Reviewing the Role of Instagram in Education: Can a Photo Sharing Application Deliver Benefits to Medical and Dental Anatomy Education?
Instagram is an increasingly popular social media site tailored towards sharing photos and videos. An audit investigating current Instagram accounts focusing on anatomy education found a variety of successful teaching styles, including clinical images, descriptive videos, multiple-choice questions,...
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Published in | Medical science educator Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 1117 - 1128 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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New York
Springer US
01.12.2019
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | Instagram is an increasingly popular social media site tailored towards sharing photos and videos. An audit investigating current Instagram accounts focusing on anatomy education found a variety of successful teaching styles, including clinical images, descriptive videos, multiple-choice questions, and cartoons. Utilising Instagram for educational purposes, benefits such as ease of use, hashtags, and its effectiveness in conveying visual topics should be weighed against limitations such as passive learning and the requirement of committed staff to oversee its use. |
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Bibliography: | SourceType-Other Sources-1 content type line 63 ObjectType-Editorial-2 ObjectType-Commentary-1 |
ISSN: | 2156-8650 2156-8650 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s40670-019-00767-5 |