Association of Online Learning Behavior and Learning Outcomes for Medical Students: Large-Scale Usage Data Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital learning environments have become very common in the training of medical professionals, and students often use such platforms for exam preparation. Multiple choice questions (MCQs) are a common format in medical exams and are used by students to prepare for said exams.

Objective

We aimed to examine whether particular learning activities contributed more strongly than others to users' exam performance.

Methods

We analyzed data from users of an online platform that provides learning materials for medical students in preparation for their final exams. We analyzed whether the number of learning cards viewed and the number of MCQs taken were positively related to learning outcomes. We also examined whether viewing learning cards or answering MCQs was mor

SUBMITTER: Bientzle M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6724501 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature