WHEN	to be announced
LOCATION	training.osean.com (using Moodle)
COST	OsEAN Members € 290 / Module A1 + A2 € 550               Non-OsEAN Members € 390 / Module A1 + A2 € 730
LANGUAGE	English
PRE-REQUISITES	Module A1 - Essential Skills in Osteopathic Education

Learning Theories is an online module designed for 10 participants per course only. The course is 6 weeks long (60 learning hours) with 3 online meetings held every other week on Tuesday at 19:00 CET. At these meetings participants can discuss matters and ask questions.

Aims and Objectives

• To brief overview educational theories and their application in health education.
• To explore in greater depth behaviourist concepts of conditioning; and the cognitive and constructivist concepts including schema generation Vygotsky’s social constructivism.
• Different learning styles will be discussed with an emphasis on meta cognition.
• To give an introduction to aspects of the neurobiology of learning.

Learning outcomes

The candidate should be able to:

• The candidate should be able to:
• To discriminate between the key concepts underpinning a range of learning theories and to evaluate how these may be applied within osteopathic education.
• Reflect on different learning styles and apply them within their teaching practice.
• To discuss some basic principles of the neurobiology of learning.

Teaching methods

• On line Moodle module
• Synchronous Group Discussions
• Asynchronous forum discussion
• eLearning through Moodle Website

Required Reading

• Pritchard, A. (2008). Ways of Learning - Learning theories and learning styles in the classroom (2nd Aufl.). London: David Fulton Publishers Ltd : [distributor] Taylor & Francis, c/o Bookpoint.
• Swanwick, T. (2013). Understanding Medical Education: Evidence,Theory and Practice (2. Auflage). Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons.

Recommended Reading:

• Cantillon. (2010). ABC of Learning and Teaching in Medicine (2 edition). BMJ Books.
• Schunk, D. H. (2000). Learning theories: an educational perspective. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Merrill.

Module Leader

TBD soon

Unfortunately, due to other appointments Jon Parsons cannot lead the course. The OsEAN Team is working on finding another equally qualified lecturer. Please excuse the inconvenience.