Developing Resources: involving mental health service users and carers

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Developing Resources involving mental health
service users and carers

• Tarsem Singh CoonerAssociate DirectorCentre of
  Excellence in Interdisciplinary Mental Health
• The University of Birmingham

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Overview

• Learners target audience
• E-learning development drivers
• Design and development
• Drivers and barriers for re-use

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Learners target audience

• Target audience pre and post qualifiedPsychologi
  sts, Social Workers, Nurses, GPs, Psychiatrists,
  Neuroscientists, Teachers, Public Policy
  Planners, Mental Health Service User/Carer
  Trainers, Youth Workers etc...
• Aim to promote interdisciplinary mental health
  practice between related disciplines.

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E-learning Development Drivers

• Overcome traditional barriers to
  interdisciplinary teaching and learning of time
  and space
• Promoting deeper learning outcomes through the
  processes of enquiry-based learning
• Provide Mental Health Service Users and Carers
  with an equal voice in training professionals
• Developing collaborative learning opportunities
  between disciplines

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Design and Development Process

• High End Developments facilities

Reusable Learning Object Specification V2.3
Team effort to produce RLO
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Design and Development Process - Community

• Low Tech High Quality - Granularity
• The Centres definition of the term
  'interdisciplinary' is one which equally values
  service user and carer expertise alongside that
  of mental health professionals. 
• Learning from the experiences of service users
  and carers to promote good practice
• Involve service users and carers in the
  curriculum development process

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Design and Development Process - Community

• Requirementslaptop, microphone, free software,
  training

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Design and Development Process - Community

• Requirementslaptop, microphone, free software,
  training
• Preparation project funding, service user/carer
  involvement, focus, time limit, originality,
  triggering event, stimulus, reuse.
• Impact of Medication Click here to access Web
  based example How could this example trigger
  debate within your interdisciplinary learning
  group?

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Drivers, Barriers for Reuse

• Technical lack of Web 2.0 type functionality
• Permissions from service users and carers
• Lack of learning design framework creates barrier
  to reuse.
• Driver for reuse is the development and adoption
  of a learning design framework

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Designing for Enquiry-based Blended Learning
Framework
Based on Garrison and Vaughans (2008) Community
of Inquiry framework Garrison and Vaughan
(2008) Blended learning in Higher education
frameworks, principles and guidelines. San
Francisco Jossey-Bass.
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Further Information

• www.ceimh.bham.ac.uk/downloads/ListofResources.sht
  ml
• Tarsem Singh Cooner
• t.s.cooner_at_bham.ac.uk