TY - JOUR
T1 - Didactic and technical considerations when developing e-learning and CME
AU - te Pas, Ellen
AU - Waard, Margreet Wieringa de
AU - Blok, Bernadette Snijders
AU - Pouw, Henny
AU - van Dijk, Nynke
N1 - Funding Information: This study was financed by CASH (commission to stimulate activities regarding GP training) of the SBOH. The SBOH is the employer of GPs in training, and finances all Dutch GP training programs. Publisher Copyright: © 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - Several usability issues were encountered during the design of a blended e-learning program for a course in evidence-based medicine for general practice trainers. The program was developed in four steps. We focused in this article on step 2 and 3. Step 2 focused on which educational principles to apply, that is, which learning theories, instructional designs and other theories should influence the program. Step 3 focused on the design elements, namely whether to use hypermedia and/or multimedia, and what screen design and which font to use. This article presents the important issues in designing an e-course and provides an impression of the complexity of designing high quality e-learning in particular for continuing medical education (CME).
AB - Several usability issues were encountered during the design of a blended e-learning program for a course in evidence-based medicine for general practice trainers. The program was developed in four steps. We focused in this article on step 2 and 3. Step 2 focused on which educational principles to apply, that is, which learning theories, instructional designs and other theories should influence the program. Step 3 focused on the design elements, namely whether to use hypermedia and/or multimedia, and what screen design and which font to use. This article presents the important issues in designing an e-course and provides an impression of the complexity of designing high quality e-learning in particular for continuing medical education (CME).
KW - Medical education
KW - Multimedia/hypermedia application
KW - Pedagogical methodology
KW - Pedagogical theory
KW - Postgraduate education
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-014-9364-2
DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-014-9364-2
M3 - Article
SN - 1360-2357
VL - 21
SP - 991
EP - 1005
JO - Education and Information Technologies
JF - Education and Information Technologies
IS - 5
ER -