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A Learning Social Network using an e-Portfolio for
Medical Practitioners Studies
epfMG : ePortFolio de Médecine Générale
Thierry Koscielniak, ICT for Education Executive Director
Contents
S Context and issues at General Practice Office
S e-portfolio : tutor’s view and student’s view
S Network and communication
S Evolutions and benefits
Paris Descartes University
S Multidisciplinary university S Spread over 9 colleges
and 1 institute of technology
S 38,000 students S 200 PhD granted each
year
S 4,000 members S Faculties, researchers,
staff and technical people
S 1,300 researchers S 82 research labs
Paris Descartes University
Institute of Technology Biomedecine Maths & Computer Sci. Human & Social Sciences Headquarters + Medecine Pharmacy Psychology Sports Odontology Law – Economics
General Prac3ce Office
S The DES of Medical Practice is a postgraduate professionalizing study (3 years)
S A pedagogy based on self-apprenticeship used since 6 years
S A pedagogy focused on mentoring
The distance between the sites of courses and tutors justifies the use of an online educational tool
General Prac3ce program
S 330 students using epfMG (100 students each year of studies)
S 80 tutors (mainly GP)
S More than 1,000 reports done on it since 2010
S Minimum 2 reports a semester/per student
Mentoring at General Prac3ce department
S The students’ work is to : S Produce researched and written works S Accountable for their learning
S The tutors’ work is to S Help and accompany a future GP in a constant,
formative, and progressive assessment
Individual and central tools
S On line S Use everywhere S Access control : tutors, epfMG members S Enable to illustrate and to document skills
S Easy S For supervision and tracking of students S For sharing information S For progressive validation S For certificate students
Tools
S Contents of student portfolio S Editing tool S Communication tool S Personal space S Self-assessment tool
S Contents of tutors tracking S Validation tool S Communication tool S Personal space S Dashboard
The student’s view
Name of the tutor
Validation requests
The tutor’s view
Pending validation requests
Direct access to students’ portfolios
A student porBolio’s exemple : medical story
The tutor validates and comments the clinical
narratives
The student writes his or her clinical narratives
The tutor’s dashboard
Global vision of students on-going works
The network
S The network is focused on the student-tutor relationship
S Working groups
S Students’ shared knowledge
S Mentoring
Works on an elgg platform Open Source Social Networking Engine
Working groups
S Forum
S Files exchange
S Shared agenda
Personal Workspace
S All his/her writing's works
S Displaying his/her own qualifications profile
S Digital identity
S Messages
Evolu3ons
S Develop validation and assessment tools via a Moodle connexion
S The e-portfolio could concern other medical practice trainings in partner universities
S To help tutors with more training : let them be more efficient while using epfMG
Benefits
S Simplify teaching follow-up for tutors
S Encourage a regular work pace for students and tutors
S Strengthen the communication and relationship between students and tutors
S Federate the teaching team and facilitate interactions
S Create of an environment in which collaborative work occurs
S Increase digital visibility of the students within Paris Descartes University
S Promote innovative teaching solutions
Contact us
Dr Jean-Claude Schwartz
Dr Robert Sourzac
Thierry Koscielniak, Dir.
Yann Sallou, Lead dev.
Guylène Lefèvre, Prj. Mng
ICT for Education Paris Descartes
The associated GPs
Next block to my office, 56 rue Jacob
« In this building formerly Hotel of York
on September 3rd, 1783
David HARTLEY in the name of the king of England
Benjamin FRANKLIN
John JAY John ADAMS
in the name of the United States of America
have signed the definitive peace treaty recognizing the independence of the
United States »
Thierry Koscielniak, ICT for Education Executive Director
