TY - JOUR
T1 - Social Media Use and Educational Preferences Among First-Year Pharmacy Students
AU - Clauson, Kevin A.
AU - Singh-Franco, Devada
AU - Sircar-Ramsewak, Feroza
AU - Joseph, Shine
AU - Sandars, John
PY - 2013/4/1
Y1 - 2013/4/1
N2 - Background: Social media may offer a means to engage students, facilitate collaborative learning, and tailor educational delivery for diverse learning styles. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to characterize social media awareness among pharmacy students and determine perceptions toward integrating these tools in education. Methods: A 23-item survey was administered to 1st-year students at a multicampus college of pharmacy. Results: Students (95% response rate; N = 196) most commonly used wikis (97%), social networking (91%), and videosharing (84%). Tools reported as never used or unknown included social bookmarking (89%), collaborative writing (84%), and RSS readers (73%). Respondents indicated that educational integration of social media would impact their ability to learn in a positive/very positive manner (75%) and make them feel connected/very connected (68%). Conclusions: Selectively targeting social media for educational integration and instructing pharmacy students how to employ a subset of these tools may be useful in engaging them and encouraging lifelong learning.
AB - Background: Social media may offer a means to engage students, facilitate collaborative learning, and tailor educational delivery for diverse learning styles. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to characterize social media awareness among pharmacy students and determine perceptions toward integrating these tools in education. Methods: A 23-item survey was administered to 1st-year students at a multicampus college of pharmacy. Results: Students (95% response rate; N = 196) most commonly used wikis (97%), social networking (91%), and videosharing (84%). Tools reported as never used or unknown included social bookmarking (89%), collaborative writing (84%), and RSS readers (73%). Respondents indicated that educational integration of social media would impact their ability to learn in a positive/very positive manner (75%) and make them feel connected/very connected (68%). Conclusions: Selectively targeting social media for educational integration and instructing pharmacy students how to employ a subset of these tools may be useful in engaging them and encouraging lifelong learning.
KW - social media
KW - education
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U2 - 10.1080/10401334.2013.770742
DO - 10.1080/10401334.2013.770742
M3 - Article (journal)
C2 - 23530673
AN - SCOPUS:84875844718
SN - 1040-1334
VL - 25
SP - 122
EP - 128
JO - Teaching and Learning in Medicine
JF - Teaching and Learning in Medicine
IS - 2
ER -