Improving Paramedic Distance Education through Mobile Mixed Reality Simulation

Autor/inn/en	Birt, James; Moore, Emma; Cowling, Michael
Titel	Improving Paramedic Distance Education through Mobile Mixed Reality Simulation
Quelle	In: Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 33 (2017) 6, S.69-83 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1449-5554
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Distance Education; Computer Simulation; Allied Health Personnel; Health Education; Human Body; Printing; Computer Peripherals; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Menschlicher Körper; Buchdruck; Drucken; Australien
Abstract	There is growing evidence that the use of simulation in teaching is a key means of improving learning, skills, and outcomes, particularly for practical skills. In the health sciences, the use of high-fidelity task trainers has been shown to be ideal for reducing cognitive load and leading to enhanced learning outcomes. However, how do we make these task trainers available to students studying at a distance? To answer this question, this paper presents results from the implementation and sustained testing of a mobile mixed reality intervention in an Australian distance paramedic science classroom. The context of this mobile mixed reality simulation study, provided through a user-supplied mobile phone incorporating 3D printing, virtual reality, and augmented reality, is skills acquisition in airways management, focusing on direct laryngoscopy with foreign body removal. The intervention aims to assist distance education learners in practising skills prior to attending mandatory residential schools, building a baseline equality between those students who study face to face and those at a distance. Outcomes from the study showed statistically significant improvements in the use of the simulation across several key performance indicators in the distance learners, but also demonstrated problems to overcome in the pedagogical method. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Ascilite Secretariat, P.O. Box 44, Figtree, NSW, Australia. Tel: +61-8-9367-1133; e-mail: info@ascilite.org.au; Web site: https://ajet.org.au/index.php/AJET
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01