Panel 2: Virtual Fieldwork for Pre-Professional Education
Panel Convener: Debbie Marcus
Panel: Angela Calabrese-Barton, John Zimmerman, Tazuko Shibusawa, Herbert Ginsburg
Summary
CCNMTL and its faculty partners discussed their collaborations in the areas of virtual fieldwork. However, when we say "virtual" fieldwork, we do not mean that the use of digital technologies should replace onsite field practice. Nothing can replace the meaningful experience of interacting with clients, patients, and students. Virtual fieldwork, which is helping students bridge the gap between classroom instruction and field practice, can take several forms. It allows students to explore and reflect on unfamiliar environments without the fear of "making mistakes" in real settings. It helps students build specific skills for interacting in those environments by seeing varying models of real-world practitioners. Lastly, virtual fieldwork allows students to use recordings of their own practice to reflect on their performance of those skills.
Professor Angela Calabrese-Barton from Teachers College, discussed her work with the Educational Multimedia Case Constructor (EMCC). She described the elaborate cases that students explore as part of her course for urban science educators. Dr. John Zimmerman from the College of Dental Medicine discussed his use of Video Interactions for Teaching and Learning (VITAL) to help teach issues of cultural competency to first year dental students. Professor Tazuko Shibusawa from the School of Social Work discussed her work with VITAL and other video technologies to provide models of practice for clinical practice students. And Professor Herb Ginsburg from Teachers College discussed his use of VITAL in a course on developmental math education to allow students to record and reflect on their own lessons and clinical interviews with school children.
Audio
Introduction by Debbie Marcus (2:58)
Angela Calabrese Barton discusses EMCC at Teachers College (21:22)
John Zimmerman on VITAL at the College of Dental Medicine (12:35)
Tazuko Shibusawa discusses VITAL at the School of Social Work (15:04)
Herbert Ginsburg on VITAL at Teachers College (13:47)
Video
Introduction by Debbie Marcus
Angela Calabrese Barton discusses EMCC at Teachers College
John Zimmerman on VITAL at the College of Dental Medicine
Tazuko Shibusawa discusses VITAL at the School of Social Work
Herbert Ginsburg on VITAL at Teachers College