Research challenges in digital education

Abstract

Simulation and other forms of digital learning will occupy a place of increasing prominence in medical education in the future. However, to maximally use the potential of these media, we must go beyond a research agenda dictated by a ‘Does it work?’ question to one driven by careful analysis of the nature of the task to be learned and its relation to the characteristics of the technology. Secondly, we must change the focus from the characteristics of individual devices to a broader approach to design of a digital curriculum based on current understanding of the nature of human learning.

Continuing Medical Education Delivery Preferences Among Physicians and Advanced Practice Providers in Emergency Medicine

“…While video and audio lead the way on CME consumption, our understanding of how these modalities work is lagging. If to optimize learning, we are to carefully analyze the nature of the content to be learned and its relation to the preferred technology characteristics [ 9 ], we must invest significantly in research that examines these delivery modalities to determine what learning environments provide appropriate knowledge translation [ 10 ]. Further, we must consider a broader approach to designing a digital CME curriculum based on our current understanding of the nature of human learning [ 10 ].…”

Infrastructure-Technology, Socio-Economical Issues and Challenges in ICT-based Education and Digital Education with Possible Solutions-A Scientific Observation

“…Interaction with the teacher teams, friends/peers, and educational staff is always important in better educational processes and development. The behavior and attitude can be easily identified in in-person mode, whereas finding analyzing behavior and attitude is difficult in the Online mode of education [14], [25] . In physical mode, there is no question of the camera being off mode, but in online this is a reality and thus it increases the lack of in-person interaction.…”

'What Can We Do to Talk More : Analysing Language Learners Online Interaction

“…Similarly, there is a growing recognition of the impact that technological resources can have on learning environments (Jones & Binhui, 2011;Norman, 2014), ranging from the way in which teachers and students communicate in the classroom to the use of technology to interact with wider and extended audiences worldwide (Dooly, 2010(Dooly, , 2013(Dooly, , 2017. However, merely bringing in computers, Internet or mobile phones into the classroom, without any interrogation of how they are used does not guarantee that needed changes in education will occur (Dooly, 2015).…”