eLearning in medical education – Costs and value add

• Published in: Asia Pacific Scholar (Online) Vol. 3; no. 2; pp. 58 - 60
• Main Author: Goh, Poh Sun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore National University of Singapore, Centre for Medical Education (CenMed) 02.05.2018
• Subjects: Distance learning; Medical education; Online instruction; Students; Teaching; Singapore
• ISSN: 2424-9335; 2424-9270
• DOI: 10.29060/TAPS.2018-3-2/PV1073

This article (and its accompanying and complementary presentation blog ) expands on ideas presented and elaborated on during the pre-conference workshop on this topic at the 14th APMEC. It will specifically address the issue of the costs involved, and value add of eLearning. It is presented in two sections, 1) as a series of short conversational style quotes intended to make a case for the use (or not) of eLearning / Technology enhanced learning, which were recently shared in the preamble to a more formal presentation on this topic; and 2) as a single paragraph compact article, augmented by internal keyword links to additional resources, links to the original workshop and symposium presentation blogs, an audio podcast (https://www.dropbox.com/s/7ltmt6z5unh6r6j/TeLforTAPS.m4a?dl=0), video (example1) (https://www.dropbox.com/s/igvpiya9j26kldg/TeLvid1TAPS.mov?dl=0) or video (example 1, embedded version below) demonstration, and interactive online bulletin (https://padlet.com/dnrgohps/practicalTipsToUseTeL) board (most updated versions of these media, and multimedia links will be on the blog). The following section was first shared by Goh Poh Sun at 14th APMEC 2017 with participants; and Education team at NUS Dentistry on 3rd March 2017. The link can be found at .