The Effect of Technology in Information Searching Skills via Wiki to the Medical Students
Background & Objective: Recently a new technology ie Web 20 has emerged and it is increasingly used in education Wiki is one of the web 20 application which is used in Elearning Wiki is a simple easy editable interactive application that enhances learning so this study was conducted to investiga...
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Kerman University of Medical Sciences
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| description | Background & Objective: Recently a new technology ie Web 20 has emerged and it is increasingly used in education Wiki is one of the web 20 application which is used in Elearning Wiki is a simple easy editable interactive application that enhances learning so this study was conducted to investigate the effect of using wiki on learning information searching skills on medical students in Kerman University of Medical Sciences Iran Methods: The study population included the medical students who have chosen the information technology (IT) course in the second semester in 2013 The course was held in four groups two groups were selected randomly One group was considered as test group teaching through wiki (wikispaces) The second one was the control group traditional teaching (lecture) We asked about students attitudes toward learning through a researchermade questionnaire Result: The most of the students (719%) have used at least one of the web 20 technologies and 219% used Wikis The mean scores of two groups increased and the difference between the mean scores was significant The mean and standard deviation of the students scores before and after training through Wiki enhanced from 280 ± 185 to 1285 ± 426 whereas it was 383 ± 430 to 1375 ± 325 in the traditional group (P < 0001) There was no significant association between two teaching methods (wiki and traditional) (P = 0560) and the improvement of both groups was almost equivalent but most of students (55%) preferred training by wiki Conclusion: Teaching through Wiki had a positive effect on learning Regarding Wiki capabilities it can be used as a supplement method for teaching |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7b8174afbcb94b82a6735aadf2efe00b2022-12-21T23:26:38ZengKerman University of Medical SciencesStrides in Development of Medical Education2645-34522645-34522014-08-0111213915290318The Effect of Technology in Information Searching Skills via Wiki to the Medical StudentsMaryam Okhovati0Mina Moradzadeh1Farzaneh Zolala2PhD in Library and Information Sciences, Assistant Professor, Department of Library Sciences, Member of Scientometrics and Webometrics Committee, Medical Informatics Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, KermanM.Sc. in Medical Librarianship and Information Sciences, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Member of Scientometrics and Webometrics Committee, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IranPhD in Epidemiology, Assistant Professor, Regional Knowledge Hub for HIV/AIDS Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IranBackground & Objective: Recently a new technology ie Web 20 has emerged and it is increasingly used in education Wiki is one of the web 20 application which is used in Elearning Wiki is a simple easy editable interactive application that enhances learning so this study was conducted to investigate the effect of using wiki on learning information searching skills on medical students in Kerman University of Medical Sciences Iran Methods: The study population included the medical students who have chosen the information technology (IT) course in the second semester in 2013 The course was held in four groups two groups were selected randomly One group was considered as test group teaching through wiki (wikispaces) The second one was the control group traditional teaching (lecture) We asked about students attitudes toward learning through a researchermade questionnaire Result: The most of the students (719%) have used at least one of the web 20 technologies and 219% used Wikis The mean scores of two groups increased and the difference between the mean scores was significant The mean and standard deviation of the students scores before and after training through Wiki enhanced from 280 ± 185 to 1285 ± 426 whereas it was 383 ± 430 to 1375 ± 325 in the traditional group (P < 0001) There was no significant association between two teaching methods (wiki and traditional) (P = 0560) and the improvement of both groups was almost equivalent but most of students (55%) preferred training by wiki Conclusion: Teaching through Wiki had a positive effect on learning Regarding Wiki capabilities it can be used as a supplement method for teachinghttp://sdme.kmu.ac.ir/article_90318_79f95bafe5d891e4aa0658e1dc5d36c2.pdfweb 2.0wikieducationinformation searching skillslearningkerman university of medical sciencesiranmedical students |
| spellingShingle | Maryam Okhovati Mina Moradzadeh Farzaneh Zolala The Effect of Technology in Information Searching Skills via Wiki to the Medical Students Strides in Development of Medical Education web 2.0 wiki education information searching skills learning kerman university of medical sciences iran medical students |
| title | The Effect of Technology in Information Searching Skills via Wiki to the Medical Students |
| title_full | The Effect of Technology in Information Searching Skills via Wiki to the Medical Students |
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| topic | web 2.0 wiki education information searching skills learning kerman university of medical sciences iran medical students |
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