Review of Group 11’s Interactive Learning Resources

Group 11’s interactive learning resource utilizes various technologies such as video, text, and interactive quizzes in a decent online learning management platform called talentLMS. The overall design of the course is very concise and to the point, which I think could be a great demonstration of an interactive learning course. There are only three things I find that could be improved in terms of the design and structure. They are improving the rationale to be more specific, giving answer feedback for the quizzes, and if possible making the course remember students’ learning progress.

My first suggestion is that your rationale can be more specific in terms of telling how your course can benefit students. This can make learners interested in taking your course. Rationale means a set of reasons explaining why the topic is worthy of chosen and how it can benefit students, making them interested and feeling the need to take your course. Your rationale (Fig. 1.) does mention that it is critical to understand how HITs impact the delivery of patient care. But it seems to me that more explanation is required to convince me the importance of knowing how HITs can impact the delivery of patient care. Explaining that can motivate me to learn your course. Also, in the last sentence of your Introduction section, perhaps you need more explanation of the reason why you want to “further educate others on the importance of understanding the relationship between emerging information technology solutions and health care”. I think decently clarifying how the further education of HITs can benefit students will make students feel the need to take your course. Therefore, I think giving more specific explanations on the merits the course can bring to students will better your rationale.

I think the quizzes system you built is great. In order to make that perfect, adding answer feedback can be a great choice. Thus, my second suggestion is that you can provide answer feedback for each question in quizzes, which makes your course more interactive and educative. Specifically, in terms of Fig.3. below, perhaps you can give sentence explanation of why B and C are correct in multiple choice questions (question 1 & 2), and providing the answer you think is correct for the questions which ask for students’ short answers (in Fig.3 that is question 3). This is because author’s feedback is important to learners’ growth. It helps learners quickly understand what the thinking process is for choosing that answer, making your learning activity more educative. It also makes your learning resources more interactive. According to what we learned in week 2, Anderson’s model (Fig.2) suggests interactions between student and teacher, student and content, as well as content and teacher. If you are providing feedback for students, it connects an interaction link between student and teacher, which makes your learning material more interactive.

In addition, when I passed the quiz, I could only click “Passed, Let’s continue” (Fig.3.). There seems no other buttons of options for me to retry the question I did wrong. I suggest to add one more button that has the functionality in retrying the question I did wrong.

My last suggestion is making your online tutorial remember students’ learning progress if possible. Sometimes due to the bad internet connection and accidentally closing the web page, I had to go to re-click the link you shared in the Group Signup Forum. But when I clicked the link again, my previous learning progress was lost. I had to press lots of “complete and continue” buttons and did the quizzes I had done before in order to get to the part I was studying. I am not sure if it is possible to make your learning resources remember my learning progress every time. In this way, if I accidentally close the tutorial window, when I get back, I don’t have to spend a long time clicking and filling out the quizzes in order to get where I have lost.

I pretty enjoy studying your learning resources. I think your design and structure of Introduction to EHRs are succinct and to the point. Therefore, there are only three things I feel that you can improve. They are making your rationale more specific, providing answer feedback for the quizzes, and if possible making the course remember students’ learning progress.

References:

https://aabuleal.talentlms.com/unit/view/id:2095

Anderson, T. (2003). Getting the mix right again: An updated and theoretical rationale for interaction. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 4(2), 1–14.