The current Intro to Midwifery course is run with two days of face to face teaching and is assessed with a group presentation and written assignment. I am thinking that the 'face to face' element could be removed as ultimately I would like the content of this course to be an 'open' design and able to be accessed by anyone at anytime. The main thrust for this is the course is about sharing information about the realities of being a midwife in NZ and the reality of the Bachelor of Midwifery degree. To better inform potential applicants, ease the burden on administration staff and promote the work of the Otago Polytechnic Midwifery department. The aim of the course is not primarily to assess knowledge, but to inform. Therefore it lends itself to being delivered online, but in doing so does not want to lose the elements that learners value in the current 'face to face' teaching such as meeting current students and midwives.
An idea to accommodate this would be to use video as a presentation medium. I propose to take video footage of current students, asking them questions about their experiences and also showing the various settings in which they study with the idea that a picture can paint a thousand words and the prospective students can literally see the sort of home office set up required for studying, the sort of classroom where student groups regularly meet and the maternity facilities where they gain practical experience.
A second set of videos could be produced with interviews with midwives in their various work settings, remote rural to high risk hospital units.
I do not envisage these videos being costly to produce as they could be edited in software available on home computers, they could be short to hold attention and could be updated as required.
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