From: Internet-based medical education: a realist review of what works, for whom and in what circumstances
Technology acceptance | |
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1. | How useful will the prospective learners perceive the Internet technology to be? |
 | For example, in any particular context and compared to what is currently available to them, to what extent will this technology |
 |    a. Increase their access to learning? |
 |    b. Provide consistent, high-quality content? |
 |    c. Be a convenient format in which to receive their education? |
 |    d. Save them money? |
 |    e. Save them time? |
 |    f. Link to course assessment? |
2. | How easy will the prospective learners find this technology to use? |
3. | How well does this format fit in with what learners are used to and expect? |
Achieving interactive dialogue | |
4. | How will high-quality human-human (learner-tutor and learner-learner) interaction and feedback be achieved? For example what use will be made of |
 |    a. Structured virtual seminars? |
 |    b. Email, bulletin boards? |
 |    c. Real-time chat? |
 |    d. Supplementary media e.g. video, audio, phone calls, videoconferencing? |
 |    e. Course assessment and feedback on performance? |
5. | How will high-quality human-technical interaction and feedback be achieved? For example what use will be made of |
 |    f. Questions with automated feedback? |
 |    g. Simulations? |