Utilization of technology to manage an undergraduate international research program: Minority health international research training in Uganda, Kenya, Brasil or Thailand

Author

Fitzgerald, M.E.C. ; Vicent, Lluis

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biol., Christian Bros. Univ., Memphis, TN, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

29-31 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

This paper discusses the utilization of various electronic mechanisms to manage undergraduate students during their summer research program. Social media, blog sites, Skype, You Tube, shared user interface, and twitter are all used in some capacity in order to interview, keep in touch with, or manage documents among multiple users. The authors will discuss the pros and cons of this technology.

Keywords

document handling; further education; social aspects of automation; social networking (online); training; Brasil; Kenya; Minority Health International Research Training; Skype; Thailand; Uganda; You Tube; blog sites; document management; electronic mechanisms; shared user interface; social media; summer research program; technology utilization; twitter; undergraduate international research program management; undergraduate student management; Educational institutions; Encyclopedias; Facebook; Google; Internet; Interviews; Media; Skype; electronic document sharing; social media;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers in Education (SIIE), 2012 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Andorra la Vella

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4743-3

Type

conf

Filename

6403202