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Impact Of Gamification On Student Engagement In Graduate Medical Studies, Ralai Andriamiarisoa
Impact Of Gamification On Student Engagement In Graduate Medical Studies, Ralai Andriamiarisoa
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Rapid technological advances have created major societal changes, transformed business sectors, and revolutionized enterprises. In contrast, the curricular structure of medical education has remained unchanged for the last 100 years, and, for the most part, medical education has been reluctant to embrace the use of technology. The prevalent pedagogical model is reliant on rote memorization. The conceptual framework that informed this study was the user-centered framework for meaningful gamification. This framework's components are organismic integration theory, situational relevance, situated motivational affordance, and the universal design for learning. This quantitative study focused on key research questions related to identifying whether significant …
Factors Influencing The Adoption Of Learning Management Systems By Medical Faculty, Kristy Burrough
Factors Influencing The Adoption Of Learning Management Systems By Medical Faculty, Kristy Burrough
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Despite recommendations by the Association of American Medical Colleges regarding
the adoption of technology in medical universities, faculty are still reluctant to adopt new
learning technologies. The purpose of this qualitative interview study was to determine
the factors existing in the adoption of learning management technology among late
adopters within the faculty of colleges labeled as comprehensive academic medical
centers. Using the Everett Rogers diffusion of innovations theory as its framework, this
study sought to ascertain the factors late adopters identify as preventing them from
adopting technology and to determine what measures they suggest to increase technology
adoption among their …