Evaluating a New Online Course in the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases by Studying Student Learning Styles

Autor/inn/en	Rogers, James W.; Cox, James R.
Titel	Evaluating a New Online Course in the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases by Studying Student Learning Styles
Quelle	In: Journal of College Science Teaching, 37 (2008) 3, S.29-33 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-231X
Schlagwörter	Action Research; Online Courses; Communicable Diseases; Epidemiology; Teaching Methods; Cognitive Style; Course Evaluation; Higher Education; Science Instruction; Computer Simulation; Prevention; Teamwork; Measures (Individuals); Individual Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Projektforschung; Online course; Online-Kurs; Contagious disease; Contagious diseases; Communicable disease; Infektionskrankheit; Epidemiologie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Messdaten; Individueller Unterschied
Abstract	At RMIT University, students may now elect to study infectious diseases through a course called Outbreak--The Detection and Control of Infectious Disease. Outbreak was designed to simulate in an online class the effective teamwork required to bring resolution to outbreak crises and enable frameworks for future prevention. The appropriateness of the course design was investigated by using the process of Action Research in Teaching and Learning (ARTL) (Kemmis and McTaggart 1988) and the Index of Learning Styles (ILS) tool (Felder and Solomon 1991). Although the study was limited by the size of the sample group, it revealed evidence of discernable learning-style differences among students. (Contains 4 figures.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10