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      Dental students' perceptions of an online learning

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      The Saudi Dental Journal
      Elsevier
      Dental student, Education, E-learning, Online learning

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          Abstract

          Objectives

          To identify the readiness of students for online learning, to investigate their preference and perception, and to measure the quality of online tutorials.

          Materials and methods

          A 14-statement questionnaire was administered to fourth year undergraduate dental students in male campus at King Saud University who completed preclinical orthodontic course. The students responded to each statement by using Likert scale.

          Results

          The results reveal a high agreement of students (27.8–31.5% agree and 38.9–50% strongly agree) on a possession of necessary computer skills and access to internet. 59.2% and 64.8% of the students replied that online flash lectures and procedural videos were helpful to their learning, respectively. With respect to students' learning preferences, few students preferred online flash lectures (31.5%) and procedural videos (17.1%). Most students (38.9% agree and 31.5% strongly agree) preferred a combination of traditional teaching methods and online learning.

          Conclusion

          Overall, student attitudes were positive regarding online learning. The students viewed online learning helpful as a supplement to their learning rather than a replacement for traditional teaching methods.

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          Learning style preferences of medical students: a single-institute experience from Saudi Arabia

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            Evaluating a blended-learning course taught to different groups of learners in a dental school.

            The purpose of this study was to present and evaluate a blended-learning course developed for undergraduate (B.D.S.), postgraduate, and diploma (hygiene and therapy) students at the University of Sheffield School of Clinical Dentistry. Blended learning is the integration of classroom face-to-face learning with online learning. The overall methodology used for this study was action research. The data were collected using three processes: questionnaires to collect contextual data from the students taking the course; a student-led, nominal group technique to collect group data from the participants; and a non-participant observer technique to record the context in which certain group and individual behaviors occurred. The online component of the course was accepted as a valuable resource by 65 percent of those responding. While online information-sharing occurred (31 percent of the students posted in forums), there was no evidence of online collaboration, with only 8 percent replying to forum postings. Accessibility of the online environment was one of the main concerns of the students at the nominal group sessions. Differences regarding overall engagement with the course between the student groups (years) were observed during the sessions. The majority of the students were satisfied with the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) course. No statistically significant differences between males and females were found, but there were differences between different student cohorts (year groups).
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              Instructional multimedia program versus standard lecture: a comparison of two methods for teaching the undergraduate orthodontic curriculum.

              To compare the effectiveness of an interactive multimedia courseware package versus standard lectures regarding knowledge, understanding, and transfer of content, as well as problem-solving skills in orthodontics.
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                Author and article information

                Contributors
                Journal
                Saudi Dent J
                Saudi Dent J
                The Saudi Dental Journal
                Elsevier
                1013-9052
                1658-3558
                02 August 2017
                October 2017
                02 August 2017
                : 29
                : 4
                : 167-170
                Affiliations
                Division of Orthodontics, Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Building No 3500, Riyadh 12372-7051, Saudi Arabia
                Article
                S1013-9052(17)30056-1
                10.1016/j.sdentj.2017.03.005
                5634796
                29033527
                eb5cf0a6-3184-443a-82ae-3de74f3675bc
                © 2017 The Author

                This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

                History
                : 31 October 2016
                : 5 February 2017
                : 26 March 2017
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                dental student,education,e-learning,online learning
                dental student, education, e-learning, online learning

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