is the potential for wider adoption across the higher education sector including for online courses. See a 5 minute video overview of The Island and explore this innovative resource with one of the team behind it.
Details
- Title
- The Island: Curriculum renewal incorporating blended learning using health related tasks for epidemiological studies of a virtual population
- Authors
- Mary Kynn (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringPeter K Dunn (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringRachel Cole (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringFrank Muller (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringSharn Donnison (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringAnne H Roiko (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringM Bulmer (Author) - University of Queensland
- Publication details
- 2013 Learning & Teaching Week Program Booklet, p.10
- Conference details
- Learning & Teaching Week, 2013 (Sunshine Coast, Australia, 26-Aug-2013–30-Aug-2013)
- Publisher
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Date published
- 2013
- Organisation Unit
- Centre for Support and Advancement of Learning and Teaching; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy; Sustainability Research Cluster; School of Health - Public Health
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449134202621
- Output Type
- Conference presentation
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