Nursing Students’ Perceptions and Expectations Regarding the Use of Technology in Nursing Education
| Autor: | Alexis Harerimana, Ntombifikile Gloria Mtshali |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Advanced and Specialized Nursing
Research design 030504 nursing 020205 medical informatics media_common.quotation_subject Entry Level Face (sociological concept) 02 engineering and technology 03 medical and health sciences Critical thinking Nursing Information and Communications Technology Perception Maternity and Midwifery ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Nurse education Use of technology 0305 other medical science Psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery. 21 |
| ISSN: | 2520-5293 1682-5055 |
| DOI: | 10.25159/2520-5293/5103 |
| Popis: | Technological innovations are changing the face of nursing education, with teachers being expected to integrate best teaching practices in the classroom and to ensure that nursing students are motivated and engaged. Taking into consideration students’ needs is essential to provide successful integration of the technology in teaching and learning. This paper aims to explore nursing students’ perceptions and expectations regarding the use of technology in nursing education. A descriptive quantitative research design was used, and the study was conducted at a selected university in South Africa. A total of 150 nursing students completed the questionnaires, with the data being analysed descriptively using SPSS version 25. The nursing students reported that educators used technology to deliver course instructions (96.7%), and encouraged students to use it for creative or critical thinking tasks (95.3%). They were encouraged by their educators to use their own technology devices (94.7%) and online platforms (94.7%). More undergraduate students perceived that nurse educators used technology at school (15.63 ± 2.54) than postgraduate students (14.41 ± 3.07) (U =1341.00, p = .044). Overall, 77.3 per cent of the nursing students expected the use of technology in teaching, mainly Moodle (88.7%), search tools (75.3%), podcasts and videocasts (66.7%), EndNote (62.7%), and Turnitin (48.7%). The majority of the students (82.1%) from the lower academic levels (first and second year) had a high expectation of the use of technology compared to 71.2 per cent of the higher levels (third and fourth year). The use of technology in teaching requires nurse educators to have adequate skills to make it a powerful tool for teaching and learning. Much more effort should be put in motivating students to use various technological tools, and ensuring that they have adequate skills, particularly at the entry level. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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