2008 ANGEL IMPACT Awards - Exemplary ANGEL Course
Award Recipient
University of Kansas Medical Center
University of Kansas School of Allied Health and Teaching & Learning Technologies Department Extreme Course Makeover
Kansas City, KS
Contributors
David Antonacci, Director of Teaching & Learning Technologies, Lisa Bittel, Professor and Chair, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Services, Stephanie Gerald, Education Technology Liaison to School of Allied Health
Course Description
In this cooperative effort, the University of Kansas Medical Center School of Allied Health and Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) Department transformed a "basic online course" into an exceptional example of the possibilities ANGEL provides to make online teaching and learning exemplary.
In spring 2007, a TLT makeover team began working with Dr. Lisa Bittel to pilot the Extreme Course Makeover concept on her Pharmacology for Physical Therapists online course. Together the team decided to include a number of additions to the course:
- Interactive learning objects from MERLOT.
- A course template that included both consistent visual formatting and best practices.
- Required activity where students developed exam questions.
- Formative assessment using the ANGEL Jeopardy game.
- Optional supplemental and enrichment online resources.
- Free online videos covering a range of diseases and treatments.
Following this Extreme Course Makeover, the average course final exam grade improved from a C+ to an A- and so many faculty volunteered to participate in the program, TLT now has a one year backlog of course makeover projects.
