Disrupting Traditional Content Delivery Through Technology-Mediated Learning: A Student-Centered Approach

Abstract

Traditional, lecture-based content delivery is not effective in cultivating problem-solving and deep content knowledge that future physicians need to be successful. To disrupt the norm, this project includes: driving student engagement through technology-mediated learning, providing adaptive modes of learning to cater to our diverse learners, and creating a feedback loop for student voice.

The Stanford EdTech support team encourages faculty to adopt student-centered approaches by providing consultation and instructional technology tools. During synchronous classes, we support faculty with live polling, gamification, and interactive Q&A. For asynchronous content on our LMS, we support flipped-learning through media, interactive CFUs, and captioning with searchable transcripts.

We’ve seen significant increases in student engagement as shown by student attendance, turn-in rates on ungraded activities, and evaluation data. Faculty also have more confidence to innovate with instructional technology. Conversely, some challenges included funding, piloting, faculty buy-in, and consistency across guest lecturers.