Did video kill the XR star? Digital trends in medical education before and after the COVID-19 outbreak from the perspective of students and lecturers from the faculty of medicine at the University of Ulm

2021/09/15 by Robert Speidel, Achim Schneider, Speidel, Robert +7 · 2 citations
Medicine · Social Sciences · #E-Learning #Empathy and Medical Education #Innovative Teaching Methods #Medicine and health #Medizinische Ausbildung #Social Media in Health Education #Zukunft #digital teaching #digitale Lehre #e-learning #future #medical education

paper · doi:10.3205/zma001497

openalex publication_date 2021/09/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22

Abstract

Video-based teaching elements proved to be a low-threshold and time-efficient solution during the lockdown and were also recommended for future use. The XR technology has been put on the back burner for the time being, but in view of the increased digital teaching motivation and capabilities, it can be assumed that lecturers will recognize and use the potential of XR as soon as they have the freedom to design innovative teaching again.

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