Student perceptions of online lectures and WebCT in an introductory drug information course.

Autor: Freeman MK; McWhorter School of Pharmacy, Samford University, Birmingham, AL 35229, USA. mkelly@samford.edu, Schrimsher RH, Kendrach MG
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: American journal of pharmaceutical education [Am J Pharm Educ] 2006 Dec 15; Vol. 70 (6), pp. 126.
DOI: 10.5688/aj7006126
Abstrakt: Objectives: To determine student perceptions regarding online lectures and quizzes during an introductory drug information course for first-year professional doctor of pharmacy students.
Design: Formal and online lectures, online quizzes, written semester projects, a practice-based examination, a careers in pharmacy exercise, and a final examination were used to deliver the course content and assess performance. A multiple-choice survey instrument was used to evaluate student perceptions of WebCT and online lectures.
Assessment: More than 47% of students reported that online lectures helped them learn the material better, 77% reported that lectures would be used to study for the final examination, and 59% reported that they would use WebCT lectures for future classes. Approximately 40% of students agreed that online lectures should be used in future courses.
Conclusion: Students reported that WebCT was easy to use; however, the majority of students preferred in-class lectures compared to online lectures. A positive correlation was observed for those students who performed well on the online quizzes and those who performed well on the final examination.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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