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2012
Hwang, Christina, Usova, Tania, Lacroix, Denis
Engaging students in the classroom is a challenge, but more so with the proliferation of technology, such as cell phones and laptops, that have served to distract students. In an effort to capture students’ attention in the classroom, many instructors have opted to use clicker technology. Mobile...
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Information Use on Mobile Devices in Medicine
2012-06-11
Boruff, Jill, Robertson, Helen, Ufholz, Lee-Anne, Storie, Dale, Chojecki, Dagmara
Introduction: Little is known about medical trainees’ and clinicians’ current use of mobile devices for information-seeking, including the resources they use and in what context. This study was designed to better understand what types of mobile information resources this population finds...
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2011
Storie, Dale, Campbell, Sandy, Hayward, R., Johnson, B.
The objective was to convert a paper-based seeking and evaluating evidence assignment to an interactive electronic format. In addition, the aim was to increase medical student engagement with the assignment by simulating a continuing medical education environment that many students will encounter...
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Plants, Pancakes, and Penguins! Partnering with the STEM Community to Promote Innovative Science Literacy
Download2018-05-25
Hwang, Christina, Hiscott, Quincy,, Wong, Victoria,, Hamonic, Laura
Building off the success of Science Literacy Week 2016 celebrations, the University of Alberta Libraries expanded in 2017, partnering with over 20 STEM groups and coordinating 53 different events that included giveaways, demonstrations, experiments and tutorials. Highlights of the week included...
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Really Simple Syndication? A study on health sciences faculty and medical residents’ adoption of a new technology following an instruction session on RSS
Really Simple Syndication? A study on health sciences faculty and medical residents’ adoption of a new technology following an instruction session on RSS
Download2008/2009
Storie, Dale, Campbell, Sandy, Chambers, Thane
A variety of health professionals were surveyed about their use of RSS feeds, introduced to RSS feeds in a hands-on class and then later surveyed about their use of RSS feeds.