Student outcomes associated with use of asynchronous online discussion forums in gross anatomy teaching

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 101-106

  Green, Rodney A ^a   Hughes, Diane L ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asynchronous discussion; Blended learning; E learning; Gross anatomy education; Learning outcomes; Undergraduate education

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEARNING; PROCEDURES; TEACHING; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY;

ANATOMY; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERNET; LEARNING; TEACHING;

EID: 84875050291     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.1310     Document Type: Article

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