MOOC for medical big data research: An important role in hypertension big data research

  • Xinyan Wang
  • , Liyuan Tian
  • , Bo Xu
  • , Xueliang Wang
  • , Wenjun Wu

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Abstract

Due to limited technical and social resources, many physician practices fall short on accurate blood pressure measurement to carry out large-scale hypertension research projects. The accuracy and standard of data acquisition are very important when data sources are diverse in medical big data research. This paper proposes Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) is appropriate approach to teach volunteers necessary knowledge and skills of blood pressure measurement for hypertension research. It introduces a new citizen science 'paradigm' to support big data research such as hypertension. MOOC is a new type online course that provides a combination of short video lectures, frequent comprehension quizzes and active participation in discussion forum. The well-trained data collectors by MOOC will be granted to collect and publish data of hypertension research. The process of medical big data research based on MOOC was introduced.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2015 IEEE 1st International Conference on Big Data Computing Service and Applications, BigDataService 2015
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages453-455
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9781479981281
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Aug 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event1st IEEE International Conference on Big Data Computing Service and Applications, BigDataService 2015 - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 30 Mar 20153 Apr 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2015 IEEE 1st International Conference on Big Data Computing Service and Applications, BigDataService 2015

Conference

Conference1st IEEE International Conference on Big Data Computing Service and Applications, BigDataService 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period30/03/153/04/15

Keywords

  • Massive Online Open Course
  • hypertension
  • medical big data research

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