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Best Practices in Faculty Training for Exam Soft

Ashley Castleberry, PharmD, MAEdAssistant Professor and Director of Assessment

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy ancastleberry@uams.edu

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How do you currently train your faculty to use ExamSoft?

What is working? What is not working?

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Session Learning Outcomes:

• Explore key characteristics of adult learning and their impact on training for ExamSoft

• Identify best practices for training faculty to use ExamSoft for the first time

• Design a fun assessment for your faculty to experience the program as a student

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A Learning Theory

• Andragogy- the art and science of helping adults learn. [Malcolm Knowles, 1980]

• Key Components of Adult Learners– Internal Motivation– Life Experiences– Goal Oriented– Relevance– Practical– Respected

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Knowing this, what are some

best practices in training adults?

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Best Practices in Training

• Motivate them to learn• Give control when possible• Relate the new to what is already known• Clearly define the goals of training• Show importance and relevance to daily practice • Design realistic activities• Make information practical• Discover together• Encourage questions• Reflect often

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Practice,

Practice,

Practice

Behind the

Curtain

Be the Student

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Be the Student

Users experience the platform as a student to discover the advantages and

key components of the program

• Create a Fun Exam• Walk Them Through the Process

• Register• Download Exam• Take Exam

• Cool Features• Upload Exam• Review report Cards

• Reflection• “What features do you think students will like about ExamSoft?”• “How will report cards be beneficial in your course?”

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Let’s experience this together….

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Behind the

Curtain

Users get a glimpse “behind the curtain” and explore the basics of

the online portal

• Create Items• Item templates• Categories

• Create Exams• Preview Exams

• Practice finding and correcting mistakes• Post Exams• Proctoring and Tracking Students

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Practice,

Practice,

Practice

Users practice entering items, using categories, and creating exams with

their own test questions

• Import old items into ExamSoft• Assign categories• Organize items for easy access year to year• Create a practice quiz• Analyze reports and item statistics• Review individual student exams

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Logistics of Training

• Offer multiple trainings at various times and locations

• Offer different levels of trainings• Have faculty bring their own laptops• Print handouts but also post online• Send follow up email• Offer a ‘come & go’ training right after the

semester begins• Be patient

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Next Steps…

How can you implement this training for your faculty?

What changes will you make to your faculty training sessions?

How can you make training fun for your faculty?

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THANK YOU!

Ashley Castleberry, PharmD, MAEd

Assistant Professor and Director of Assessment

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy

ancastleberry@uams.edu

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