Digital technologies in training and adult education

Digital Games in Education and Training:

Adaptive Technologies for Training and Education

The research reported here is relevant to human decision making in disaster, emer­ gency, and generally dynamic and changing conditions. In emergency conditions, both external resources and cognitive capabilities are limited. A decision maker must man­ age his/her cognitive load, that of others in the situation, and allocate the often limited resources in a short period of time. The main job of...

Adult education. Gastroenterology training today.

Gastroenterology education has changed in recent years and the quality criteria are now the aim of it. Adult education is not intuited, it is to be learned. In our days post graduated education needs longer periods of training, because of the everyday development of new techniques and also because the e-learning /e-teaching has appeared in the arena.

The use of digital technologies across the adult life span in distance education

In June 2010, a survey was carried out to explore access to digital technology, attitudes to digital technology and approaches to studying across the adult life span in students taking courses with the UK Open University. In total, 7000 people were surveyed, of whom more than 4000 responded. Nearly all these students had access to a computer and the Internet, but younger students were more like...

Telemedical Education: Training Digital Natives in Telemedicine

Telemedicine plays an important role in the delivery of medical care, and will become increasingly prominent going forward. Current medical students are among the first generation of "digital natives" who are well versed in the incorporation of technology into social interaction. These students are well positioned to apply advances in communications to patient care. Even so, providers require t...