Student perceptions of digital badges in a drug information and literature evaluation course.
Curr Pharm Teach Learn
; 9(5): 881-886, 2017 09.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:
The purpose of this article is to describe student perceptions of implementation of digital badges in a drug information and literature evaluation course. EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY ANDSETTING:
Two digital badges were developed as voluntary learning opportunities. Student perceptions were obtained through pre- and post-survey instruments consisting of selected questions from the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire.FINDINGS:
The response rate was 69% (106/153). At baseline, 53% of respondents agreed that digital badges could help them better understand course material. More students agreed they would share earned digital badges on LinkedIn (68%) than Facebook (19%). Most students who earned digital badges agreed that badges helped increase their confidence in course material (73%), focus on specific learning objectives (55%), look deeper into course competencies (64%), and were a useful adjunct to the traditional teaching method (82%). DISCUSSION ANDSUMMARY:
Digital badges were perceived by students as a positive adjunct to learning and may provide a novel mechanism for development of an electronic skills-based portfolio.Palabras clave
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Percepción
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Estudiantes de Farmacia
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Distinciones y Premios
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Motivación
Tipo de estudio:
Qualitative_research
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
Año:
2017
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Article