Sequential Incoherence In A Multi-Party Synchronous Computer Mediated Communication For An Introductory Health Informatics Course

Authors

Jorge R Herskovic, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Health Information Sciences, Houston TX, USA
J Caleb Goodwin
Pamela A Bozzo Silva
Irmgard Willcockson
Amy Franklin

Language

English

Publication Date

1-1-2010

Journal

American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium Proceedings

PMID

21346988

PMCID

PMC3041442

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

November 2010

PubMedCentral® Full Text Version

Post-Print

Abstract

Online courses will play a key role in the high-volume Informatics education required to train the personnel that will be necessary to fulfill the health IT needs of the country. Online courses can cause feelings of isolation in students. A common way to address these feelings is to hold synchronous online "chats" for students. Conventional chats, however, can be confusing and impose a high extrinsic cognitive load on their participants that hinders the learning process. In this paper we present a qualitative analysis that shows the causes of this high cognitive load and our solution through the use of a moderated chat system.

Published Open-Access

yes

Recommended Citation

Herskovic, Jorge R; Goodwin, J Caleb; Bozzo Silva, Pamela A; et al., "Sequential Incoherence In A Multi-Party Synchronous Computer Mediated Communication For An Introductory Health Informatics Course" (2010). Faculty, Staff and Student Publications. 86.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/uthshis_docs/86