title: Research challenges in digital education.
abstract: Simulation and other forms of digital learning will occupy a place of increasing prominence in medical education in the future. However, to maximally use the potential of these media, we must go beyond a research agenda dictated by a 'Does it work?' question to one driven by careful analysis of the nature of the task to be learned and its relation to the characteristics of the technology. Secondly, we must change the focus from the characteristics of individual devices to a broader approach to design of a digital curriculum based on current understanding of the nature of human learning.
authors.affiliation: Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Dimensions of Clinical Expertise, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. norman@mcmaster.ca.|Program for Educational Research and Development, McMaster University, Room 3519, MDCL 1200 Main St West, Hamilton, ON, L8N 4K1, Canada. norman@mcmaster.ca.|Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. W., Hamilton, ON, Canada. norman@mcmaster.ca.|Department of Psychology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. norman@mcmaster.ca.
authors.forename: Geoff
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authors.lastname: Norman