STUDY THE OPINION OF PHARMACY STUDENTS ON ELECTRONIC LEARNING IN MOODLE

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STUDY THE OPINION OF PHARMACY STUDENTS ON ELECTRONIC LEARNING IN MOODLE

Journal Title: Knowledge International Journal - Year 2018, Vol 26, Issue 2

Abstract

E-learning meets the new educational needs arising from the transition from industrial to information society and is associated with changes in all aspects of the educational process. The implementation of e-learning cannot be reduced only to the use of information and communication technologies in the current educational system and by no means only to bringing the existing educational content to electronic format. Moodle is a Learning Management System (LMS) designed to help teachers. LMS is built on the idea that online learning should focus on opportunities that would be useful for learners - communicating with their students, teachers should create content that meets their needs and desires. It is designed to support both teaching and learning. The Moodle platform started in 2011 at the site of Medical College, Medical University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria the same year the lecture course for teachers was held. Students register and have access to the platform as early as in the first year of IT training. Today, there are over 1,000 active users and 22 electronic courses, the platform is growing, showing interest and relevance. In 2016, an e-learning course was created for the discipline of Medical Devices to support the exercises of student assistant pharmacists. The aim of survey is to study the students' opinion of the need and benefits of e-learning for the discipline „Medical devices“. Second aim is to promote the e-learning platform among teachers and students from all universities. The study was conducted at the end of the winter semester of the 2017/2018 academic year, with 37 students from the 2-nd course, specialty Assistant Pharmacist at Medical College, Medical University of Plovdiv. The method of a semi-structured interview with open questions is used and a statistical method. The opinion of the students in open questions show more an evaluation of the training method than to evaluate the content of the particular course. They highlight the benefits of e-learning as a quick and convenient access to materials. The effective communication with the lecturer is also highly appreciated. The students think that particular course makes it easier in finding related information through the links to the topics. The Electronic Course of discipline of Medical Devices helps them to visualize the details of individual topics. Conclusions indicate that the on-line course in the platform makes it easier assimilation of knowledge and the links to main topics increase the opportunities for overall enrichment and the links pointing to the separate units increase the possibilities for complete enrichment. Students approve the electronic form of learning and communication.

Authors and Affiliations

Anna Mihaylova, Petar Uchikov, Radiana Staynova

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