Ward, R.The potential and challenges of Web 2.0 in the education of healthcare professionals

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The potential and challenges of Web 2.0 in the education of healthcare

professionals.

Rod WardRod.ward@uwe.ac.uk

http://www.rodspace.co.uk

My biases

• Published web pages since 1992

• Major wiki, blog & social network user

• In favour of open access

• Constrained by institutional & legal barriers

• Extensive knowledge of UK systems, but little elsewhere

Theoretical models

• Instructivist

• Constructivist

• Communities of Practice

• Connectivist

Architecture of participation

Potential• Emphasising the pre-

eminence of content creation over content consumption1

• Mind tools to stimulate reflection and actively involve learners in their own construction of knowledge 2

Challenges• Emphasis on content

consumption over content creation

• Construction of knowledge -the received wisdom

References1. Boulos, M.N. and Wheeler, S. 2007 The emerging Web 2.0 social software: an enabling suite of sociable technologies in

health and health care education. Health Information and Libraries Journal 24 2-23 2. McLean, R., Richards, B.H. & Wardman, J.I. 2007 The effect of Web 2.0 on the future of medical practice and education:

Darwikinian evolution or folksonomic revolution? eMJA  The Medical Journal of Australia. 187 (3): 174-177 available from: http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/187_03_060807/mcl10181_fm.html

Control

Potential

• Moving control to students

• Shared knowledge creation

• Creative commons licencing

• Using media familiar to students

Challenges

• Institutions want (?need) to keep control

• Levels of moderation/quality control

• Need for audit trails (plagiarism)

• Existing copyright, IPR & business models (eg of academic journals)

• Separation of social & educational uses

Technologies

Potential

• Innovative/collaborative incl. mashups

• Ease of use

• Remote hosting

• Access - platform/OS independent

(maybe)

- mobile

Challenges

• Students ahead of the staff

• Complexity of multiple environments/Staff familiarity/Student familiarity

• Network & security issues

Conclusions – so far

• The potential of Web 2.0 in education for healthcare professionals is massive

• The challenges of Web 2.0 in education for healthcare professionals are massive

• Some students will use these applications – whether institutions like it or not

• Institutions need to be aware of changes

• More research is needed into whether the potential outweighs the challenges

The potential and challenges of Web 2.0 in the education of healthcare

professionals.

Rod WardRod.ward@uwe.ac.uk

http://www.rodspace.co.uk