Open AccessGoing the distance: developing shared web‐based learning programmes
Author(s) -
Stanton Sue
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
occupational therapy international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.414
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1557-0703
pISSN - 0966-7903
DOI - 10.1002/oti.136
Subject(s) - distance education , resource (disambiguation) , medical education , continuing education , test (biology) , continuing professional development , computer science , knowledge management , professional development , psychology , multimedia , medicine , pedagogy , computer network , paleontology , biology
Despite a high demand for continuing professional education, it is becoming more challenging to provide education in a resource‐limited environment that meets the varied needs of learners. The advent of user‐friendly, interactive communication technology led the University of British Columbia in Canada to explore the feasibility of developing a web‐based distance learning programme shared by undergraduate and practising therapists to address this problem. Potential benefits and challenges of distance learning, undergraduate web‐learning, pilot‐test results and an assessment of therapists' interests and needs are profiled. Copyright © 2001 Whurr Publishers Ltd.