Best Practices in Online Education

Dr David Kok, MBBS, MEd, is an oncologist and award-winning educator. He is the Clinical Director of Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre’s Moorabbin Campus and Head of the Cancer Education Unit at the University of Melbourne. His academic expertise is in the design and delivery of innovative, tailored educational curricula. He has led the development and renewal of numerous postgraduate and specialist programs and received multiple international awards for this work. David also maintains an active research portfolio and has published and lectured widely relating to best practice in oncological care and health professional education. Currently, he sits on a range of national and international committees, including as the Chief of Training and Assessment at the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists and Chair of the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre’s Education and Training Committee.  Dr David Seignior, EdD, is a multidisciplinary teacher and researcher in the Faculty of Education, at the University of Melbourne. Prior to this, he was a senior learning designer with the Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education (MSPACE) where his main focus was on health professional education. He played a key role in the learning design of the University of Melbourne and Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC) Alliance’s wholly online Master of Cancer Sciences course. David now teaches and researches in philosophy of education, environmental education and climate change, and diversity and inclusion in teacher training and practice. His doctorate was a phenomenological inquiry into the experiences of students undertaking wholly online interprofessional education in cancer sciences. Michelle Barrett, MEd(ProfPrac), has worked in health professional education since 2001, predominantly in curriculum writing and educational development and delivery in the medical undergraduate, postgraduate, specialist and professional education and training arena. Her special interests focus on transformative learning practice, program evaluation, consumers as educators and innovative educational technology. Since 2018 she has been the Head of Education and Training at the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre Alliance where she develops, curates, and manages educational programming that supports knowledge and skill development for the clinical and research cancer workforce. Prior to that she was the Manager of Professional Development at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Manager of Curriculum and Training Development at the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators and Lecturer, Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education at Monash University. Michelle has an honours qualification in science, post graduate qualification in scientific communications and Master of Professional Education and Training.

• 1. Online Health Professional Education: Core Educational Theories, Opportunities and Challenges (David L Kok, Michelle Barrett, David Bowser, Alicia Mew, Sathana Dushyanthen, David Seignior).- 2. Designing Effective, Online Health Professional Curricula (David L Kok, Michelle Barrett, Sathana Dushyanthen, David Seignior).- 3. Contexts and Conditions for Online Learning Success (Michelle Barrett, David Seignior, Alicia Mew).- 4. Best Practice Design and Delivery of Digital Learning Tools (Sathana Dushyanthen, David L Kok, Alicia Mew, Michelle Barrett).- 5. Teaching and Facilitating Online (Alicia Mew, Bhaumik Shah, David L Kok).- 6. Multidisciplinary and Interprofessional Education in the Online Environment (David Seignior, Michelle Barrett, David L Kok).- 7. Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Health Professional Education (Thomas Cochrane, David Seignior, David L Kok).- 8. Implementing and Leading Online Education Transformation (David Bowser).