USC Institute for Global Health, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Glob Health Action. 2013 May 2;6:1-7. doi: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.20747.
The development of new global health academic programs provides unique opportunities to create innovative educational approaches within and across universities. Recent evidence suggests that digital media technologies may provide feasible and cost-effective alternatives to traditional classroom instruction; yet, many emerging global health academic programs lag behind in the utilization of modern technologies.
We created an inter-departmental University of Southern California (USC) collaboration to develop and implement a course focused on digital media and global health.
Course curriculum was based on core tenants of modern education: multi-disciplinary, technologically advanced, learner-centered, and professional application of knowledge. Student and university evaluations were reviewed to qualitatively assess course satisfaction and educational outcomes.
'New Media for Global Health' ran for 18 weeks in the Spring 2012 semester with N=41 students (56.1% global health and 43.9% digital studies students). The course resulted in a number of high quality global health-related digital media products available at http://iml420.wordpress.com/. Challenges confronted at USC included administrative challenges related to co-teaching and frustration from students conditioned to a rigid system of teacher-led learning within a specific discipline. Quantitative and qualitative course evaluations reflected positive feedback for the course instructors and mixed reviews for the organization of the course.
The development of innovative educational programs in global health requires on-going experimentation and information sharing across departments and universities. Digital media technologies may have implications for future efforts to improve global health education.
新的全球健康学术项目的发展为在大学内部和跨大学创造创新教育方法提供了独特的机会。最近的证据表明，数字媒体技术可能为传统课堂教学提供可行且具有成本效益的替代方案；然而，许多新兴的全球健康学术项目在利用现代技术方面落后。
我们创建了南加州大学（USC）的跨部门合作，以开发和实施一门专注于数字媒体和全球健康的课程。
课程课程基于现代教育的核心原则：多学科、技术先进、以学习者为中心，以及知识的专业应用。对学生和大学的评估进行了回顾，以定性评估课程满意度和教育成果。
“新媒体与全球健康”于 2012 年春季学期的 18 周内运行，有 41 名学生（全球健康学生占 56.1%，数字研究学生占 43.9%）。该课程产生了许多高质量的与全球健康相关的数字媒体产品，可在 http://iml420.wordpress.com/ 上获取。USC 面临的挑战包括与共同教学相关的管理挑战，以及习惯于特定学科中教师主导学习的严格系统的学生的挫败感。定量和定性的课程评估反映了对课程教师的积极反馈，以及对课程组织的混合评价。
全球健康创新教育项目的发展需要部门和大学之间持续的实验和信息共享。数字媒体技术可能对未来改善全球健康教育的努力产生影响。
