The WEB 2.0 induced paradigm shift in the e-learning and the role of crowdsourcing in dental education.
OBJECTIVE
Authors evaluated the effect of the WEB 2.0 environment on dental education and estimated the difference in retention of knowledge by cephalometric analysis in orthodontics between conventional education and off-line e-learning.


BACKGROUND
Five years of experience with complex web-based e-learning system allowed the evaluation by retrospective analysis and on-line questionnaire.


RESULTS
The results revealed the current trends in on-line behavior of students based on the WEB 2.0 innovative technologies like Ajax. Results confirmed an increasing number of resources with a rising frequency of e-learning materials.


CONCLUSIONS
The study confirmed that e-learning of the same subject is more efficient in immediate examination after the lecture with even better results after 12 and 24 months against the control group (Tab. 3, Fig. 1, Ref. 26).
Thurzo
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Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University and St. Elisabeth Institute of Oncology, Slovakia. AndrejThurzo@hotmail.com
Stanko
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P
Urbanova
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W
Lysy
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J
Suchancova
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B
Makovnik
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M
Javorka
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V
D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D004497:Education, Dental; D020407:Internet; D007858:Learning