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Proposed instant messenger learning design model combining the three WhatsApp strategies with the exploration-enactment-assessment framework

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Description

The authors propose an instructional design model for instant messenger application learning in medical education, intended to fill the theoretical vacuum they identified in the reviewed studies. It is "drawing from Dabbagh and Bannan-Ritland's exploration-enactment-evaluation learning design framework for online education [50], in turn informed by socio-cultural and constructivist theories (Fig. 2)". The model combines the three usage strategies and is offered as a resource for educators planning IMA use, standing distinct from generic technology-enhanced learning models.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Educators planning IMA use should apply the model to give learning activities a theory-driven instructional design foundation.

Constraints

  • The review states further research is warranted to explore the utility of the design model; it had not itself been empirically evaluated.

Target Learners

  • undergraduate medical students
  • postgraduate medical trainees

Learning Goals

  • theory-driven instructional design of instant messenger learning activities

Claims

  • Three Strategies Whatsapp Medical Education [+M]

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Coleman E., O'Connor E. (2019). The role of WhatsApp® in medical education; a scoping review and instructional design model. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-019-1706-8
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title Proposed instant messenger learning design model combining the three WhatsApp strategies with the exploration-enactment-assessment framework
description The authors propose an instructional design model for instant messenger application learning in medical education, intended to fill the theoretical vacuum they identified in the reviewed studies.
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