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Evaluation of an Open Learning Environment

Evaluation of an Open Learning Environment

Geraldine Clarebout, Jan Elen, Joost Lowyck, Jef Van den Ende, Erwin Van den Enden
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 6
ISBN13: 9781599049359|ISBN10: 159904935X|EISBN13: 9781599049366
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-935-9.ch275
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Clarebout, Geraldine, et al. "Evaluation of an Open Learning Environment." Online and Distance Learning: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Lawrence A. Tomei, IGI Global, 2008, pp. 3359-3364. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-935-9.ch275

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Clarebout, G., Elen, J., Lowyck, J., Van den Ende, J., & Van den Enden, E. (2008). Evaluation of an Open Learning Environment. In L. Tomei (Ed.), Online and Distance Learning: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 3359-3364). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-935-9.ch275

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Clarebout, Geraldine, et al. "Evaluation of an Open Learning Environment." In Online and Distance Learning: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Lawrence A. Tomei, 3359-3364. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2008. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-935-9.ch275

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Abstract

Educational goals have generally shifted from knowing everything in a specific domain to knowing how to deal with complex problems. Reasoning and information processing skills have become more important than the sheer amount of information memorized. In medical education, the same evolution occurred. Diagnostic reasoning processes get more strongly emphasized. Whereas previously knowing all symptoms and diseases was stressed, reasoning skills have become educationally more important. They must enable professionals to distinguish between differential diagnoses and recognize patterns of illnesses (e.g., Myers & Dorsey, 1994).

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