Designing Medical Electronic Learning Programs Based on the Interactive Research-based Approach

This study aims to investigate how effective interactive conditions can be met regarding education,learning, and web-based evaluation in medicine. Considering the two intellectual paradigms ofsituational learning and structuralism, the transfer of knowledge as learning, is less discussed. Fromthe viewpoints of these psychological approaches, learning is considered as the creation of meaning ina cultural basis for the better understanding of the surround ding world which will lead to uncertainty.This learning occurs when teaching and learning activities happen in an interactive process betweenthe participants in the learning environment and its set of instruments and facilities. In this article,electronic spaces such as multimedia and research-based interactive internet environments have beenconsidered as the most effective learning environments based on the two mentioned approaches.Challenging environments involve and engage students in the learning activities. Other aspects ofsuch electronic environments, especially the interactive web and research-based environment, areproblem ownership, commitment and taking responsibility, and the relationship between goals andstudent's interest, and providing a suitable structure. Moreover, paying attention to complex learningenvironments, the role of social dialogues, considering a single subject from various viewpoints, andunderstanding the process of creating meaning are other features of a structural research-basedelectronic educational environment.