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Nursing Students' Perceptions and Expectations Regarding the Use of Technology in Nursing Education.
- Source :
- Africa Journal of Nursing & Midwifery; 2019, Vol. 21 Issue 2, p1-20, 20p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CHI-squared test
COMMUNICATION
CONFIDENCE intervals
EDUCATIONAL technology
GRADUATE students
INFORMATION technology
INTERPROFESSIONAL relations
RESEARCH methodology
NURSING students
STATISTICAL sampling
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
STATISTICS
STUDENT attitudes
TEACHER-student relationships
DATA analysis
QUANTITATIVE research
UNDERGRADUATES
CROSS-sectional method
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
MANN Whitney U Test
KRUSKAL-Wallis Test
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16825055
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Africa Journal of Nursing & Midwifery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 141281326
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.25159/2520-5293/5103