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Investigación en educación médica
On-line version ISSN 2007-5057
Abstract
SEGURA-AZUARA, Nancy de los Ángeles; ERANA ROJAS, Irma Elisa and LOPEZ CABRERA, Mildred Vanessa. Virtual learning communities in a renal pathophysiology class: students’ perception. Investigación educ. médica [online]. 2019, vol.8, n.29, pp.69-75. ISSN 2007-5057. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.riem.2016.08.002.
Introduction:
Creating learning communities has direct impact on all its members and their performance. Nowadays, medical school students are immersed in collaboration networks.
Objective:
The objective of this study was to assess the impact of the participation on a learning community in social network, particularly in the perception of medical students when finishing their participation in the class.
Method:
The study was performed with a sample of 80 third-year medical students in a undergraduate physiopathology class on a private university. A descriptive and cross-sectional study was implemented, using an instrument to assess the implementation.
Results:
The results show that students developed competencies such as interaction and connectivity between its members (49%), impact in learning (52%), motivation for learning (46%), and challenging activities (44%). The highest participation was registered in Facebook (64%). The images and forum participation was also used the most (71%).
Conclusions:
The use of learning communities favors the development of skills: analysis, multiperspective reasoning and self-directed learning, which are the bases of lifelong learning.
Keywords : Learning environments; Social media; Learning communities; Technology in education; Renal Physiopathology.