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.authorMiller-Lewis, Lauren
dc.contributor.authorTieman, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorRawlings, Deb
dc.contributor.authorParker, Deborah
dc.contributor.authorSanderson, Christine Ruth
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-13T06:13:13Z
dc.date.available2018-06-13T06:13:13Z
dc.date.issued2018-03-26
dc.descriptionCopyright © 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 policyen_US
dc.description.abstractA 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.citationMiller-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/10.1177/0030222818765813en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/0030222818765813en
dc.identifier.issn0030-2228
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2328/38072
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.oaire.license.condition.licenseIn Copyright
dc.publisherSage Journalsen_US
dc.rightsCopyright The Author(s) 2018en_US
dc.rights.holderThe Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectattitude to deathen_US
dc.subjectcommunity educationen_US
dc.subjectonline learningen_US
dc.subjectprospectiveen_US
dc.titleCan Exposure to Online Conversations About Death and Dying Influence Death Competence? An Exploratory Study Within an Australian Massive Open Online Courseen_US
dc.typeArticleen
local.contributor.authorOrcidLookupTieman, Jennifer: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2611-1900en_US
local.contributor.authorOrcidLookupRawlings, Deb: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8998-9403en_US
local.contributor.authorOrcidLookupMiller-Lewis, Lauren: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6013-130Xen_US
local.contributor.authorOrcidLookupSanderson, Christine Ruth: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5423-5778
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