External and internal factors influencing self-directed online learning of physiotherapy undergraduate students in Sweden: a qualitative study.

Summary, in English

Online courses have become common in health sciences education. This learning environment can be designed using different approaches to support student learning. To further develop online environment, it is important to understand how students perceive working and learning online. The aim of this study is to identify aspects influencing students' learning processes and their adaptation to self-directed learning online.

• Author: Catharina Sjödahl Hammarlund; Maria H Nilsson; Christina Gummesson
• Department/s: Human Movement: health and rehabilitation; Active and Healthy Ageing Research Group; The Faculty of Medicine Centre for Teaching and Learning; Department of Health Sciences
• Publishing year: 2015
• Language: English
• Publication/Series: Journal of educational evaluation for health professions
• Volume: 12
• Issue: Jun 22
• Full text: - 230 kB; Download statistics
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26101401?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2015.12.33
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: NATL HEALTH PERSONNEL LICENSING EXAMINATION BOARD
• Topic: Pedagogy
• Status: Published
• Research group: Human Movement: health and rehabilitation; Active and Healthy Ageing Research Group
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1975-5937