Welcome to Epiville: Building a Web-based Learning Environment for Graduate Education in Health
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Internet technologies provide opportunities to improve teaching and learning of the principal competencies in a graduate-level, professional education. Epidemiology is a core area of public health education. We designed Epiville as a set of interactive web-based exercises employed as weekly homework assignments at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. Its four key components, namely instantaneous answers to multiplechoice questions, innovative use of interactive maps and visuals, assessment tools to evaluate student learning, and a tiered approach to content, contribute to Epiville's significant value as a novel educational tool. Detailed class evaluations over the past three years show that students prefer Epiville to traditional paper-based assignments, and increased learning. Beyond the field of Epidemiology, these new teaching tools and strategies have application to many professional education programs.
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