The creativity of knowledge translation in the online space

Nancy Barber

As a clinical educator for third year students in the department of Speech-Language Pathology, the change to online learning has meant that for a larger portion of 2020, my students were unable to provide face-to-face therapy and have limited clinical experience. This led to being creative in the use of adult learning theory strategies in the online learning space to support the development of clinical skills. The level of engagement that educators can facilitate in the online space is dependent on the knowledge and use of the online tools that we have access to. I would like to tell the story of embedding engagement to facilitate adult learning theory so that students could actively engage and learn from each other to support knowledge translation and develop clinical reasoning skills. This story would hope to provide other disciplines with creative ways to ensure the knowledge translation and the support of learners during online learning. It will also provide lessons learnt and information we should consider moving forward.

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