Abstract
Introduction
Teaching involves the delivery of information through projection. A document camera (or doc viewer) is an educational tool that casts live images from the desktop. The doc viewer can facilitate ways to script, manipulate, and configure objects and ideas in real-time and enable the learning process to come alive. A worked example is included in this enquiry to explore the intrinsic challenges of threshold concepts within pharmacology and pathophysiology.
Intersection between educational delivery and threshold concepts
Pathophysiology and pharmacology are disciplines often considered by students in health sciences as difficult to learn and challenging to grasp the extensive medical terminology (Khurshid, Thompson, O'Connor, & Hegaz). This is also significant for educators to sustain student learning through the transition of threshold concepts within these disciplines (Nicola-Richmond, Pépin, Larkin, & Taylor, 2018). A working example of this encompasses the threshold concept of drug half-life. Scribing the characteristic components of drug half-life under the doc viewer enables the concept to progressively unfold in real-time and supports the learner through the threshold. This casting of learning content can be impactful and transformative during delivery and in student engagement.
Teaching involves the delivery of information through projection. A document camera (or doc viewer) is an educational tool that casts live images from the desktop. The doc viewer can facilitate ways to script, manipulate, and configure objects and ideas in real-time and enable the learning process to come alive. A worked example is included in this enquiry to explore the intrinsic challenges of threshold concepts within pharmacology and pathophysiology.
Intersection between educational delivery and threshold concepts
Pathophysiology and pharmacology are disciplines often considered by students in health sciences as difficult to learn and challenging to grasp the extensive medical terminology (Khurshid, Thompson, O'Connor, & Hegaz). This is also significant for educators to sustain student learning through the transition of threshold concepts within these disciplines (Nicola-Richmond, Pépin, Larkin, & Taylor, 2018). A working example of this encompasses the threshold concept of drug half-life. Scribing the characteristic components of drug half-life under the doc viewer enables the concept to progressively unfold in real-time and supports the learner through the threshold. This casting of learning content can be impactful and transformative during delivery and in student engagement.
Original language | English |
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Pages | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 05 Jul 2023 |
Event | Threshold Concepts 2023 - Charles Sturt University Port Macquarie, Port Macquarie, Australia Duration: 04 Jul 2023 → 06 Jul 2023 https://thresholdconcepts.home.blog/call-for-papers-2023/ https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fthresholdconcepts.home.blog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F06%2Fc23_program-times-v2.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK (Schedule) |
Conference
Conference | Threshold Concepts 2023 |
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Abbreviated title | Creative Liminality and Unknowns: Stepping through transdisciplinary portals to transform the world and oneself. |
Country/Territory | Australia |
City | Port Macquarie |
Period | 04/07/23 → 06/07/23 |
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