Demand for online educational tools has risen steadily as technological innovations have evolved over the past several decades. Websites were the first platform to be introduced, and eventually used for online schooling, soon after the advent of the World Wide Web. Access to information and updated content in a short period of time on a wide-screen device such as a computer made websites popular early in their development. With the technological revolution of smart phones, mobile applications have been developed on various operating systems and, through this progress, a new form of educational platform was initiated. The portable features of mobile applications represent a pioneer era of educational tools for medical professionals. Online communications have transformed into social media over the last decade and have since been adopted by much of the world. All three of these educational platforms have created a significant impact on medical education communities, specifically in radiology. We describe the relative strengths of each platform and illustrate how our experience over more than two decades guides our recommendations.

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网站、移动应用程序和社交媒体：优质的放射学在线教育工具


过去几十年来，随着技术创新的发展，对在线教育工具的需求稳步增长。万维网出现后不久，网站是第一个被引入的平台，并最终用于在线教育。在计算机等宽屏设备上短时间内访问信息和更新内容使得网站在发展初期就很受欢迎。随着智能手机的技术革命，各种操作系统上的移动应用程序被开发出来，并通过这种进步，开创了一种新形式的教育平台。移动应用程序的便携功能代表了医疗专业人员教育工具的先驱时代。在过去的十年中，在线通信已经转变为社交媒体，并已被世界大部分地区所采用。所有这三个教育平台都对医学教育社区产生了重大影响，特别是在放射学领域。我们描述了每个平台的相对优势，并说明了我们二十多年来的经验如何指导我们的建议。