Engaging students in active learning: Use of a blog and audience response system

Medical Reference Services Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-18

  Abate, Laura E ^a   Gomes, Alexandra ^a   Linton, Anne ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning; Adult learning; Audience interaction; Audience response system (ars); Blogs; Classroom performance systems; Clickers; Electronic voting system; Formative assessment; Informatics training; Interactive learning; Literature searching and evaluation; Medical education; Medical libraries; Medical students; Personal response systems; Web 2.0; Web 2.0 applications

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIBRARIAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TEACHING;

BLOGGING; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; LIBRARIANS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 79251469372     PISSN: 02763869     EISSN: 15409597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02763869.2011.540206     Document Type: Article

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