Can Exposure to Online Conversations About Death and Dying Influence Death Competence? An Exploratory Study Within an Australian Massive Open Online Course

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dc.contributor.author Miller-Lewis, Lauren
dc.contributor.author Tieman, Jennifer
dc.contributor.author Rawlings, Deb
dc.contributor.author Parker, Deborah
dc.contributor.author Sanderson, Christine Ruth
dc.date.accessioned 2018-06-13T06:13:13Z
dc.date.available 2018-06-13T06:13:13Z
dc.date.issued 2018-03-26
dc.description Copyright © 2018 The Authors. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. This author accepted manuscript is made available following 12 month embargo from date of publication (March 2018) in accordance with the publisher’s archiving policy en_US
dc.description.abstract A Massive Open Online Course, Dying2Learn, was designed to foster community death conversations and strengthen community awareness of palliative care and death as a normal process. This exploratory study used a pre–post prospective design to determine if participation in Dying2Learn and exposure to online conversations about death and dying resulted in any significant influence on death competence in 134 participants who completed the Coping-with-Death-Scale both at the beginning and end of the course in 2016. Death competence refers to a range of attitudes and capabilities people have for dealing with death. Results at the end of the course indicated that engagement in Dying2Learn led to significant improvements in death competence scores over time (medium-to-large effect size). The positive impact was greater for those who completed more of the course, and effectiveness did not depend on sociodemographic characteristics. In conclusion, this study found that an online learning platform in the form of a Massive Open Online Course could engage community members in meaningful social discussion about death and dying, and that exposure to these conversations was beneficial for all participants regardless of previous exposure to death. Further exploration is required to determine whether this change in death competence will have an impact on participant’s behavior in the community regarding death conversations and preparedness. en_US
dc.identifier.citation Miller-Lewis, L., Tieman, J., Rawlings, D., Parker, D., & Sanderson, C. (2018). Can Exposure to Online Conversations About Death and Dying Influence Death Competence? An Exploratory Study Within an Australian Massive Open Online Course. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying, 3022281876581. https://doi.org/10.1177/0030222818765813 en_US
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1177/0030222818765813 en
dc.identifier.issn 0030-2228
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2328/38072
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Sage Journals en_US
dc.rights Copyright The Author(s) 2018 en_US
dc.rights.holder The Author(s) en_US
dc.rights.license In Copyright
dc.subject attitude to death en_US
dc.subject community education en_US
dc.subject online learning en_US
dc.subject prospective en_US
dc.title Can Exposure to Online Conversations About Death and Dying Influence Death Competence? An Exploratory Study Within an Australian Massive Open Online Course en_US
dc.type Article en
local.contributor.authorOrcidLookup Tieman, Jennifer: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2611-1900 en_US
local.contributor.authorOrcidLookup Rawlings, Deb: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8998-9403 en_US
local.contributor.authorOrcidLookup Miller-Lewis, Lauren: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6013-130X en_US
local.contributor.authorOrcidLookup Sanderson, Christine Ruth: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5423-5778
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