From microscope to computer: Using facebook to assist medical laboratory scientists in Nigeria access and navigate eLearning courses

Author

Cassaniti, Jarret ; Jayarajan, Nandini ; Shore, Rebecca ; Parrish, Simone ; Mwaikambo, Lisa

Author_Institution

Bloomberg Sch., Public Health Center for Commun. Programs, Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

19-23 May 2014

Firstpage

633

Lastpage

634

Abstract

A Facebook Group was established to sensitize medical laboratory scientists in Nigeria to eLearning courses accredited for continuing professional development. In 11 months, over 6,000 members joined the Group to learn how to access and navigate the courses. Research will focus on analyzing the social networks within the Group to identify key influencers and more efficiently spread accurate information.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; continuing professional development; educational courses; medical computing; social networking (online); Facebook Group; Nigeria access; continuing professional development; elearning course navigation; medical laboratory scientist assistance; social networks; time 11 month; Electronic learning; Facebook; Laboratories; Media; Medical diagnostic imaging; Navigation; collaborative knowledge management; coordination and cooperation mechanisms; eLearning; social media applications; social network analysis; visualization of collaborative processes & applications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-5157-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CTS.2014.6867638

Filename

6867638