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Table 2 OER and SM usage with different categories

From: Student usage of open educational resources and social media at a Sri Lanka Medical School

Category

Open Educational Resources (OER)

P value

Social Media (SM)

P value

Usage *

247(96.1%)

 

227(88.3%)

< 0.01

Daily usage †

131(51.0%)

 

175(68.1%)

< 0.001

Usage vs Gender

 Males (72)

62 (86.1%)

0.2

62 (86.1%)

0.6

 Females (185)

180 (97.3%)

 

165 (89.2%)

 

Usage vs post-graduate planning

 Yes (115)

113 (98.3%)

0.2

102 (88.7%)

0.07

 No (26)

25 (96.2%)

 

20 (77.0%)

 

 Not-decided (106)

100 (94.3%)

 

98 (92.5%)

 

Usage vs Academic years

 First year (52)

51 (98.1%)

0.2

49 (94.2%)

0.08

 Second year (55)

53 (96.4%)

 

52 (94.5%)

 

 Third year (48)

44 (91.7%)

 

39 (81.3%)

 

 Fourth year (57)

54 (94.7%)

 

47 (82.5%)

 

 Final year (fifth year) (45)

45 (100%)

 

40 (88.9%)

 
  1. *Highly significant difference (P < 0.01) between OER and SM usage was noted; †Very highly significant difference (P < 0.001) was found between SM and OER daily usage