Version 1
: Received: 29 June 2023 / Approved: 30 June 2023 / Online: 30 June 2023 (12:31:48 CEST)
Version 2
: Received: 13 December 2023 / Approved: 14 December 2023 / Online: 15 December 2023 (08:58:35 CET)
How to cite:
Ryan, F.; Chow Minger, A.; Alali, A.; Ather, M.; Flanagan, S.; Hussein, M.; Kinsella, C.; Salama, M.; Van Harten, M. Uncovering Dental Students’ Online Learning Habits from an Educator’s Perspective. Preprints2023, 2023062227. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.2227.v2
Ryan, F.; Chow Minger, A.; Alali, A.; Ather, M.; Flanagan, S.; Hussein, M.; Kinsella, C.; Salama, M.; Van Harten, M. Uncovering Dental Students’ Online Learning Habits from an Educator’s Perspective. Preprints 2023, 2023062227. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.2227.v2
Ryan, F.; Chow Minger, A.; Alali, A.; Ather, M.; Flanagan, S.; Hussein, M.; Kinsella, C.; Salama, M.; Van Harten, M. Uncovering Dental Students’ Online Learning Habits from an Educator’s Perspective. Preprints2023, 2023062227. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.2227.v2
APA Style
Ryan, F., Chow Minger, A., Alali, A., Ather, M., Flanagan, S., Hussein, M., Kinsella, C., Salama, M., & Van Harten, M. (2023). Uncovering Dental Students’ Online Learning Habits from an Educator’s Perspective. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.2227.v2
Chicago/Turabian Style
Ryan, F., Marina Salama and Maria Van Harten. 2023 "Uncovering Dental Students’ Online Learning Habits from an Educator’s Perspective" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.2227.v2
Abstract
Introduction: Dental students’ use of online material to supplement learning has been studied, but educator awareness and reaction to the findings of this research is unknown. This small local study aimed to investigate dental students’ use of online content as a learning tool from an educator’s perspective.Methods: Educators at an Irish dental school completed a survey based on dental students’ use of online learning. Quantitative descriptive analyses were carried out as appropriate on the data collected, and a subsequent focus group was held to gain deeper insight into survey results. Data were analysed for themes by deductive and inductive coding methods.Results: This study found a sample of educators were aware of some student behaviours around online videos. Most educators correctly thought that students are likely to refer to online videos to prepare for dental procedures. Several educators believed that teachers should incorporate videos into their learning, but do not themselves upload or recommend online videos. Most recalled discussing accuracy and/or relevancy of online content with their students. Fewer thought that students would discuss contradictory videos with them. Focus group participants expressed concern over the accuracy of online content. This along with a lack of time were some reasons deterring them from referring students to online videos. Conclusions: An opportunity exists for dental educators and their students to have local dialogue around (1) student use, critical appraisal, and sharing of dental procedural video material; and (2) perceived benefits and challenges of incorporating both school-produced and online videos into teaching and learning. Although arguably non-generalizable beyond this context, this study may inform future research and serve to spark conversations within schools regarding video use for teaching clinical dental procedures.
Keywords
Dental education; Dental curriculum; E-learning; Video learning
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Dentistry and Oral Surgery
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Received:
15 December 2023
Commenter:
Maria T van Harten
Commenter's Conflict of Interests:
Author
Comment:
This updated manuscript attempts to address the concerns and questions raised by the peer reviewers of the journal to which the manuscript was originally submitted but subsequently withdrawn from. The changes reflect the acknowledgement that the research project described was small and thus not generalisable to other and/or larger groups of dental professional educators. Further, associations between variables of interest to the researchers could not adequately be investigated.
Commenter: Maria T van Harten
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author