Nikos Mattheos
University of Bern, Switzerland
Problem Based Learning
Computer Asssited Learning
Distance Learning
Life-long Learning
Blended Learning
Case based learning
Distributed Learning
Adult Learning
e-learning
Deep Learning
Team based Learning
Asynchronous Learning
Didactic Learning
collaborative Learning ........ . ...
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Is Learning a
biological process..?
Is Learning about
mimicking..?
Is Learning about
memorising..?
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anaerobic
bacteria
slow
plack
chronic
diabetes
Necrotising
periodontal disease
systemic
stress
pain
aggressive
gingivitis
family
bleed
inflamation
red
fast
Is Learning limited in
certain moments..?
The effects of sleep restriction and extension on school-age children: what a
difference an hour makes.
Child Dev. 2003 Mar-Apr;74(2):444-55.
Effects of caffeine, sleep loss, and stress on cognitive performance and mood
during U.S. Navy SEAL training. Sea-Air-Land.
Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2002 Nov;164(3):250-61. Epub 2002 Sep 5.
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...and why bother
Learn..?
The Mating Mind :
by Geoffrey Miller.
The development of the brain, learning and the
evolution of intelligence, under the light of
Evolutionary Anthropology Theories
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What do you
actually need..?
“Half a brain”
J.Borgstein, C.Grootendorst
University Hospital Rotterdam,
female, 7 years old,
bilingual,
normal growth,
satisfactory school performance
normal socialising
light spasticity of movements
on right side
“We know much more on how to improve diapers,
than how to improve the use of our brain”.
Marc Prensky, American researcher
Peter Huttenlocher,
Massachusetts:
how many cells exist in an autopsy of human
brain of 2x2 mm?
Synapses counts:
fetus : 124 million
newborn : 253 million
8 month : 572 million
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brain plasticity:
connections which are not used perish!
Torsten Wiesel, D. Hubel (1970s):
closing one eye of new born cats
Greenough B, Univ of Illinois:
”playground” rats
• brain is there to keep us alive
• Learning is the porcess which ”callibrates” the
brain in response to what the environment requires
• brain is made to learn and learning makes the brain
what it is: Interaction and Plasticity
• Learning is in essense an individual, long, lonely
process
Teaching
Problem Based Learning
Computer Asssited Learning
Distance Learning
Teaching
e-learning
Teaching
Blended Learning
Teaching
Case based learning
Distributed Learning
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching
Asynchronous learning Teaching
Teaching
Didactic learning
Team based learning Teaching
... ... .. .
This is all about teaching..!
Teaching is everything the others will
do to affect your learning..!
Halton Getty, 1945
The Virtual Classroom
in Periodontology
EDSA, 1998 - 1999
Preparatory Workshop :
Barcelona October 1998!
What was the most important thing you
learned during the EDSA Virtual Classroom?
28 students
25
20
15
10
5
0
Computer
Literacy
PBL
Other
no final
evaluation
Teaching
Good
usefull
effective
helpful
targeted
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Learning
Bad
not usefull
ineffective
unhelpful
confusing
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Rosenberg BH, Landsittel D, Averch TD.
Can Video Games be used to predict or improve laparoscopic skills?
J Endourol 2005 : 19: 372-376.
”Video Games aptitude
appears to predict the
level of laparoscopic
skill in the novice surgeon.”
Rosser JC Jr et al
The impact of video games on training surgeons in the 21st century.
Arc Surgery 2007:142 :181-6.
“Video games may be
a practical teaching tool
to help train surgeons.”
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Teaching
Good
effective
helpful
targeted
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Learning
Bad
ineffective
unhelpful
confusing
complete
slow
permanent
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incomplete
fast
temporary
...
Teaching is only one of the factors
that lead to learning..!
personal factors
teaching
learning environment
Some principles of effective teaching:
1. help students build associations
2. help students initiate interactions
3. support students on a long term process
4. provide continous feedback
1. learn by building associations
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How to achieve the extraordinary through building asociations
between different fields, disciplines and cultures.
“… innovators who are changing the world
step into the Intersection:
a place where ideas from different fields
and cultures meet and collide
ultimately igniting an explosion
of extraordinary new discoveries. “
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1. learn by promoting interaction
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learner-tutor
learner-content
vicarious
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learner-learner
learner-interface
television
slides
textbooks
multimedia
student
videos
Internet
seminars
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teleconference
3. Support a long term process
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4. learn by continous feedback
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”Keep the end in mind ! ”
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Education will be enhanced and
improved through technology as long as
the focus remains on learning
IVIMEDS consortium
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