Instructional consultants can playa crucial role in curricular reform. They gather evaluation and assessment data about the current curriculum sothatfaculty decisions about improvements are based on empirical evidence. They organizeandfacilitate meetings and retreats at whichfaculty make curricular decisions, and they provide pedagogical expertise and resources to help with course design andenh...

STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: OVERVIEW The Strength & Conditioning profession has come to a defining moment. The profession involves the combined competencies of sport/exercise science, administration, management, teaching and coaching. Its practitioners must also comply with various laws and regulations while responding to instances of potential injury, and r...

A thorough family assessment provides a foundation for the nursing process when working with families. Therefore, nurses, along with other health care providers must develop expertise in conducting family assessments to provide the best possible care within the community. This article describes an innovative educational strategy using movies to teach family assessment skills and puts forth reco...

We report on initial system development of SlideTutor a web-deployed, image-based, model-tracing Intelligent Tutoring System for teaching microscopic diagnosis. The system is based on our previous work describing the development of expertise in this complex visual diagnostic task. SlideTutor is designed to provide individualized coaching to students as they search, and interpret virtual patholo...

improvement process described above, and by offering practical support and advice, providing, for example, skills in “Teaching-on-the-run” or “How to give constructive feedback”. In South Australia, the MEOs as a group offer a wide range of skills, including expertise in education, counselling, management, project development and research. They are a resource that can be called on across campus...

STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: OVERVIEW The Strength & Conditioning profession has come to a defining moment. The profession involves the combined competencies of sport/exercise science, administration, management, teaching and coaching. Its practitioners must also comply with various laws and regulations while responding to instances of potential injury, and r...