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. 2008 Aug 15;72(4):91.
doi: 10.5688/aj720491.

Students' perceptions and satisfaction with a web-based human nutrition course

Charmaine D Rochester  1 , Francoise Pradel
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Students' perceptions and satisfaction with a web-based human nutrition course

Charmaine D Rochester et al. Am J Pharm Educ. .

Abstract

Objectives: To assess the perceptions and satisfaction of third-year pharmacy students with a Web-based, distance-learning course, Principles of Human Nutrition, and describe the challenges faculty members encountered while implementing the course.

Design: The human nutrition course was redesigned from a traditional classroom-based format to a Web-based format. Precourse and postcourse surveys were administered to 2 consecutive classes of 120 students.

Assessment: Students gave positive feedback regarding the Web-based format and especially appreciated the flexibility the course offered. Students recommended that a hybrid Web-based/classroom-based course be developed instead of a Web-based only course.

Conclusion: A Web-based format was used to effectively deliver a course in human nutrition to third-year pharmacy students; however, implementation of the course revealed several challenges that will need to be addressed before additional Web-based courses can be added.

Keywords: Internet; Web-based; distance learning; nutrition; online learning.

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