U NLIKE DIDACTIC APPROACHES that dominated both lecture and mediated instruction in the past, systems are emerging that are designed to extend the unique inquiry priorities and needs of learners. Student-centered learning environments (SCLEs) provide complimentary activities that enable individuals to address unique learning interests and needs. They invite learner engagement through relevant p...

In recent years, university educators have moved from singular reliance upon the didactic lecture hall format to a composite system that uses a full array of course development, delivery, maintenance and management tools. This paper briefly introduces such as system by discussing the concept of a “smart and flexible campus education”. The system offers an integrated series of educational tools ...

Discussion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) issues has fallen short in dental curricula. This article aims to describe the didactic approach used to present issues of sexuality in the D.M.D. curriculum at the University of British Columbia. This descriptive article discusses the main pedagogies employed to present and discuss LGBT issues: lecture-based seminars, guest panel dis...

This paper describes a novel education program for doctor of pharmacy students about diabetes, a chronic disorder of glucose metabolism affecting an estimated 16 million people in the United States. The Diabetes Program (DP) incorporates didactic learning, web-based case evaluation, and role play into a two-week comprehensive module on diabetes care. In the DP, students are placed in the role o...

Utilising Rolfe's [Rolfe, G., 1998. Expanding Nursing Knowledge: Understanding and Researching Your Own Practice. Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford] reflexive action research, one novice nurse educator explored current teaching practice. The data were collected from a reflective journal and colleague feedback. Through this data collection and applying Rolfe's (1998) understanding-action-evaluation ...

This paper describes the didactic concept, the content and the lessons learned of a lecture on parallel programming for undergraduate students held during summer term 2013. The course’s focus was on providing hands-on experience, hence students were programming on real life codes using an actual HPC cluster. The lecture’s aim was to provide an in-depth understanding of each parallel programming...

The Orthopaedic In-Training Examination is a comprehensive test produced annually by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and was first administered in 1963. At the time of the examination's conception, its objectives were to: (1) measure the knowledge of orthopedic residents and provide objective comparisons; (2) help determine acceptable minimal standards for trainees; and (3) help p...

This review article proposes the design of an educational magnetic resonance (MR) safety course for instructing medical students about basic MR and patient-related safety. The MR safety course material can be implemented as a traditional didactic or interactive lecture in combination with hands-on safety demonstrations. The goal of the course is to ensure that medical students receive a basic u...