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Technology-Enhanced Faculty Development: Future Trends and Possibilities for Health Sciences Education

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Engagement is the focus of technology-enhanced faculty development. Unfortunately, faculty development (i.e. “teaching the teacher”) can sometimes fail to mirror the advances we have created for our students, leaving room… Click to show full abstract

Engagement is the focus of technology-enhanced faculty development. Unfortunately, faculty development (i.e. “teaching the teacher”) can sometimes fail to mirror the advances we have created for our students, leaving room for innovation, modernization, and change [1]. While research has shown learning outcomes can be somewhat equivocal for traditional approaches to teaching compared to technology-enhanced ones [2–4] sometimes favouring lower technology approaches [5, 6], continued use of “the same boring methods” certainly limits the level of learner engagement. Practically speaking, unengaged faculty will not pursue learning objectives. Technology-enhanced faculty development supports various benefits, from access to content through diverse device options (e.g. mobile phones) to interaction with content via instant feedback options (e.g. interactive video, online quiz). Additionally, with distributed and online educationmodels growing, innovative education technology can vastly improve access to education. Online learning technologies have been developed for educational contexts (e.g. learning management systems [LMS], elearning authoring tools), but there are also various technologies targeted for public use so that any internet user can access (e.g. search engines, social media, productivity platforms) which may also be incorporated into our faculty lives. Without careful planning, blending multiple technologies can fail to achieve desired faculty learning outcomes—or worse, become a deterrent to faculty using these technologies [1, 7–9]. In this paper,

Keywords: faculty development; technology enhanced; faculty; technology; enhanced faculty

Journal Title: Medical Science Educator
Year Published: 2020

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