The reach and access characteristics of SNS for a noninstitutional, academic blog in an Indian setting has not been documented and this manuscript aim to address this lacunae. Materials and Methods: A blog for oral histology, an integral basic dental subject and its Facebook promotional page was created.
The access characteristics were observed using Google analytics. The Facebook promotional pages of the blog access characteristics are presented. Results: A total of people visited the blog during the study period.
There were page visits in all. Visitors from 36 countries and 99 cities across the globe accessed the blog. In all through Facebook, the promotional page reached 36, people. The total number of people engaged through Facebook promotion page was 10, Conclusion: Access characteristics of the noninstitutional, academic blog have been described for the first time in dentistry.
The lessons learnt through this exercise would be helpful in designing e-mentoring courses as well promotional pages of such events in the future. The necessity of making the mentors and students to adapt to e-learning and digital learning resources before drawing such programs is highlighted. View Show abstract Western countries have seen a complete shift to E-books and the Internet, digital libraries and more specifically; a social media based format of education.
At one time or the other, we might have experienced the extreme exhaustion of going through various books, to look for just one reference or the time our instructor might have asked us to get back to them immediately regarding some topic. Therefore, not only does it benefit at a local level but also helps in creation of a global classroom where there is freedom for discussion and learning beyond the textbooks.
