The purpose of the course is to strengthen the students’ teaching skills. Participants in the course will become acquainted with theories and principles of good teaching practice and communication, including knowledge of ‘blended learning’. In addition, the course will prepare students to provide feedback and receive criticism in an appropriate way that can promote learning.
In connection with the course for medical students in Educational IT, a need was detected for an activity to prepare for teaching medical subjects in the Bachelor’s degree programme. The activity was intended to take place in the students’ preparation time and to train concepts and textbook material at a lower taxonomic level. The activity was to support dissemination and communication, making the product applicable in the teaching of fellow students.
With the Explain Everything program, students were instructed to produce an educational video for students at the same level as their own. The subject might be medical, but they were allowed to select other topics too.
When producing their own educational videos, the students took an active part in the structuring of the course material and also reflected on how to communicate this. The videos could be accessed by everyone, which enabled the students to use their own videos as well as those produced by their fellow students for teaching and for revision at a later time.
