The gap between medical faculty's perceptions and use of e-learning resourcesopen access
- Authors
- Kim, Kyong-Jee; Kang, Youngjoon; Kim, Giwoon
- Issue Date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Co-Action Publishing
- Keywords
- Medical education; e-learning; teaching and learning; faculty perceptions
- Citation
- Medical Education Online, v.22
- Journal Title
- Medical Education Online
- Volume
- 22
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/sch/handle/2021.sw.sch/8441
- DOI
- 10.1080/10872981.2017.1338504
- ISSN
- 1087-2981
- Abstract
- Background: e-Learning resources have become increasingly popular in medical education; however, there has been scant research on faculty perceptions and use of these resources. Objective: To investigate medical faculty's use of e-learning resources and to draw on practical implications for fostering their use of such resources. Design: Approximately 500 full-time faculty members in 35 medical schools across the nation in South Korea were invited to participate in a 30-item questionnaire on their perceptions and use of e-learning resources in medical education. The questionnaires were distributed in both online and paper formats. Descriptive analysis and reliability analysis were conducted of the data. Results: Eighty faculty members from 28 medical schools returned the questionnaires. Twenty-two percent of respondents were female and 78% were male, and their rank, disciplines, and years of teaching experience all varied. Participants had positive perceptions of e-learning resources in terms of usefulness for student learning and usability; still, only 39% of them incorporated those resources in their teaching. The most frequently selected reasons for not using e-learning resources in their teaching were 'lack of resources relevant to my lectures,' 'lack of time to use them during lectures,' and 'was not aware of their availability.' Conclusions: Our study indicates a gap between medical faculty's positive perceptions of e-learning resources and their low use of such resources. Our findings highlight the needs for further study of individual and institutional barriers to faculty adoption of e-learning resources to bridge this gap.
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