The WEB 2.0 induced paradigm shift in the e-learning and the role of crowdsourcing in dental education

Bratislava Medical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 168-175

  Thurzo, A ^a   Stanko, P ^a   Urbanova, W ^b   Lysy, J ^a   Suchancova, B ^a   Makovnik, M ^c   Javorka, V ^a  

^a Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRATISLAVA   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Crowdsourcing; Dental education; Dental informatics; e Learning; Knowledge retention; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL EDUCATION; INTERNET; LEARNING; TEACHING;

COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, DENTAL; INTERNET; LEARNING;

EID: 77953011547     PISSN: 00069248     EISSN: 13360345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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