Learning from each other in the COVID-19 pandemic
The increase in cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) worldwide has been paralleled by increasing information, and misinformation. Accurate public health messaging is essential to counter this, but education may also have a role. Early in the outbreak, The London School of Hygiene & Tropi...
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author | Seale, Anna C. Ibeto, Maryirene Gallo, Josie le Polain de Waroux, Olivier Glynn, Judith R. Fogarty, Jenny |
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description | The increase in cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) worldwide has been paralleled by increasing information, and misinformation. Accurate public health messaging is essential to counter this, but education may also have a role. Early in the outbreak, The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine partnered with FutureLearn to develop a massive open online course (MOOC) on COVID-19. Our approach was grounded in social constructivism, supporting participation, sharing uncertainties, and encouraging discussion. The first run of the course included over 200,000 participants from 184 countries, with over 88,000 comments at the end of the three-week run. Many participants supported each other’s learning in their responses and further questions. Our experience suggests that open education can complement traditional messaging, potentially providing a sustainable approach to countering the spread of misinformation in public health. |
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spelling | pubmed-86029552021-11-30 Learning from each other in the COVID-19 pandemic Seale, Anna C. Ibeto, Maryirene Gallo, Josie le Polain de Waroux, Olivier Glynn, Judith R. Fogarty, Jenny Wellcome Open Res Open Letter The increase in cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) worldwide has been paralleled by increasing information, and misinformation. Accurate public health messaging is essential to counter this, but education may also have a role. Early in the outbreak, The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine partnered with FutureLearn to develop a massive open online course (MOOC) on COVID-19. Our approach was grounded in social constructivism, supporting participation, sharing uncertainties, and encouraging discussion. The first run of the course included over 200,000 participants from 184 countries, with over 88,000 comments at the end of the three-week run. Many participants supported each other’s learning in their responses and further questions. Our experience suggests that open education can complement traditional messaging, potentially providing a sustainable approach to countering the spread of misinformation in public health. F1000 Research Limited 2021-10-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8602955/ /pubmed/34853816 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15973.2 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Seale AC et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Open Letter Seale, Anna C. Ibeto, Maryirene Gallo, Josie le Polain de Waroux, Olivier Glynn, Judith R. Fogarty, Jenny Learning from each other in the COVID-19 pandemic |
title | Learning from each other in the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_full | Learning from each other in the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_fullStr | Learning from each other in the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | Learning from each other in the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_short | Learning from each other in the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_sort | learning from each other in the covid-19 pandemic |
topic | Open Letter |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8602955/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34853816 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15973.2 |
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