A Study on the Usage of Web 2.0 Applications by Basic Medical Science Students, in the Light of e-Learning Implementation
Year: 2010
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Web 2.0 represents the changing face of people’s activities on the Web, \nfrom a mere place to access information towards a much “cool” place to \ncreate / write / share / collaborate / network with their intellectual \ninvolvement. Web 2.0 is changing all aspects of academic life including \npractice and training of medicine. When American University of Antigua \nintegrates to the e-learning Systems, there was a need to study the present \nstudent population before implementing the facilities, about their usage of \nWeb 2.0 applications for learning and research purposes. This dissertation is \nbased on a survey for analyzing the awareness of the students about Web 2.0 \napplications and their expectations during integration of e-learning \ntechnologies. Major finding are wikis, instant messaging, media sharing, \nsocial networking and VoIP show high usage by major group of students, \nwhere very less usage of podcasts, social book marking, blogs, feeds is \nfound. More students mainly want wikis, forums to be integrated to in elearning \nsystem along with media/file sharing, streaming, chat rooms, blogs \nand book marking.
Author: J. K. Vijayakumar
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2253496841