Virtual and Traditional Lecturing Technique Impact on Dental Education
This study tries to identify the influence of the new coronavirus pandemic on dental education by assessing dental students’ perception and their didactic performance regarding virtual and traditional lectures. The final academic performances of students from different years of study at the Faculty...
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| author | Cristina Bartok-Nicolae Gheorghe Raftu Raluca Briceag Liliana Sachelarie Aureliana Caraiane Mihaela Duta Dorina Maria Farcas |
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| description | This study tries to identify the influence of the new coronavirus pandemic on dental education by assessing dental students’ perception and their didactic performance regarding virtual and traditional lectures. The final academic performances of students from different years of study at the Faculty of Dental Medicine who participated in undergraduate courses through two different lecturing modes (traditional and virtual) were compared. The same students were evaluated in terms of their preference between the two lecturing techniques. There was a statistically significant difference in the mean values for final grades of virtual and traditional technique in favor of the latter one. In pandemic conditions, because of safety reasons, virtual lecturing was the most preferred technique. For dental faculty, this process of transitioning from traditional to virtual is a continuous process, which was suddenly imposed, but which at this moment offers multiple opportunities from a didactic point of view. Analyzing the grade, the virtual lecturing techniques demonstrated superior didactic performance. Although students preferred the virtual lecturing technique more than the traditional one, better-designed research is required to verify the long-term effect of the two lecturing techniques on students’ formation and deepening of knowledge. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4413e7cd2f6e4fedbe197610854885cb2023-11-23T16:01:37ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172022-02-01123167810.3390/app12031678Virtual and Traditional Lecturing Technique Impact on Dental EducationCristina Bartok-Nicolae0Gheorghe Raftu1Raluca Briceag2Liliana Sachelarie3Aureliana Caraiane4Mihaela Duta5Dorina Maria Farcas6Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Ovidius” University Constanta, 124 Bvld. Mamaia, 900527 Constanta, RomaniaFaculty of Dental Medicine, “Ovidius” University Constanta, 124 Bvld. Mamaia, 900527 Constanta, RomaniaFaculty of Dental Medicine, “Ovidius” University Constanta, 124 Bvld. Mamaia, 900527 Constanta, RomaniaFaculty of Dental Medicine, “Apollonia” University Iasi, Pacurari nr.11, 700511 Iasi, RomaniaFaculty of Dental Medicine, “Ovidius” University Constanta, 124 Bvld. Mamaia, 900527 Constanta, RomaniaFaculty of Dental Medicine, “Ovidius” University Constanta, 124 Bvld. Mamaia, 900527 Constanta, RomaniaFaculty of Medicine, Oradea University, 410087 Oradea, RomaniaThis study tries to identify the influence of the new coronavirus pandemic on dental education by assessing dental students’ perception and their didactic performance regarding virtual and traditional lectures. The final academic performances of students from different years of study at the Faculty of Dental Medicine who participated in undergraduate courses through two different lecturing modes (traditional and virtual) were compared. The same students were evaluated in terms of their preference between the two lecturing techniques. There was a statistically significant difference in the mean values for final grades of virtual and traditional technique in favor of the latter one. In pandemic conditions, because of safety reasons, virtual lecturing was the most preferred technique. For dental faculty, this process of transitioning from traditional to virtual is a continuous process, which was suddenly imposed, but which at this moment offers multiple opportunities from a didactic point of view. Analyzing the grade, the virtual lecturing techniques demonstrated superior didactic performance. Although students preferred the virtual lecturing technique more than the traditional one, better-designed research is required to verify the long-term effect of the two lecturing techniques on students’ formation and deepening of knowledge.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/3/1678coronavirusdental educationvirtual lecturingtraditional lecturing |
| spellingShingle | Cristina Bartok-Nicolae Gheorghe Raftu Raluca Briceag Liliana Sachelarie Aureliana Caraiane Mihaela Duta Dorina Maria Farcas Virtual and Traditional Lecturing Technique Impact on Dental Education Applied Sciences coronavirus dental education virtual lecturing traditional lecturing |
| title | Virtual and Traditional Lecturing Technique Impact on Dental Education |
| title_full | Virtual and Traditional Lecturing Technique Impact on Dental Education |
| title_fullStr | Virtual and Traditional Lecturing Technique Impact on Dental Education |
| title_full_unstemmed | Virtual and Traditional Lecturing Technique Impact on Dental Education |
| title_short | Virtual and Traditional Lecturing Technique Impact on Dental Education |
| title_sort | virtual and traditional lecturing technique impact on dental education |
| topic | coronavirus dental education virtual lecturing traditional lecturing |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/3/1678 |
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