Transcript 3rd blackwood

Changing Practice, Changing Lives
Using engaging online instruction to influence physical
therapist practice in an assistive technology course
Jennifer Blackwood PT,
PhD(c), GCS
2013
The Course, The Challenge
 Online
Assistive Technology Course
 Adult Learners
 Knowles’ Theory of Andragogy
Relevance of assignments

2
challenges:
1.
2.
To use experiential learning in an online
course
To make an assignment relevant to the
adult learner
The Task
 Alternative
and augmentative
communication (AAC) module
 No
‘physical’ Assistive Technology to use
 So….
else
Read the book OR Do something
The…Something Else
 Free
AAC Software
 Experiential
learning- use the software to
communicate
 Discussion/Reflection
Changing Lives
 An
Example
Changing Practice
 Use
in clinics without access to this technology
 Used
to work collaboratively with other health
care professionals
 Journal
clubs
 Knowledge
translation
Final Comments
 Consider
the learner
 Relevance
of assignments
 Engagement
beyond read & discuss