Web-based learning: pros, cons and controversies

DA Cook - Clinical medicine, 2007 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Advantages of web-based learning (WBL) in medical education include overcoming barriers
of distance and time, economies of scale, and novel instructional methods, while …

Where are we with Web-based learning in medical education?

DA Cook - Medical teacher, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
This article summarizes several years of research in Web-based learning (WBL) to illustrate
that, in general, research fails to address the questions that will inform our use of this …

What do we mean by web‐based learning? A systematic review of the variability of interventions

DA Cook, S Garside, AJ Levinson… - Medical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Medical Education 2010: 44: 765–774 Objectives Educators often speak of web‐based
learning (WBL) as a single entity or a cluster of similar activities with homogeneous effects …

Web-based learning: sound educational method or hype? A review of the evaluation literature

HS Chumley-Jones, A Dobbie, CL Alford - Academic medicine, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Web-based Learning: Sound Educational Method or Hype? A Revi... : Academic Medicine
Web-based Learning: Sound Educational Method or Hype? A Review of the Evaluation …

A multi-institutional randomized controlled trial of adjuvant Web-based teaching to medical students

BP Kerfoot, H Baker, TL Jackson, WC Hulbert… - Academic …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Purpose To investigate the impact of an adjuvant Web-based teaching program on medical
students' learning during clinical rotations. Method From April 2003 to May 2004, 351 …

A practical guide to developing effective web-based learning

DA Cook, DM Dupras - Journal of general internal medicine, 2004 - Springer
OBJECTIVE: Online learning has changed medical education, but many “educational”
websites do not employ principles of effective learning. This article will assist readers in …

A review of evaluation outcomes of web‐based continuing medical education

VR Curran, L Fleet - Medical education, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The Internet and worldwide web have expanded opportunities for the provision
of a flexible, convenient and interactive form of continuing medical education (CME). Larger …

Web-based training: a new paradigm in computer-assisted instruction in medicine

M Haag, L Maylein, FJ Leven, B Tönshoff… - International Journal of …, 1999 - Elsevier
Computer-assisted instruction (CAI) programs based on internet technologies, especially on
the world wide web (WWW), provide new opportunities in medical education. The aim of this …

Evaluation of learning outcomes in Web-based continuing medical education

V Curran, J Lockyer, J Sargeant, L Fleet - Academic Medicine, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Background There has been significant growth in use of Web-based continuing medical
education (CME) by physicians. A number of evaluation and metareview studies have …

Web based learning

J McKimm, C Jollie, P Cantillon - Bmj, 2003 - bmj.com
Many of us use the internet or the “web”(world wide web) as a source of information. In
medical education, the web is increasingly used both as a learning tool to support formal …