LEARNING OPTIMIZATION IN HEALTH SCIENCES EDUCATION USING ALERT (R) STUDENT PLATFORM

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2014

Authors

Gomes, TT (Author) Other; Costa, RP (Author) Other; Severo M (Author) FMUP; Ferreira, M (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: INTED 2014 proceedings

Pages: 3167-3170

8th International Technology, Education and Development Conference

Valência, Março 2014

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Authenticus ID: P-00P-A7R

Abstract (EN): Medical science is nowadays a complex area dealing with increasingly amounts of information. It turns imperative the conception of management information tools in health sciences to be used in learning contexts. ALERT (R) STUDENT, a medical education platform, was devised to provide such tools aiming the optimization of spent study time by users. In ALERT (R) STUDENT medical information are splitted in small content chunks that together allows attaining specific learning goals. Using study mode (SM) users can easily navigate content, highlight text, take notes, track study time and mark content according to percept-knowledge (PK). A Quiz Mode (QM) provides review and self-assessment tools through percept-knowledge assessment for each studied chunk in a 4 level likert scale from 1 (full knowledge) to 4 (no knowledge). A group of 47 students used the platform for study and knowledge assessment on a Notebook about molecular biology in three sessions (S1, S2 and S3) separated by one-week intervals. In S1, students used the QM for 10 minutes. In S2 and S3, students used SM for 15 minutes before using QM. Study time and PK, from each user, were collected for each content chunk. Notebook study time significantly decreased over the sessions. Main source of PK variance was study session once there was a general decrease in PK over the sessions. Also students in S3 significantly spent more time in content classified as harder and lesser in the items classified as easier during S2 QM. So ALERT (R) STUDENT allows study time savings through individual prioritization of the study content according to self-PK and reutilization of the same content over study sessions. Study tracking and automatic prioritatizion of study content based of previous study sessions, through PK and study time recording, creates a learning environment adapted for each user allowing profitable gains in terms of knowledge and time invested.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 4