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The Tip of the Online Education Iceberg
When I started my bachelor’s degree in 1997, it was obtained through online, or ‘distance’ learning. At the time, we were learning through VHS tapes and painfully slow online course chat rooms. This...
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Graduating Coders: Where do they go from here?
It's almost June and graduations are just around the corner. Some of my students will be graduating and moving forward with a head full of coding information eager to use when the first opportunity...
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Tried and True Tips for your Online Course
I strive to make my coding classes fascinating and fun by sharing real world experiences as they pertain to the course subject matter being taught. Each term is a new learning experience for me, as I...
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Coding Tips for your Teaching Toolbox
As an educator and practitioner in the field of healthcare, I am constantly thinking of new and innovative ways to deliver course content to my students. I equate beginning coding to learning a foreign...
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Teaching Online? Use these five tips to make the most of your teaching!
Online teaching is not for everyone. Teachers accustomed to delivering their lecture in person, may be up for an interesting challenge when delivering a lecture online to students residing five...
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The Art and Science of Coding
As I prepare to teach my online coding class for the fall, I recall how it felt when I signed up for my first coding class. I remember the excitement upon opening my coding books, and logging into my...
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Tackling Root Operations: Activities for Students
0 0 1 259 1481 Gail I. Smith Consulting, LLC 12 3 1737 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ICD-10-PCS is a new classification system that replaces the third volume of ICD-9-CM for coding...
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ICD-10-PCS: New Game in Town
In last month's blog, I highlighted the big changes in ICD-10-CM. This month, the focus is on the Procedural Classification System (PCS). While ICD-10-CM is a version of ICD-9-CM, PCS is totally new....
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ICD-10-CM: Not that different from ICD-9-CM
I have been reading about the high cost of implementing ICD-10-CM and the extreme amount of time needed to make the transition. I agree that it is a major change to electronic processes that support...
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ICD-10-CM: Teaching the Classification System with Decision Trees
In my blog last month, I proposed using decision trees as a method for teaching ICD-10-CM. Starting the students on a path of creating decision trees can be a powerful learning tool. Decision trees...
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ICD-10-CM Delay? Teaching Strategy for Faculty
As the healthcare community waits for a final decision about implementation of ICD-10-CM/PCS, you may be asking----what does the mean for educators? For the past several years, educators have planned...
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Learning Activities for ICD-10-CM/PCS
0 0 1 223 1275 Gail I. Smith Consulting, LLC 10 2 1496 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE A couple of months ago, I introduced the three basic elements for designing an online course:...
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Developing Content for ICD-10-CM/PCS Courses
0 0 1 102 587 Gail I. Smith Consulting, LLC 4 1 688 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Last month, I introduced the three basic elements for designing an online course: visual design,...
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Course Design - 3 Major Elements
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Faculty To-Do List: Develop an Online Personality
Faculty that teach online have a more difficult task of creating an engaging learning environment than face-to-face teaching. Students can't see your smile, hear you laugh and note that you are...
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Distance Learning is Booming
0 0 1 146 836 Gail I. Smith Consulting, LLC 6 1 981 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE As a frequent flyer, perusing Delta’s Sky Magazine is part of my routine. The October 2011 edition...
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Quality Scorecard for Online Programs
Last month's blog introduced the Quality Matters program. Continuing the same theme, this month's topic is quality scorecards for administration of online programs. As the popularity of online...
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Quality Matters
A recent news item declared "eLearning market set for breathtaking healthcare growth." According to a report from Ambient Insight, a market research firm, self-paced e-learning products and services...
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Keeping It Simple: Content Templates
When designing your courses, you may want to adopt a Content Template to simplify (and communicate) the course direction and key components. There are numerous templates on the web, but the following...
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Teaching ICD-10-CM: A Case Study
The world of education is radically changing. The movement includes venturing away from absorbing material to learning how to navigate and how to learn. How do we design our courses to teach students...
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