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Opportunities and threats of e-learning in dental education in viewpoints of faculty members: A Mixed method study
BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to assess the opportunities and threats of e-learning in dental schools and explore the experiences of dental faculty members in the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) epidemic conditions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present study was a sequential exploratory mixed...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9680818/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36426275 |
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author | Tabatabaei, Seyed Hosein Mirzaiean, Alireza Keshmiri, Fatemeh |
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description | BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to assess the opportunities and threats of e-learning in dental schools and explore the experiences of dental faculty members in the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) epidemic conditions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present study was a sequential exploratory mixed method study (quantitative-qualitative). In the quantitative phase, a survey study was conducted to investigate the perspectives of faculty members regarding the opportunities and threats of e-learning during the COVID-19 epidemic. The data were analyzed by descriptive indicators (frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation) and analytical tests (t-test and analysis of variance). In the qualitative phase, data were collected through semi-structured interviews. In the qualitative phase, the inductive content analysis approach of Graneheim and Lundman was used to analyze the interviews. RESULTS: In this study, 213 faculty members of dental schools of Iran participated; among whom 100 were men (46.9%) and 133 were women (53.1%). The results indicated the mean scores of the perspectives of faculty members regarding the opportunities and threats of e-learning in dentistry (4.05 ± 0.49 out of 5). Experiences of the participants in the qualitative phase were explored in the theme of “ups and downs of e-learning in dentistry” with three categories “unaccountability of e-learning in dental education,” “challenges of human resource empowerment in the e-learning process,” and “planned education.” CONCLUSION: The majority of the faculty members agreed with the use of e-learning in dental education and considered it as an opportunity. However, educational design for blended learning, creation of appropriate infrastructures, and empowerment of human resources as e-teacher and e-student were emphasized as key requirements for e-learning development in dental schools. |
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spelling | pubmed-96808182022-11-23 Opportunities and threats of e-learning in dental education in viewpoints of faculty members: A Mixed method study Tabatabaei, Seyed Hosein Mirzaiean, Alireza Keshmiri, Fatemeh Dent Res J (Isfahan) Original Article BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to assess the opportunities and threats of e-learning in dental schools and explore the experiences of dental faculty members in the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) epidemic conditions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present study was a sequential exploratory mixed method study (quantitative-qualitative). In the quantitative phase, a survey study was conducted to investigate the perspectives of faculty members regarding the opportunities and threats of e-learning during the COVID-19 epidemic. The data were analyzed by descriptive indicators (frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation) and analytical tests (t-test and analysis of variance). In the qualitative phase, data were collected through semi-structured interviews. In the qualitative phase, the inductive content analysis approach of Graneheim and Lundman was used to analyze the interviews. RESULTS: In this study, 213 faculty members of dental schools of Iran participated; among whom 100 were men (46.9%) and 133 were women (53.1%). The results indicated the mean scores of the perspectives of faculty members regarding the opportunities and threats of e-learning in dentistry (4.05 ± 0.49 out of 5). Experiences of the participants in the qualitative phase were explored in the theme of “ups and downs of e-learning in dentistry” with three categories “unaccountability of e-learning in dental education,” “challenges of human resource empowerment in the e-learning process,” and “planned education.” CONCLUSION: The majority of the faculty members agreed with the use of e-learning in dental education and considered it as an opportunity. However, educational design for blended learning, creation of appropriate infrastructures, and empowerment of human resources as e-teacher and e-student were emphasized as key requirements for e-learning development in dental schools. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022-10-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9680818/ /pubmed/36426275 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Dental Research Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Tabatabaei, Seyed Hosein Mirzaiean, Alireza Keshmiri, Fatemeh Opportunities and threats of e-learning in dental education in viewpoints of faculty members: A Mixed method study |
title | Opportunities and threats of e-learning in dental education in viewpoints of faculty members: A Mixed method study |
title_full | Opportunities and threats of e-learning in dental education in viewpoints of faculty members: A Mixed method study |
title_fullStr | Opportunities and threats of e-learning in dental education in viewpoints of faculty members: A Mixed method study |
title_full_unstemmed | Opportunities and threats of e-learning in dental education in viewpoints of faculty members: A Mixed method study |
title_short | Opportunities and threats of e-learning in dental education in viewpoints of faculty members: A Mixed method study |
title_sort | opportunities and threats of e-learning in dental education in viewpoints of faculty members: a mixed method study |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9680818/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36426275 |
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