The probability of achieving a high DKAS target score (45–50) rises for all education and exposure groups after the UDMOOC¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? At post-test, 52% of participants (2567) achieved the target score of 45 or greater, compared with 11% (555) at pre-test. → Eccleston 2019 q2 i? For participants with maximum high school education and no exposure, the estimated probability of a target score rose from 0.006 at pre-test to 0.19 at post-test. → Eccleston 2019

Evidence¶

Eccleston 2019¶

Eccleston, C., Doherty, K., Bindoff, A., Robinson, A., Vickers, J. & McInerney, F. (2019). Building dementia knowledge globally through the Understanding Dementia Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). npj Science of Learning 4:3. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-019-0042-4

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Multilevel logistic regression estimated probability of scoring 45–50 (the 90th baseline percentile) for each education and exposure combination, n = 4894. The article reports likelihood "significantly higher for all groups", with the lowest group rising from 0.006 to 0.19. No effect size is printed.

"At post-test, 2567 (52%) of participants achieved the target score, compared with 555 (11%) participants at pre-test, clearly demonstrating the potential of this mode of online learning"

Discussion¶

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