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E-learning readiness among medical educators in Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia

Recent advances in information technology has made e-learning feasible in many fields of education. Medical education is not any different. This survey is conducted among all the medical educators in Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) assessing their readiness and attitudes towards e-learning. A...

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Main Authors: Khalid, Salleha, Tengku Mohd, Tengku Amatullah Madeehah, Abang Abdullah, Khadijah Hassanah, Sanip, Suhaila, Mohd Aris, Muhammad Shamsir, Sharif, Khaironi Yatim, Mohd Mokthar,
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Published: Science Publications 2014
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spelling my.upm.eprints.306502017-11-28T08:46:47Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30650/ E-learning readiness among medical educators in Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia Khalid, Salleha Tengku Mohd, Tengku Amatullah Madeehah Abang Abdullah, Khadijah Hassanah Sanip, Suhaila Mohd Aris, Muhammad Shamsir Sharif, Khaironi Yatim Mohd Mokthar, Recent advances in information technology has made e-learning feasible in many fields of education. Medical education is not any different. This survey is conducted among all the medical educators in Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) assessing their readiness and attitudes towards e-learning. A cross-sectional questionnaires assessing the IT skills, Internet usage, attitude, perceived benefits and usage of e-learning among USIM medical lecturers were used. Data gained were then analyzed. The response rate was 92%. Female (56) made majority of the respondents. 44 of the educators aged 25-34 with 56% had teaching experience of <5 years. Majority of the respondents rate their skills as intermediate in using the software. 56% uses the Internet for more than 3 h per day. Majority agreed that e-learning benefits the students in many ways. Majority also willing to learn and integrate e-learning in their teaching modalities. Despite this, many have not used e-learning in delivering lectures and accepting assignments at time of the survey. Nevertheless, while majority of medical educators are willing to incorporate e-learning in their teaching, many still have not used it. Improvement of infrastructure, training and support to all medical educators are required for successful implementation of e-learning. Science Publications 2014-11-21 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30650/1/ajassp.2014.17.23.pdf Khalid, Salleha and Tengku Mohd, Tengku Amatullah Madeehah and Abang Abdullah, Khadijah Hassanah and Sanip, Suhaila and Mohd Aris, Muhammad Shamsir and Sharif, Khaironi Yatim and Mohd Mokthar, (2014) E-learning readiness among medical educators in Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia. American Journal of Applied Sciences, 11 (1). pp. 17-23. ISSN 1546-9239; ESSN: 1554-3641 http://thescipub.com/abstract/10.3844/ajassp.2014.17.23 10.3844/ajassp.2014.17.23
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description Recent advances in information technology has made e-learning feasible in many fields of education. Medical education is not any different. This survey is conducted among all the medical educators in Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) assessing their readiness and attitudes towards e-learning. A cross-sectional questionnaires assessing the IT skills, Internet usage, attitude, perceived benefits and usage of e-learning among USIM medical lecturers were used. Data gained were then analyzed. The response rate was 92%. Female (56) made majority of the respondents. 44 of the educators aged 25-34 with 56% had teaching experience of <5 years. Majority of the respondents rate their skills as intermediate in using the software. 56% uses the Internet for more than 3 h per day. Majority agreed that e-learning benefits the students in many ways. Majority also willing to learn and integrate e-learning in their teaching modalities. Despite this, many have not used e-learning in delivering lectures and accepting assignments at time of the survey. Nevertheless, while majority of medical educators are willing to incorporate e-learning in their teaching, many still have not used it. Improvement of infrastructure, training and support to all medical educators are required for successful implementation of e-learning.
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author Khalid, Salleha
Tengku Mohd, Tengku Amatullah Madeehah
Abang Abdullah, Khadijah Hassanah
Sanip, Suhaila
Mohd Aris, Muhammad Shamsir
Sharif, Khaironi Yatim
Mohd Mokthar,
spellingShingle Khalid, Salleha
Tengku Mohd, Tengku Amatullah Madeehah
Abang Abdullah, Khadijah Hassanah
Sanip, Suhaila
Mohd Aris, Muhammad Shamsir
Sharif, Khaironi Yatim
Mohd Mokthar,
E-learning readiness among medical educators in Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
author_facet Khalid, Salleha
Tengku Mohd, Tengku Amatullah Madeehah
Abang Abdullah, Khadijah Hassanah
Sanip, Suhaila
Mohd Aris, Muhammad Shamsir
Sharif, Khaironi Yatim
Mohd Mokthar,
author_sort Khalid, Salleha
title E-learning readiness among medical educators in Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
title_short E-learning readiness among medical educators in Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
title_full E-learning readiness among medical educators in Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
title_fullStr E-learning readiness among medical educators in Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed E-learning readiness among medical educators in Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
title_sort e-learning readiness among medical educators in universiti sains islam malaysia
publisher Science Publications
publishDate 2014
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