Open Distance Learning in Medical Education: Does It Improve Students' Motivation?

Autor/inn/en	Lee, Jun Xin; Ahmad Azman, Ahmad Hathim; Ng, Jing Yi; Ismail, Noor Akmal Shareela
Titel	Open Distance Learning in Medical Education: Does It Improve Students' Motivation?
Quelle	In: SAGE Open, 13 (2023) 1, (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ismail, Noor Akmal Shareela)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.1177/21582440231157687
Schlagwörter	Open Education; Distance Education; Medical Education; Student Motivation; COVID-19; Pandemics; Foreign Countries; Premedical Students; Electronic Learning; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Offene Erziehung; Offener Unterricht; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Medizinische Ausbildung; Schulische Motivation; Ausland
Abstract	The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the way of teaching and learning in medicine. Conventional medical education has been fully transformed to open distance learning that includes the full utilization of various digital platforms. Thus, this study explored the impact of digital learning usage on learning motivation among medical students of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) before and during the COVID-19 pandemic period. A validated Students Motivation towards Science Learning (SMTSL) tool was used to assess the learning motivation of UKM undergraduate medical students throughout years 1 to 5. Digital learning during the COVID-19 pandemic was significantly higher compared to before the pandemic (p < 0.05) but there was no significant difference (p = 0.872) in learning motivation. The use of digital learning among clinical students was significantly higher during the COVID-19 pandemic as compared to preclinical students (p < 0.05). There was a moderately strong correlation (r = 0.512) between digital learning and learning motivation. Hence, digital learning should be utilized as an additional driving factor to increase learning motivation, especially during this current pandemic. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01