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== About Me<br>  ==
== About Me<br>  ==


I'm a physiotherapy educator based at a university in the Western Cape of South Africa. I'm interested in social media and other emerging technologies to facilitate enhanced teaching and learning practice in physiotherapy education. I graduated with a Masters degree in 2008, after looking at the use of information and communication technologies by South African physiotherapy students and universities.<br>  
I'm a physiotherapy educator based at a university in the Western Cape of South Africa. I'm interested in social media and other emerging technologies to facilitate enhanced teaching and learning practice in physiotherapy education. I graduated with a Masters degree in 2008, after looking at the use of information and communication technologies by South African physiotherapy students and universities. I recently completed my PhD research, where I&nbsp;looked at how we can use technology-mediated approaches to fundamentally change teaching and learning practices in South African health professions education.<br>  


I'm currently busy with my Doctoral research where I'm looking at undergraduate curriculum development in our department, moving to a blended learning approach using online technologies to enable communication and collaboration to better facilitate an engaged learning experience.
== Education  ==


== Education  ==
*'''BSc Physiotherapy''' (2001). University of the Western Cape, South Africa.<br>


*'''BSc Physiotherapy''' (2001).&nbsp; University of the Western Cape, South Africa.<br>
*'''MSc Physiotherapy''' (2008). Thesis title: ''The use of information and communication technology to support physiotherapy students in South Africa''. University of the Western Cape, South Africa.<br>


*'''MSc Physiotherapy''' (2008).&nbsp; Thesis title: ''The use of information and communication technology to support physiotherapy students in South Africa''.&nbsp; University of the Western Cape, South Africa.<br>
*'''PhD''' (2013).&nbsp; Thesis title: [http://www.mrowe.co.za/blog/design-principles/ Blended learning in physiotherapy education: Designing and evaluating a technology-integrated approach][http://www.slideshare.net/theboatashore/mrowe-phd-proposal-presentation-1826196]. University of the Western Cape, South Africa


*'''PdD''' (currently registered).&nbsp; Thesis title: [http://www.slideshare.net/theboatashore/mrowe-phd-proposal-presentation-1826196 ''An analysis of the undergraduate physiotherapy curriculum to identify a teaching module for development, implementation and evaluation of a blended learning approach, using emerging technologies''].&nbsp; University of the Western Cape, South Africa.
You can find my [http://www.mrowe.co.za/blog/research-profile/ Research profile] and [http://www.mrowe.co.za/blog/teaching-portfolio/ Teaching portfolio] on my blog.  


== Professional Affiliations<br>  ==
== Professional Affiliations<br>  ==
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South African Society of Physiotherapy  
South African Society of Physiotherapy  
== Publications<br>  ==
Rowe, M. (2008). [http://www.scribd.com/doc/17279445/Abstract-Use-of-ICT-in-Health-Lit-Review Information and communication technology in health: a review of the literature]. Journal of Community and Health Sciences, 3(1):68-77
Rowe, M. (2009). [http://www.scribd.com/doc/17279547/Abstract-Knowledge-Attitudes-Towards-Social-Software Knowledge and attitudes regarding the use of social software in a physiotherapy department]. Journal of Community and Health Sciences, 4(1):1-7
Rowe, M. (2009). [http://www.scribd.com/doc/17279541/Abstract-Use-of-ICT-by-SA-Physio-Students The use of information and communication technology by physiotherapy students]. South African Journal of Physiotherapy. Accepted but unpublished.
== Conference presentations<br>  ==
Rowe, M. [http://www.scribd.com/doc/19797489/Abstract-Wikis-and-Collaborative-Learning ''Collaborative knowledge construction using wikis'']. Abstract accepted for HELTASA conference, November 2009
Rowe, M. [http://www.slideshare.net/theboatashore/the-use-of-blogging-as-a-tool-for-reflection ''The use of blogging as a reflective tool in physiotherapy ethics'']. SAAHE conference, June 2009
Mitchell, V., Rowe, M. &amp; Statham, S. ''Bringing human rights into focus in medical education''. Workshop, SAAHE conference, June 2009
Rowe, M. [http://www.slideshare.net/theboatashore/use-of-ict-by-south-african-physiotherapy-students ''The use of information and communication technology by South African physiotherapy students''].&nbsp; HESS conference, December 2008
Rowe, M. [http://www.slideshare.net/theboatashore/elearning-an-overview ''E-learning: an overview'']. Information and communication technology colloquium, September 2008
Rowe, M. ''The use of information and communication technology to support South African physiotherapy students'' (based on Masters study).&nbsp; SAAHE conference, June 2008<br>


== Contact<br>  ==
== Contact<br>  ==


*[http://www.twitter.com/michael_rowe @michael_rowe] - Twitter feed
*[http://www.twitter.com/michael_rowe @michael_rowe] - where I&nbsp;share things I find interesting


*[http://www.mrowe.co.za/blog /usr/physio] - personal blog on the use of technology in education<br>
*[http://www.mrowe.co.za/blog/ /usr/space] - where I blog on the use of technology in education<br>  
*[https://plus.google.com/u/0/106725202975518193003/posts Google+] - where I go looking for cool stuff

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Name[edit | edit source]

Michael Rowe

About Me
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I'm a physiotherapy educator based at a university in the Western Cape of South Africa. I'm interested in social media and other emerging technologies to facilitate enhanced teaching and learning practice in physiotherapy education. I graduated with a Masters degree in 2008, after looking at the use of information and communication technologies by South African physiotherapy students and universities. I recently completed my PhD research, where I looked at how we can use technology-mediated approaches to fundamentally change teaching and learning practices in South African health professions education.

Education[edit | edit source]

  • BSc Physiotherapy (2001). University of the Western Cape, South Africa.
  • MSc Physiotherapy (2008). Thesis title: The use of information and communication technology to support physiotherapy students in South Africa. University of the Western Cape, South Africa.

You can find my Research profile and Teaching portfolio on my blog.

Professional Affiliations
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Health Professions Council of South Africa

South African Society of Physiotherapy

Contact
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  • /usr/space - where I blog on the use of technology in education
  • Google+ - where I go looking for cool stuff
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