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Article: A virtual classroom for undergraduate periodontology: a pilot study.

TitleA virtual classroom for undergraduate periodontology: a pilot study.
Authors
KeywordsDental education
Interactive web based distance learning
Periodontology
Virtual classroom
Issue Date2001
PublisherBlackwell Munksgaard. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/EJE
Citation
European Journal Of Dental Education : Official Journal Of The Association For Dental Education In Europe, 2001, v. 5 n. 4, p. 139-147 How to Cite?
AbstractThe Integrated Distributed Learning Environments or virtual classrooms constitute a new promising structure in education of health care personnel. A virtual classroom was developed aiming to teach periodontology to an international group of 28 dental students using a problem-based learning (PBL) approach. The course was web-based and included synchronous and asynchronous communication, on-line libraries and multimedia material. Students were organised in 4 independent groups and each group was appointed a tutor. The results of the study indicate that one of the most positive effects students experienced was competence in using the computer. They also rated highly the use of multimedia for learning of clinical procedures. It was found that web boards and email were too slow to allow group work in the virtual classroom. Real time communication programs were found to be superior for problem discussion and hypothesis formulation. However, email and the web board played a significant role during certain steps of the PBL method. The students expressed a positive attitude for the combined use of network-based learning and problem-based education. Our present experience suggests that distance learning should be organised with a mixture of different media, allowing communication of knowledge and skills between the resources and the students, as well as cooperation between the students. Computer literacy among teachers and students is limited and should be enhanced. Finally, personal contact between the resource persons and the students before the distant learning course commences helps the learning process.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/167020
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 1.7
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.633

 

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dc.contributor.authorSchittek, Men_US
dc.contributor.authorAttström, Ren_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-28T04:01:56Z-
dc.date.available2012-09-28T04:01:56Z-
dc.date.issued2001en_US
dc.identifier.citationEuropean Journal Of Dental Education : Official Journal Of The Association For Dental Education In Europe, 2001, v. 5 n. 4, p. 139-147en_US
dc.identifier.issn1396-5883en_US
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dc.description.abstractThe Integrated Distributed Learning Environments or virtual classrooms constitute a new promising structure in education of health care personnel. A virtual classroom was developed aiming to teach periodontology to an international group of 28 dental students using a problem-based learning (PBL) approach. The course was web-based and included synchronous and asynchronous communication, on-line libraries and multimedia material. Students were organised in 4 independent groups and each group was appointed a tutor. The results of the study indicate that one of the most positive effects students experienced was competence in using the computer. They also rated highly the use of multimedia for learning of clinical procedures. It was found that web boards and email were too slow to allow group work in the virtual classroom. Real time communication programs were found to be superior for problem discussion and hypothesis formulation. However, email and the web board played a significant role during certain steps of the PBL method. The students expressed a positive attitude for the combined use of network-based learning and problem-based education. Our present experience suggests that distance learning should be organised with a mixture of different media, allowing communication of knowledge and skills between the resources and the students, as well as cooperation between the students. Computer literacy among teachers and students is limited and should be enhanced. Finally, personal contact between the resource persons and the students before the distant learning course commences helps the learning process.en_US
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dc.subjectDental education-
dc.subjectInteractive web based distance learning-
dc.subjectPeriodontology-
dc.subjectVirtual classroom-
dc.subject.meshAttitudeen_US
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dc.titleA virtual classroom for undergraduate periodontology: a pilot study.en_US
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