title: Student perceptions of online lectures and WebCT in an introductory drug information course.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine student perceptions regarding online lectures and quizzes during an introductory drug information course for first-year professional doctor of pharmacy students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Formal and online lectures, online quizzes, written semester projects, a practice-based examination, a careers in pharmacy exercise, and a final examination were used to deliver the course content and assess performance. A multiple-choice survey instrument was used to evaluate student perceptions of WebCT and online lectures.
  
  
  RESULTS
  More than 47% of students reported that online lectures helped them learn the material better, 77% reported that lectures would be used to study for the final examination, and 59% reported that they would use WebCT lectures for future classes. Approximately 40% of students agreed that online lectures should be used in future courses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Students reported that WebCT was easy to use; however, the majority of students preferred in-class lectures compared to online lectures. A positive correlation was observed for those students who performed well on the online quizzes and those who performed well on the final examination.
authors.affiliation: McWhorter School of Pharmacy, Samford University, Birmingham, AL 35229, USA. mkelly@samford.edu
authors.forename: Maisha Kelly
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Schrimsher
authors.forename: Michael G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Kendrach
mesh_terms: D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D010465:Perception; D010604:Pharmacy / Q000379:methods; D013339:Students, Pharmacy / Q000523:psychology