Ownership and attitudes towards technology use in physiotherapy students from seven countries

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorVissers, Dirk
dc.contributor.authorRowe, Michael
dc.contributor.authorTaeymans, Jan
dc.contributor.authorShofiqul Islam, Md.
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-31T13:45:30Z
dc.date.available2018-01-31T13:45:30Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractPURPOSE: To assess differences in prerequisites to blended learning such as technology use and Internet access in an international sample of physiotherapy students from Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Luxembourg, Sudan, Switzerland and South Africa. RESULTS: Students' digital technology experiences were generally low. They primarily used a smartphone and a laptop to connect to the Internet. However, there was a significant difference between institutions in owning a laptop and access to Internet. Most students preferred learning in environments that included some online components but had never used Twitter or written a blog post and wanted less social media in their learning environments. CONCLUSION: Physiotherapy students would prefer an increase in the use of digital tools in their learning. However, differences in technology use and access highlight the challenges inherent to offering international online courses. Therefore decisions around online and blended course design in health professions education must be made with caution.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipMichael Rowe receives funding from the South African National Research Foundation.en_US
dc.identifier.citationVissers, D. et al. (2017). Ownership and attitudes towards technology use in physiotherapy students from seven countries. Health Professions Education, (December).en_US
dc.identifier.issn2452-3011
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hpe.2017.12.003
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/3450
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.rights& 2017 King Saud bin AbdulAziz University for Health Sciences. Production and Hosting by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectComparative studyen_US
dc.subjectPhysiotherapy educationen_US
dc.subjectBlended learningen_US
dc.subjectEmerging technologiesen_US
dc.subjecte-Learningen_US
dc.subjecte-Pedagogy
dc.titleOwnership and attitudes towards technology use in physiotherapy students from seven countriesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Vissers et al. - 2017 - Ownership and Attitudes towards Technology Use in Physiotherapy Students from Seven Countries.pdf
Size:
723.15 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Main article
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download

Collections

Research Articles (Physiotherapy)
Research Articles (Scholarship of Teaching & Learning)