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sarah’s weekly?… E-learning rambles

Doing the Course

Filed under: Assignment 3 — smezzo at 6:58 pm on Monday, October 22, 2007



The course began with the selection of an injury type from a wheel, followed by the selection of a sub category. After selecting my chosen category I was presented with a list of skills that I would obtain from completing this topic and was then confronted by a first aid question which was related to my selections, followed by two choices of action listed below.
By selecting one answer I would either be applauded for being correct or corrected if the answer I chose was wrong. If the answer is wrong, then learner is then corrected and returned back to the question page to re-answer correctly. (shown below) 
I believe that this technique is unique to that of a technological medium. Learners are able to be ‘taken back’ by their mistakes to re-select and understand the reasons for the correction. This practise is often hard in a face- to- face situation due to emotional factors as well as time restraints.

Each sub-category is made up of 5 short questions to increase the effectiveness of the course and to maximise the attention of the learners. At the end of each subcategory, which summarises everything that is covered.
I believe that this is a very effective way of learning as it allows reflection and correction through the repetition of questions and facts in different formats.

First Aid is a very physical practise and the E-learning course has implemented Videos(above), which showcase real situations to determine whether the learner is able to implement first aid knowledge in day-to-day situations.

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