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Using m-learning on nursing courses to improve learning.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21084973     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Modern handheld devices and wireless communications foster new kinds of communication and interaction that can define new approaches to teaching and learning. Mobile learning (m-learning) seeks to use them extensively, exactly in the same way in which e-learning uses personal computers and wired communication technologies. In this new mobile environment, new applications and educational models need to be created and tested to confirm (or reject) their validity and usefulness. In this article, we present a mobile tool aimed at self-assessment, which allows students to test their knowledge at any place and at any time. The degree to which the students' achievement improved is also evaluated, and a survey on the students' opinion of the new tool was also conducted. An experimental group of 20- to 21-year-old nursing students was chosen to test the tool. Results show that this kind of tool improves students' achievement and does not make necessary to introduce substantial changes in current teaching activities and methodology.
Authors:
Luis de Marcos Ortega; Roberto Barchino Plata; María Lourdes Jiménez Rodríguez; José Ramón Hilera González; José Javier Martínez Herráiz; José Antonio Gutiérrez de Mesa; José María Gutiérrez Martínez; Salvador Otón Tortosa
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN     Volume:  29     ISSN:  1538-9774     ISO Abbreviation:  Comput Inform Nurs     Publication Date:  2011 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-06-02     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101141667     Medline TA:  Comput Inform Nurs     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  311-7     Citation Subset:  IM; N    
Affiliation:
Computer Science Department, University of Alcala, Campus Universitario, Alcalá De Henares, Madrid, Spain.
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