Asha Kiranmayee Surapaneni presented our paper on Implementing Guided Inquiry Learning and Measuring Engagement using an Electronic Health Record System in an Online Setting at the 17th European Conference on e-Learning in Athens Greece on Nov 2nd, 2018. The presentation showcased a novel tool that we developed in the OpenMRS EHR system to measure the engagement of users for different POGIL-related tasks.
Abstract: In many courses, practical hands-on experience is critical for knowledge construction. In the traditional lab setting, this construction is easy to observe through student engagement. But in an online virtual lab, there are some challenges to tracking student engagement. Given the continuing trend of increased enrollment in online courses, learning sciences need to address these challenges soon. To measure student engagement and actualize a social constructivist approach to team-based learning in the virtual lab setting, we developed a novel monitoring tool in an open-source electronic health records system (EHR). The Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) approach is used to engage students in learning. In this paper, we present the practice of POGIL and how the monitoring tool measures student engagement in two online courses in the interdisciplinary field of Health Information Management. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt at integrating POGIL to improve learning sciences in the EHR clinical practice. While clinicians spend over 52% of a patient’s visit time on computers (called desktop medicine), there is very little focus on learning sciences and pedagogy to train clinicians. Our findings provide an approach to implementing learning sciences theory to eHealth use training.
See the presentation below: