Yanko F Michea | PubMed Health

PubMed2003

Learning management systems' evaluation focuses on technology not learning.

Learning Management Systems (LMS) are widely used in educational institutions around the world. The purpose of this poster is to review the characteristics of evaluations of these systems consulting two kinds of sources: Peer-reviewed journals and Web documents. Our results show that the current emphasis is on evaluating the technology, which suggests the need for a theory/pedagogy driven evaluation focused on educational outcomes. Introduction

Computer-Assisted Instruction↗

PubMed2002

Comparing communication technology on Chinese, English, and Spanish diabetes web sites.

Technological and cultural factors influence access to health information on the web in multifarious ways. We evaluated structural differences and availability of communication services on the web in three diverse language and cultural groups: Chinese, English, and Spanish. A total of 382 web sites were analyzed: 144 were English language sites (38%), 129 were Chinese language sites (34%), and 108 were Spanish language sites (28%). We did not find technical differences in the number of outgoing links per domain or the total availability of communication services between the three groups. There were differences in the distribution of available services between Chinese and English sites. In the Chinese sites, there were more communication services between consumers and health experts. Our results suggest that the health-related web presence of these three cultural groups is technologically comparable, but reflects differences that may be attributable to cultural factors.

Analysis of Variance↗