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Yoshikazu Asada Yoshihiko Suzuki Tsuyoshi Hasegawa Kazuya Atsumi |
Medical Simulation Center, Jichi Medical University Graduate School of Instructional Systems, Kumamoto University |
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| Conduct and assessments of medical ethics education using the World Caf and Moodle as a blended learning |
Blended Learning
Blended learning is the combination of e-learning and traditional classroom lectures.
World Cafe
The World Cafe was first devised by Juanita Brown. The world cafe is small group based dialogue, and participants can talk many perpole with switching groups.
moodle
Moodle (Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) is a free and open source software for e-learning.
A blended learning for medical ethics education using world café and Moodle has done. World café was used for stimulating discussion among students. Moodle was used effectively not only for handing in assignments but also for setting up a system to comment on each other’s reports.
1) A blended learning using world cafe and Moodle can be useful for both students and teachers for medical ethics education.
2) To accelerate students' discussion on Moodle, some external factor might be needed.
Medical Ethics Class for 1st Year of Medical Students ( Apr. 2013 - Sep. 2013 )
(1)world cafe
There were 124 students in 1st year, so the World Cafe was done by 31 groups (4 member per each groups).
left : discussion with world cafe style , right : table sheets of world cafe
(2)moodle
Based on the questionnaires, students suggested that the style of the world café could be improved especially from the viewpoint of the learning environment. On Moodle, some students replied to comments from teachers and continued to discuss the theme. However, there were no comments between the students.
Resutls of the questionnaires
