A quick search of PubMed revealed 19 results relevant to social bookmarking and use of Web 2.0 tools in education. Of the 20 results:
- 12 came from the field of Nursing Education
- 2 came from the UK
- 2 came from Italy
- 1 came from US Anesthesiology
- 1 came from US Radiology
- 1 came from US Chemistry
I'm left to wonder...why is undergraduate medical education not represented in these results???
I see the use of social bookmarking in courses as an opportunity for students to feed information and knowledge into the course...student-generated content is one way maximize the learning in a group...and I think it reduces the reliance on expert / authority notions of schooling over time. At least that is what I like to believe...I've got nothing to back that up. However, your post makes me wonder whether student-generated contributions to support learning in a course is something that is valued in med ed?
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