title: Education 2.0 -- how has social media and Web 2.0 been integrated into medical education? A systematical literature review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Present-day students have grown up with considerable knowledge concerning multi-media. The communication modes they use are faster, more spontaneous, and independent of place and time. These new web-based forms of information and communication are used by students, educators, and patients in various ways. Universities which have already used these tools report many positive effects on the learning behaviour of the students. In a systematic literature review, we summarized the manner in which the integration of Social Media and Web 2.0 into education has taken place.
  
  
  METHODS
  A systematic literature search covering the last 5 years using MeSH terms was carried out via PubMed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the 20 chosen publications, there was only one German publication. Most of the publications are from the US and Great Britain. The latest publications report on the concrete usage of the tools in education, including social networking, podcasts, blogs, wikis, YouTube, Twitter and Skype.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The integration of Web 2.0 and Social Media is the modern form of self-determined learning. It stimulates reflection and actively integrates the students in the construction of their knowledge. With these new tools, the students acquire skills which they need in both their social and professional lives.
authors: University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Institute for Medical Biometry, Epidemiology and Informatics, Mainz, Germany. anke.hollinderbaeumer@unimedizin-mainz.de
authors: Anke
authors: A
authors: Hollinderbäumer
authors: Tobias
authors: T
authors: Hartz
authors: Frank
authors: F
authors: Uckert
mesh_terms: D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical; D018961:Educational Technology; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D061108:Social Media; D013663:Teaching; D064878:Web Browser
keywords: Web 2.0; medical education; social media