Online videos: The hidden curriculum

Dias Da Silva, Marco Antonio, Pereira, Andresa Costa, Vital, Sibylle, Mariño, Rodrigo, Ghanim, Aghareed, Skelton-Macedo, Mary Caroline, Kavadella, Argyro, Kakaboura, Afrodite, Uribe, Sergio E, Johnson, Ilona, Dalessandri, Domenico and Walmsley, Anthony Damien 2022. Online videos: The hidden curriculum. European Journal of Dental Education 26 (4) , pp. 830-837. 10.1111/eje.12766

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Abstract

Introduction Dental undergraduates will access the Internet searching for learning materials to complement their training; however, open access content is not generally recommended by dental schools. This study aimed to evaluate how dental students are using online video content. Materials and Methods Students from eight Universities (Athens, Birmingham, Brescia, Cardiff, Melbourne, Paris, Sao Paulo and Valdivia) representing three continents were invited to complete a survey on their access and learning from online videos. Results International students behave similarly when studying dental content online. Of 515 respondents, 94.6% use the Internet as a learning tool. It was observed that videos are not frequently recommended during didactic lectures (9.6%). But many students (79.9%) will use YouTube for their learning which includes clinical procedures. Students will check online content before performing procedures for the first time (74.8%), to understand what was explained in class (65.9%) or read in books (59.5%), to relearn clinical techniques (64.7%) and to visualise rare procedures (49.8%). More than half of the students do not fully trust the accuracy or the reliability of online content. This does not prevent students from watching and sharing dental videos with classmates (64.4%). The content watched is not shared with teachers (23.3%) even when it contradicts what was learnt in the school (38.2%). Conclusion This study concludes that students regularly integrate open access digital resources into learning portfolios but are hesitant to inform their teachers about their viewing habits. Students wish to receive critical skills on how to evaluate the material they encounter outside their traditional learning space.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Dentistry
Additional Information:	This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons
ISSN:	1396-5883
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	21 March 2022
Date of Acceptance:	23 December 2021
Last Modified:	04 May 2023 11:32
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/148533

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