Periodontics and Oral Medicine, University of Michigan, 1011 N. University, Room 3066, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
J Dent Educ. 2011 Mar;75(3):339-50.
Distance education offers an opportunity to catalyze sweeping curricular change. Faculty members of the University of Michigan Dental Hygiene Program spent eighteen months researching best practices, planning outcomes and courses, and implementing an e-learning (online) dental hygiene degree completion program. The result is a collaborative and portfolio-integrated program that focuses on the development of reflective practitioners and leaders in the profession. A team-based, systems-oriented model for production, implementation, and evaluation has been critical to the program's success. The models and best practices on which this program was founded are described. Also provided is a framework of strategies for development, including the utilization of backward course design, which can be used in many areas of professional education.
远程教育提供了一个催化全面课程改革的机会。密歇根大学口腔卫生项目的教师们用了十八个月的时间研究最佳实践、规划成果和课程，并实施了一个电子学习（在线）口腔卫生学位完成项目。其结果是一个协作的和组合式的项目，专注于培养该专业的反思性从业者和领导者。基于团队的、面向系统的生产、实施和评估模式对于项目的成功至关重要。本文介绍了该项目所依据的模型和最佳实践。还提供了一个发展策略框架，包括使用回溯课程设计，这可以在专业教育的许多领域使用。
