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Drs. Robert Hasel and Mathew Wedel tag team a presentation on dental neck exams,
describing the clinical assessment and underlying anatomical structures in tandem.
F can be used for active or kinesthetic learning.
First-year College of Dental Medicine (CDM)
students participated in a revolutionary hybrid
“We are pioneering this whole leading-edge
head and neck anatomy course during the fall
concept here at WesternU,” said Robert Hasel,
term of 2014, using an adaptive learning
platform along with blended learning and
for Simulation, Immersion, and Digital Learning.
“flipped classroom” techniques. DDS, College of Dental Medicine Associate Dean
College of Dental Medicine uses
blended learning and flipped
classroom to engage students
The course content was delivered to the students “We are the first health science class in the U.S.
using high-powered, adaptive learning, faculty- to implement a class on this level, on this
authored software from RealizeIt, which employs platform, in this learning environment.”
algorithms to predict and track proficiency of
knowledge from each of the 69 CDM students. Hasel said that when students solve problems as
The flipped part of the classroom provides part of a team, they gain understanding at
students with groups or stations to learn in higher levels of learning, with more retention.
hands-on environments while interacting and “This is where critical thinking is at the highest
solving problems. At the heart of the flipped level of learning, and has the greatest retention
classroom model is active learning: Students rates long-term,” Hasel said. “Studies have
review didactic information in advance of shown that long-term retention rates in that
classroom sessions so that classroom sessions level are anywhere from 70 to 80 percent, where
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Drs. Robert Hasel and Mathew Wedel tag team a presentation on dental neck exams,
describing the clinical assessment and underlying anatomical structures in tandem.
F can be used for active or kinesthetic learning.
First-year College of Dental Medicine (CDM)
students participated in a revolutionary hybrid
“We are pioneering this whole leading-edge
head and neck anatomy course during the fall
concept here at WesternU,” said Robert Hasel,
term of 2014, using an adaptive learning
platform along with blended learning and
for Simulation, Immersion, and Digital Learning.
“flipped classroom” techniques. DDS, College of Dental Medicine Associate Dean
College of Dental Medicine uses
blended learning and flipped
classroom to engage students
The course content was delivered to the students “We are the first health science class in the U.S.
using high-powered, adaptive learning, faculty- to implement a class on this level, on this
authored software from RealizeIt, which employs platform, in this learning environment.”
algorithms to predict and track proficiency of
knowledge from each of the 69 CDM students. Hasel said that when students solve problems as
The flipped part of the classroom provides part of a team, they gain understanding at
students with groups or stations to learn in higher levels of learning, with more retention.
hands-on environments while interacting and “This is where critical thinking is at the highest
solving problems. At the heart of the flipped level of learning, and has the greatest retention
classroom model is active learning: Students rates long-term,” Hasel said. “Studies have
review didactic information in advance of shown that long-term retention rates in that
classroom sessions so that classroom sessions level are anywhere from 70 to 80 percent, where
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