TY - JOUR
T1 - New horizons for e-learning in medical education
T2 - Ecological and Web 2.0 perspectives
AU - Sandars, John
AU - Haythornthwaite, Caroline
PY - 2007/5/1
Y1 - 2007/5/1
N2 - An ecological and a Web 2.0 perspective of e-learning provides new ways of thinking about how people learn with technology and also how new learning opportunities are offered by new technology. These perspectives highlight the importance of developing connections between a wide variety of learning resources, containing both codified and tacit knowledge. New adaptive technology has the potential to create personalized, yet collective, learning. The future implications for e-learning in medical education is considered.
AB - An ecological and a Web 2.0 perspective of e-learning provides new ways of thinking about how people learn with technology and also how new learning opportunities are offered by new technology. These perspectives highlight the importance of developing connections between a wide variety of learning resources, containing both codified and tacit knowledge. New adaptive technology has the potential to create personalized, yet collective, learning. The future implications for e-learning in medical education is considered.
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U2 - 10.1080/01421590601176406
DO - 10.1080/01421590601176406
M3 - Article
C2 - 17786742
AN - SCOPUS:34548575035
SN - 0142-159X
VL - 29
SP - 307
EP - 310
JO - Medical Teacher
JF - Medical Teacher
IS - 4
ER -