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My reasoning with creating this lesson was to use the information my adult learners already have from life experience and one semester in theory and practicum experience in hospital settings to encourage them to be creative in presenting information to their peers and change their approach in caregiving from a hospital-focus to a homecare focus. The safety concerns in the activity are some they may face in home caregiving and I want them to be able to think critically about their role and actions in that setting.

Malcolm Knowles states that adult learners take in information and process it differently.

• Previous experience is used to create know meaning and encourages learning
  
• The focus of learning changes to a problem-solving approach
  
• Motivation and readiness to learn increases with maturity
  
• Adult learners need to know why they are doing an activity and what they will learn from it or they will not engage in the experience
  

We will begin to work on this together and it will be due in 3 weeks.

Below is the lesson I in which I would like the students to engage.

Grading:    This is worth 30% of your final mark

EDDL 5131 Group Safety Assignment

Instructions:

Students will work in groups of no more than 4 and will open the web site for LTC which the instructor will provide. Working in small groups, they will develop a multimedia presentation to teach the rest of the class about a particular safety topic related to seniors living at home. All the necessary information is present on the Long Term Care (LTC) website and other sites I have included below. You will need to inform the instructor about which topic you pick.

The topics include:

• safety in the kitchen
  
• fire safety in the home
  
• fall prevention in the home
  
• preventing home support worker injuries
  
• hoarding and clutter
  

Each group will present their topic to the rest of the class by way of a multimedia presentation. A marking guide will be provided for reference.

Purposes of the presentation:

• Learning to assess safety in the home for seniors while working as a Home Support Worker.
  
• Learning to create a multimedia display to impart to fellow students an explanation of safety concerns on your chosen topic
  

Learning Objectives:

• Demonstrate problem-solving and critical thinking skills in a multimedia presentation to a simulated home situation
  

• Exhibit knowledge of safety issues for seniors in their home
  

Required Elements to Receive Full Marks

1. Multimedia display including two from: text, image, sound or video.
   
2. Examples of application to Home Support
   
3. Demonstration of teamwork in achieving the final presentation including a review by your peers.
   
4. Link to LTC website http://www.environmentalgeriatrics.com/
   

   This website was created by Cornell University to explore the environment most seniors find themselves in if they are living in a two-story home.
   

   The challenges they face in this situation are common.
   

5. Links to safety for seniors website: http://nihseniorhealth.gov/falls/homesafety/01.html
   

    

6. https://canadasafetycouncil.org/senior-safety
   

    

7. Demonstration of a handwashing video created in Powtoon:
   

    

   https://www.powtoon.com/show/cKZNFbhxm8M/handwashing-in-healthcare/#/
   

    

   If you choose to you can use https://www.wevideo.com/,
   https://www.jamendo.com/ , or http://wix.com in your presentation. Jamendo will give you music
   

   or sound effects and wix.com will allow you to create a webpage free.
   

    

   The marking guide for the presentation is below.
   

Your site is now published and will be live online in a few seconds at:

I think I tried to publish this before but I don’t think it worked.I published it to you-tube and I finally found it under powtoon and safety.

I think this kind of animated ‘cartoonish’ approach can capture the interest of some of the younger students.

Unfortunately, the sizing is not the best. I’m not sure how to do this.