Walton Graham, Childs Susan, Blenkinsopp Elizabeth
Library, Loughborough University, UK.
Health Info Libr J. 2005 Dec;22 Suppl 2:51-65. doi: 10.1111/j.1470-3327.2005.00615.x.
This article describes a project which explored the potential for mobile technologies to give health students in the community access to learning resources. The purpose included the need to identify possible barriers students could face in using mobile technologies. Another focus was to assess the students perceptions of the importance of being able to access learning resources in the community.
This 1-year project used two main approaches for data collection. A review of the literature on mobile technologies in the health context was conducted. This was used in a systematic way to identify key issues and trends. The literature review was used to inform the design and production of a questionnaire. This was distributed to and completed by a group of community health students at Northumbria University, UK. The questionnaire was piloted and there was a 100% completion rate with 49 returned forms.
The literature review indicated that most mobile technology applications were occurring in the US. At the time of the review the most prevalent mobile technologies were PDAs, laptops, WAP phones and portable radios with use being concentrated around doctors in the acute sector. A range of advantages and disadvantages to the technology were discovered. Mobile technologies were mainly being used for clinical rather than learning applications. The students showed a low level of awareness of the technology but placed great importance to accessing learning resources from the community.
Significant development and changes are taking place in mobile technologies. Since the data collection for this work was completed in 2004 podcasting and videocasting have become significant in mobile learning for health professionals. Librarians will need to address the relevance and implications of m-learning for their practice. Care and consideration needs to be given on the time and resources librarians allocate for the necessary development work around mobile technologies. Collaboration and partnership working will be most effective approach for librarians wishing to integrate their services with m-learning technologies.
本文描述了一个项目，该项目探索了移动技术让社区中的健康专业学生获取学习资源的潜力。目的包括确定学生在使用移动技术时可能面临的障碍。另一个重点是评估学生对在社区中能够获取学习资源重要性的看法。
这个为期一年的项目采用了两种主要的数据收集方法。对健康领域中移动技术的文献进行了综述。以系统的方式利用该综述来确定关键问题和趋势。文献综述为问卷的设计和制作提供了参考。问卷分发给英国诺森比亚大学的一群社区健康专业学生并由他们完成。问卷进行了预测试，回收率为100%，共收到49份返回的表格。
文献综述表明，大多数移动技术应用发生在美国。在进行综述时，最普遍的移动技术是个人数字助理（PDA）、笔记本电脑、无线应用协议（WAP）手机和便携式收音机，其使用主要集中在急症部门的医生身上。发现了该技术的一系列优缺点。移动技术主要用于临床而非学习应用。学生对该技术的认知程度较低，但非常重视从社区获取学习资源。
移动技术正在发生重大发展和变化。自这项工作的数据收集于2004年完成以来，播客和视频播客在健康专业人员的移动学习中变得至关重要。图书馆员需要解决移动学习与其实践的相关性和影响。需要谨慎考虑图书馆员为围绕移动技术开展必要的开发工作所分配的时间和资源。对于希望将其服务与移动学习技术整合的图书馆员来说，合作与伙伴关系将是最有效的方法。
