Cutting into TouchSurgery

Posted on: December 1, 2014 | By: Analise Godfrey | Filed under: Instructional Technologies, Teaching & Learning

TouchSurgery is an interactive app created for Apple devices intended to teach various surgical procedures. It is available for either the iPhone or the iPad free in the App Store. Its user interface is simple and ergonomic. The pictures of the surgeries are vibrant and accurate. The app can be best appreciated on an iPad …

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Book Review: The Multiplayer Classroom: Designing Coursework as a Game by Lee Sheldon

Posted on: June 26, 2014 | By: Melissa Murfin | Filed under: Instructional Technologies
Cover - The Multiplayer Classroom

Teaching pharmacology in a physician assistant program means delivering a HUGE quantity of evolving information in a short amount of time. I look for class days where I can decompress material and review. Enter gamification, not a new concept but one relatively recently applied to education. Gamification takes game concepts and applies them to things …

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