Abstract
Dietetic education in the 21st Century: is it all just fun and games?
Nutrition & Dietetics, Vol.74(Supplement 1), p.48
Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) National Conference: Cultivating Fresh Evidence, 34th (Hobart, Australia, 18-May-2017–20-May-2017)
2017
Abstract
Globally the higher education (HE) sector is including more technologyrich learning environments for the twenty ï¬rst century student. Today'slearners are uniquely different from previous generations as they havegrown-up immersed in digital technology which impacts the way weteach in HE. This study aims to shed light on academic and studentperceptions on the value of online serious games (SG) and usability asa learning tool. This study forms part of a bigger project to develop anonline SG to assist the development of clinical reasoning skills of stu-dent dietitians. Separate online surveys were developed informed by lit-erature and focus group discussions with academics and student.Surveys were deployed through Survey Monkey®to all University ofthe Sunshine Coast students and Academics on the Sippy Downs cam-pus in Queensland, Australia. Key ï¬ndings include that all students(n = 49) and most academics (n = 14, 93%) want to use SG in theircourse/s if it has a clear ï¬t for purpose. Students want to use SG toapply knowledge to a real-life scenario (90%), to practise skills (88%),orientate them to a real-life environment (74%), and for assessment(52%). Conversely, most academics tied the use of SG to assessment(92%) or an optional extracurricular activity (67%). Barriers to useonline SGs reported by academics included limited support, lack ofresource, and availability. These ï¬ndings provide an interesting per-spective on differences in perceptions between academics and studentson how serious games can be integrated into curriculum, highlightspotential barriers, and provide recommendation on its use in relationto assessment.
Details
- Title
- Dietetic education in the 21st Century: is it all just fun and games?
- Authors
- Hattie H Wright (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringJudith Tweedie (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringUwe Terton (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringGraeme Smyth (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringK Starks (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringWerner Ravyse (Author) - North-West University, South AfricaTheresa Ashford (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
- Publication details
- Nutrition & Dietetics, Vol.74(Supplement 1), p.48
- Conference details
- Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) National Conference: Cultivating Fresh Evidence, 34th (Hobart, Australia, 18-May-2017–20-May-2017)
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
- Date published
- 2017
- DOI
- 10.1111/1747-0080.12353
- ISSN
- 1446-6368
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health - Nutrition & Dietetics; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy; School of Creative Industries - Legacy; School of Law and Society; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451159402621
- Output Type
- Abstract
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