E-Learning: Is There Anything Special about the "E"?
- 1 December 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Project MUSE in Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 51 (1), 5-21
- https://doi.org/10.1353/pbm.2008.0007
Abstract
E-learning has been widely utilized in medical education and suggested by some proponents to represent a fundamental advance in educational methodology. We challenge this conclusion by examining e-learning in the context of broader learning theories, specifically as they relate to instructional design and methods. Core tenets of educational design are applied to e-learning in a unified model for instructional design, and examples of e-learning technologies are examined in the context of medical education, with reflections on research questions generated by these new modalities. Throughout, we argue that e-learning is a tool that, when designed appropriately, can be used to meet worthy educational goals.This publication has 32 references indexed in Scilit:
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