Ahmed T. Alahmar
The Attitude of Second Year Pharmacy Students towards Lectures, Exams and ELearning
360 - 364
2018
12
3
International Journal of Educational and Pedagogical Sciences
https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10008665
https://publications.waset.org/vol/135
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
There is an increasing trend toward studentcentred interactive elearning methods and students’ feedback is a valuable tool for improving learning methods. The aim of this study was to explore the attitude of second year pharmacy students at the University of Babylon, Iraq, towards lectures, exams and elearning. Materials and methods Ninety pharmacy students were surveyed by paper questionnaire about their preference for lecture format, use of efiles, theoretical lectures versus practical experiments, lecture and lab time. Students were also asked about their predilection for Moodlebased online exams, different types of exam questions, exam time and other extra academic activities. Results Students prefer to read lectures on paper (73.3), use of PowerPoint file (76.7), short lectures of less than 10 pages (94.5), practical experiments (66.7), lectures and lab time of less than two hours (89.9 and 96.6 respectively) and intralecture discussions (68.9). Students also like to have paperbased exam (73.3), short essay (40) or MCQ (34.4) questions and also prefer to do extra activities like reports (22.2), seminars (18.6) and posters (10.8). Conclusion Second year pharmacy students have different attitudes toward traditional and electronic leaning and assessment methods. Using multimedia, elearning and Moodle are increasingly preferred methods among some students.
Open Science Index 135, 2018