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LAMS and Quality Use of Medicines(QUM): 

LAMS and Quality Use of Medicines (QUM)

Brief Overview of NPS: 

Brief Overview of NPS The National Prescribing Service provides: Accurate, balanced, evidence-based information about medicines

What is QUM?: 

What is QUM? The key focus of QUM is to ensure that: Management options are selected wisely Suitable medicines are chosen if medicine is considered necessary Medicines are used safely and effectively so that consumers get the best possible health outcomes

Structure of f2f vs online training: 

Structure of f2f vs online training

Learner profile: 

Learner profile Undergraduate and postgraduate medical, nursing and pharmacy students Healthcare consumers, their carers and the general community Health practitioners and health educators The medicines industry NPS staff

Our site: 

Our site

Module 1: 

Module 1

Module 2: 

Module 2

LAMS as an ‘activity’ within Moodle: 

LAMS as an ‘activity’ within Moodle

LAMS opens in a new window: 

LAMS opens in a new window

Why use LAMS?: 

Why use LAMS? Activity based Connected/networked learners Provides excellent learner and teacher scaffolding

50 activities inside LAMS: 

50 activities inside LAMS

Active vs passive consumption: 

Active vs passive consumption George Siemens 'Content - in classrooms, newspapers, or mainstream media - is intended to be consumed, passively, by the end user.' 'Content today should not be something to be consumed, but rather, something to be discussed. Content is not an end itself, but a means to forming connections with others.'

Connected/networked learners: 

Connected/networked learners Moore (1989) described three types of interactions necessary for effective distance education: learner to content leaner to learner learner to instructor

Q&A: 

Qandamp;A

Structured environment as a scaffold: 

Structured environment as a scaffold Why minimally guided instruction does not work – an analysis of the failure of Constructivist, Discovery, Problem-based, Experiential and Inquiry –based learning. Kirschner, Sweller and Clark 2006 Educational Psychologist 41 (1) 'The goal of instruction is rarely to search for or discover information. The goal is to give learners specific guidance about how to cognitively manipulate information in ways that are consistent with a learning goal, and store the result in long term memory.'

Structured environment as a scaffold: 

Structured environment as a scaffold LAMS provides excellent scaffolding – especially for self-paced learners in distance education mode. LAMS helps vs hinders teachers adopt e-learning LAMS is logical LAMS breaks content up into more manageable chunks.

Benefits of QUM conversion: 

Benefits of QUM conversion Activity based – learners can now actively manipulate resources Access to multiple perspectives across industries Sense of being connected to other users Learners have control over how many activities they do Access to authentic activities and materials More integrated approach – learners can access anytime, anywhere Resources broken up into more usable sections – learners can choose which bits they do – in this sense a collectivist approach.

Other great aspects of LAMS and Moodle: 

Other great aspects of LAMS and Moodle Massive community support network Re-usability Excellent reporting and student tracking systems

Integrations issues: 

Integrations issues To the student, the integration seems seamless but….. The two systems have different navigation Two systems are different conceptually (for both learner and teacher) Tools act in different ways and look different – eg forums Grouping issues (to be fixed shortly) Re-running Moodle – does not mean re-running LAMS Exporting and importing Moodle or LAMS does not include the other Have to look at two separate reporting systems

Constructivist Learning Environments: 

Constructivist Learning Environments Jonassen, D. http://www.coe.missouri.edu/~jonassen/courses/CLE/