S J Daniel, S Kumar
Comparison of dental hygienists and dentists: clinical and teledentistry identification of dental caries in children
International journal of dental hygiene
witnessed rapid increase use webbased collaborationware recent years web 20 applications particularly wikis blogs podcasts increasingly adopted many online healthrelated professional educational services ease use rapidity deployment offer opportunity powerful information sharing ease collaboration wikis web sites edited anyone access word blog contraction web log online web journal offer resource rich multimedia environment podcasts repositories audio video materials pushed subscribers even without user intervention audio video files downloaded portable media players taken anywhere providing potential anytime anywhere learning experiences mobile learning wikis blogs podcasts relatively easy use partly accounts proliferation fact many free open source versions tools may also responsible explosive growth thus would relatively easy implement within health professions educational environment paradoxically disadvantages also relate openness ease use virtually anybody able alter edit otherwise contribute collaborative web pages problematic gauge reliability accuracy resources arguably process collaboration leads darwinian type survival fittest content within web page veracity resources assured careful monitoring moderation operation collaborationware closed secure digital environment empirical research still needed build pedagogic evidence base different aspects tools context medicalhealth education effectively deployed wikis blogs podcasts could offer way enhance students clinicians patients learning experiences deepen levels learners engagement collaboration within digital learning environments therefore research conducted determine best ways integrate tools existing elearning programmes students health professionals patients taking account different also overlapping needs three audience classes opportunities virtual collaboration particular importance research novel integrative applications serve glue bind different forms webbased collaborationware synergistically order provide coherent wholesome learning experience