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Dentistry students’ perceptions of learning management systems
Author(s) -
Handal B.,
Groenlund C.,
Gerzina T.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
european journal of dental education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.583
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1600-0579
pISSN - 1396-5883
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0579.2009.00591.x
Subject(s) - bachelor , medical education , learning management , modalities , psychology , perception , dental education , medicine , mathematics education , sociology , social science , archaeology , neuroscience , history
This paper reports an exploratory survey study about students’ perceptions of learning management systems (LMS) at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sydney. Two hundred and fifty‐four students enrolled in the Bachelor of Dentistry and the Bachelor of Oral Health programmes participated in an online survey aimed at exploring their beliefs and attitudes as well as their preferences for eLearning tools. Results indicated a strong preference of students for using LMSs as resource repositories rather than for higher‐order learning activities such as online discussion forums. This finding holds importance for consideration of the development of the educational resources modalities that support development of essential graduate attributes such as information literacy and collaborative learning.