Distance Learning in the Cloud: Using 3G Enabled Mobile Computing to Support Rural Medical Education

dc.creator	Ryan Palmer
dc.creator	Lisa Dodson
dc.date	2011-05-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:13:42Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:13:42Z
dc.identifier	1948-075X
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/d4a294e1af8e403dae10568df0bf1544
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/16245
dc.description	Distance learning technology provides essential support for rural medical education. Special care must be taken to create distance learning systems that do not exacerbate feelings of isolation inherent to distance learning and rural medicine. The most common distance learning technology utilized by medical schools for rural placements is expensive, location specific, and impersonal. New web-based, mobile technology is now available that can efficiently deliver curriculum content to remote students at lower cost and with minimal technical support. This paper describes a pilot implementation of an integrated online clerkship curriculum that offers both synchronous and asynchronous distance learning experiences. Ease of access is emphasized by utilizing inexpensive, widely available mobile technologies and 3G internet connectivity to support streaming video and live video chatting to achieve course specific goals in a social constructivist educational framework.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Kent State University
dc.relation	http://rcetj.org/index.php/rcetj/article/view/150/249
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1948-075X
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source	Journal of the Research Center for Educational Technology, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 106-116 (2011)
dc.subject	Distance Learning
dc.subject	Mobile Computing
dc.subject	Mobile Broadband
dc.subject	Netbooks
dc.subject	Social Constructivism
dc.subject	Medical Education
dc.subject	Rural Medicine
dc.subject	3G
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Distance Learning in the Cloud: Using 3G Enabled Mobile Computing to Support Rural Medical Education
dc.type	article