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Mobile for the Millennial Medical Student. Michael Casdorph Director, Instructional Support & Educational Design. “Deliver a highly integrated, technology-infused curriculum that reflects and responds to our students’ evolving learning styles.”. What do we know?.
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Mobile for the • Millennial Medical Student Michael Casdorph Director, Instructional Support & Educational Design
“Deliver a highly integrated, technology-infused curriculum that reflects and responds to our students’ evolving learning styles.”
What do we know? • Mobility and ubiquity are key • Laptops are too big for students to bring to the clinical setting; they don’t do it! • Students and residents always have their mobile device
MCG Mobile • Learning anytime, anywhere • Started with “low hanging fruit” • June 2009 Release • MobileEDU suite • Medical Suite of Applications • Partnerships with mobile content providers proved difficult • In-house development of mobile apps is doable
The Future • Visual Curriculum Roadmap • Expansion of Blackberry Support • Support of Android • Simulations, Gaming, 3-D Modeling