Technology and Learning

Editor's Notes

• #7: The long Buf->Roc drive
• #17: VARK: is the way people prefer to learn
• #27: Start with talking about written -> usually the way we have learned to learnB/c we are all familiar w/ typical ways of looking up info (books, look at major journals, etc), won’t spend time doing thatHowever, in an age where efficiency is key, and getting info as quickly as possible as helpful, but also needs to be digestableAlso, helpful to have a format that can used in a variety of settings, including walking the long hallways of the hospital
• #28: Called “RSS feeds”Precursor to facebook and Twitter to keep up-to-date with thingsOften can tell by the iconThese feeds are not limited to just medical things – many websites have them to help people keep up to date
• #29: I’ll briefly show the different ways to view info, then show an example of what this is really all aboutDifferent ways to actually get infoMost of these programs are free – honestly, have not tried many of them but these have been reviewed as the best of what’s out thereBenefit of websites – can access same list from anywhereBenefit of programs – allow for downloading for offline reading
• #31: Example from Google ReaderLook on left – can set up folders to organize categoriesLook on Right – the actual content (go to next slide to show AJP ex)
• #32: Left side – the actual journal feedsRight side - as can see, for most journals they will provide full abstract content per issue, so can get nice overview and then look up further info as so desire - and yes, I suppose this highlights the dirty secret of obtaining highlights from the abstract and not reading every last word of each journal article – sadly, real life makes “journal club” style reading not practical for most things - Point out specifics about tagging, archiving, sharing
• #33: Example from iPhoneLeft – overall folders (self generated)Right – Specific journals
• #34: This shows ex of same entry as before on mobile platformWhy I like Google ReaderEasy to access from multiple different resources, and keeps things in order Easy to archive and searchBig downfall for now is lack of offline reading, though they likely will create this feature sooner than later
• #35: Here are the links for the feeds – just type in the following links in “subscription” for feeds and voila, added
• #39: Audio typically isn’t used much, and for many things it may not be as practicalAgain, though, with any type of commute it can be quite useful (or for those that like to listen to things educational while exercising)
• #41: How many people here have heard of Podcasts…and are actually familiar w/ what they are?So – like the RSS feeds, it can be set up as a subscription that automatically updatesOriginally sound, now also videoUnfortunately for psych, not a lot of great optionsI searched for “psychiatry,” “psychology,” and “mental health” for the following results, as well as looked at the recommendations through iTunes for each of the following podcastsAnd sorry, I realize that for those who are not huge iTunes fans this is not as ideal, but realistically it really is the best (and sometimes only) place to get these
• #45: Honestly, JAMA and NEJM are some of the best out there
• #48: We might be talking about audio, but I’m a visual person, so to give some perspective, this is how it all comes togetherWe’ve already talked about some written forms, but let’s say we want to make it into audio(Starting on left) – everything once was paper, and especially some older texts can be hard to find in electronic form – as such, paper needs to be scanned into a digital form(Going to right) – now that we’re in digital form, there are 2 main categories – those things that can be edited and those that can notSo – if going wi/ something that cannot be edited (or copy/pasted), need to use OCR to convert into a digital, editable docAt this point, you have more options of what to do with the file since it’s fully digital/editable – so even if you don’t want to make into audio, helpful perhaps to have a digital copy of previous paperFrom there, it’s similar to (the box on far right) So, we have to then use software that converts the text to words
• #49: I’m actually going to start with the easier way to make audio from text, and then we’ll get into the slightly more complicated way for those files that are not digital/editableThis is like that computer speech from the iphone/htc clip in beginning - Originally was really awful, but now has become much better (thing of a Garmin) – still not totally natural, but not so monotone as to be painfulAgain, different options b/w websites and actual desktop programsI have not tried out the desktop computers, but per others who have, are somewhat faster and may offer more voice databasesHowever, I’ve used the website YAKiToME and have found it easy, free, and convienent b/c it’s also accessible from anywhere, and can download directly to iPhone for listening
• #50: Many options!
• #51: Now, let’s walk through step by step how to do thisB/c of not being sure of internet availability, I took screenshots blow by blow to show the processThis is the main page
• #52: Screen to convert textLook to left – we’ll blow that up now
• #53: Recommend faster speed to make less monotonous – I’ve found also helps with retention of info (less likely to have mind wander)
• #60: Tyipcally ½ min – 5 minsCan just leave this tab open though, open new tab and continue to use webCannot convert more than one file at a time
• #67: Here, it might make more sense to invest in actual program
• #69: b/c we’ll need to but the converted text somewhere
• #72: Takes about 10 secs
• #81: Network drives
• #91: The founding fathers recognized that the science and arts would benefit from allowing an artist to control rights and derive an economic benefit from the work created. This is contrary to many user groups who now argue that the arts and sciences would progress by allowing users unfettered access to artist’s works without permission.