Healthc Inform Res.  2016 Jul;22(3):164-171. 10.4258/hir.2016.22.3.164.

New Evaluation Vector through the Stanford Mobile Inquiry-Based Learning Environment (SMILE) for Participatory Action Research

• Kim P
• An JY

• KMID: 2357394
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4258/hir.2016.22.3.164

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
This article reviews an evaluation vector model driven from a participatory action research leveraging a collective inquiry system named SMILE (Stanford Mobile Inquiry-based Learning Environment).
METHODS
SMILE has been implemented in a diverse set of collective inquiry generation and analysis scenarios including community health care-specific professional development sessions and community-based participatory action research projects. In each scenario, participants are given opportunities to construct inquiries around physical and emotional health-related phenomena in their own community.
RESULTS
Participants formulated inquiries as well as potential clinical treatments and hypothetical scenarios to address health concerns or clarify misunderstandings or misdiagnoses often found in their community practices. From medical universities to rural village health promotion organizations, all participatory inquiries and potential solutions can be collected and analyzed. The inquiry and solution sets represent an evaluation vector which helps educators better understand community health issues at a much deeper level.
CONCLUSIONS
SMILE helps collect problems that are most important and central to their community health concerns. The evaluation vector, consisting participatory and collective inquiries and potential solutions, helps the researchers assess the participants' level of understanding on issues around health concerns and practices while helping the community adequately formulate follow-up action plans. The method used in SMILE requires much further enhancement with machine learning and advanced data visualization.

Keyword

Social Learning; Telemedicine; Public Health; Public Health Informatics; Community-Based Participatory Research

MeSH Terms

Community-Based Participatory Research
Diagnostic Errors
Follow-Up Studies
Health Promotion
Health Services Research*
Learning*
Machine Learning
Methods
Public Health
Public Health Informatics
Social Learning
Telemedicine

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  Figure 1 Stanford Mobile Inquiry-based Learning Environment (SMILE) Plug computer designed by Stanford University Graduate School of Education and manufactured by Marvell Semiconductor and GlobalScale.

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  Figure 2 Stanford Mobile Inquiry-based Learning Environment (SMILE) activity model.

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  Figure 3 Sample Stanford Mobile Inquiry-based Learning Environment (SMILE) result page.

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  Figure 4 Central cloud server (http://smile.stanford.edu/) collecting all questions from around the world.

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  Figure 5 Questions derived from a participatory action research case in Colombia.

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