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Technology in Public Health Higher Education
Philip R A Baker1, Daniel Demant1,2, Abby Cathcart3
11 Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia.
Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health
|October 6, 2018
Summary
Technology in public health education is growing. Recorded lectures and audience response systems are well-received by students, with recorded lectures preferred for learning, especially by external students.
Area of Science:
- Public Health Education
- Epidemiology Training
- Health Workforce Development
Background:
- Tertiary education in public health increasingly utilizes technology like streamed/recorded lectures and audience response systems.
- These tools aim to equip practitioners for the evolving health landscape in the Asia-Pacific region.
- The impact of these technologies on student performance, satisfaction, and understanding remains largely unexplored.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate postgraduate students' perceptions and technology usage in an Australian university's epidemiology course.
- To assess the effectiveness of streamed lectures, recorded lectures, and audience response technology in public health tertiary education.
- To compare technology adoption and impact between internal and external mode students.
Main Methods:
- Utilized routinely collected student data (n=453) and survey data (n=88).
- Assessed student perceptions of technology usefulness and learning preferences.
- Analyzed the correlation between technology use (streamed/recorded lectures) and student performance (passing rates).
Main Results:
- Students widely accept and utilize technology-based learning tools, with 96.6% finding audience response technology and streamed/recorded lectures useful.
- A preference exists for reviewing recorded lectures over live streamed sessions.
- Recorded and streamed lecture use correlated with improved performance for external students (odds ratio = 3.32), though this effect varied across subgroups.
Conclusions:
- Technology, including recorded lectures and audience response systems, is perceived positively by public health students.
- Recorded lectures may offer a learning advantage, particularly for externally enrolled students.
- Further research is needed to understand the nuanced effects of educational technology across diverse student populations.
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