Other online technologies (blogging, podcasts, wikis, ARS) show mixed or null effects on grades and exam scores¶
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q2 i? Case studies showed no improvement in grades with collaborative wikis, and an RCT found no significant effect of podcasts on written or practical exam scores. → Mącznik Aleksandra K. 2015
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Mącznik Aleksandra K. 2015¶
Mącznik Aleksandra K., Ribeiro Daniel Cury, Baxter G. David. (2015). Online technology use in physiotherapy teaching and learning: a systematic review of effectiveness and users’ perceptions. BMC Medical Education. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4587774/
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Systematic review synthesis of studies on wikis, blogging, and podcasts. Wikis showed "no improvement in grades"; blogging demonstrated clinical reasoning and metacognitive skills; podcasts showed "no significant effect on written nor practical exam scores."
"Case studies have shown no improvement in grades using collaborative wikis [35], but that students demonstrated a range of clinical reasoning and metacognitive skills using blogging [36]. Another RCT study [37] using podcasts found no significant effect on written nor practical exam scores."
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