Making neuroscience important and relevant: Online learning in an innovative bachelor of dementia care program

Lynette Goldberg, Andrea Carr, Alison Canty, Shannon Klekociuk, David Ward, Lila Landowski, Carolyn King, Fran McInerney, James Vickers

Résultat de recherche: Conference contribution

2 Citations (Scopus)

Résumé

Neuroscience is an important component of STEM disciplines and fundamental to understanding dementia, a growing worldwide public health issue. Understanding the neuropathology and clinical manifestations of dementia is important for those who need to provide effective daily care for adults with dementia. Dementia care workers form a non-traditional student cohort and the Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre at the University of Tasmania (Australia) has developed a fully online Bachelor of Dementia Care degree to facilitate their educational and professional development. This paper documents the success of 65 adult learners as they completed four neuroscience units in the degree. Adult learners with no previous university experience performed similarly to those with university experience suggesting that this unique online degree is appropriately designed for students with limited educational backgrounds. Analysis of students’ comments on the impact of their neuroscience learning indicated increased understanding and confidence in the care they provided.

Langue d'origineEnglish
Titre de la publication principaleE-Learning, E-Education, and Online Training - 2nd International Conference, eLEOT 2015, Revised Selected Papers
ÉditeursGiovanni Vincenti, Alberto Bucciero, Carlos Vaz de Carvalho
Maison d'éditionSpringer Verlag
Pages84-91
Nombre de pages8
ISBN (imprimé)9783319288826
DOI
Statut de publicationPublished - 2016
Publié à l'externeOui
Événement2nd International Conference on E-Learning, E-Education, and Online Training, eLEOT 2015 - Novedrate, Italy
Durée: sept. 16 2015sept. 18 2015

Séries de publication

PrénomLecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST
Volume160
ISSN (imprimé)1867-8211

Conference

Conference2nd International Conference on E-Learning, E-Education, and Online Training, eLEOT 2015
Pays/TerritoireItaly
VilleNovedrate
Période9/16/159/18/15

Note bibliographique

Publisher Copyright:
© Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering 2016.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications

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