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J Dent Educ. 71(2): 269-278 2007
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Educational Methodologies

Evaluating a Blended-Learning Course Taught to Different Groups of Learners in a Dental School

Kimon Pahinis, D.D.S., M.Sc.; Christopher W. Stokes, M.Ed., Ph.D.; Trevor F. Walsh, B.D.S., F.D.S.R.C.S., M.Sc., D.D.Sc.; Giuseppe Cannavina, Ph.D.

Key words: dental education, computers, web-based, blended learning, online, evidence-based

Submitted for publication 07/18/06; accepted 10/27/06

The purpose of this study was to present and evaluate a blended-learning course developed for undergraduate (B.D.S.), postgraduate, and diploma (hygiene and therapy) students at the University of Sheffield School of Clinical Dentistry. Blended learning is the integration of classroom face-to-face learning with online learning. The overall methodology used for this study was action research. The data were collected using three processes: questionnaires to collect contextual data from the students taking the course; a student-led, nominal group technique to collect group data from the participants; and a non-participant observer technique to record the context in which certain group and individual behaviors occurred. The online component of the course was accepted as a valuable resource by 65 percent of those responding. While online information-sharing occurred (31 percent of the students posted in forums), there was no evidence of online collaboration, with only 8 percent replying to forum postings. Accessibility of the online environment was one of the main concerns of the students at the nominal group sessions. Differences regarding overall engagement with the course between the student groups (years) were observed during the sessions. The majority of the students were satisfied with the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) course. No statistically significant differences between males and females were found, but there were differences between different student cohorts (year groups).




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