Student usage of open educational resources and social media at a Sri Lanka Medical School.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Social Media (SM) for academic information seeking is common among undergraduates nowadays. There is limited data on OER and SM use for education in Sri Lanka. This study was aimed at evaluating the OER and SM use for education among the medical students at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya. Stratified random sampling was used to select students from the first year to the final year. A self-administrated questionnaire was used to collect data.

Results

The study included 257 responses (response rate: 89.5%), of which 185 (72.0%) were females. The OER and SM use for educational purposes at l

SUBMITTER: Hettige S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8756628 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature