Can Mobile Learning Enhance Nursing Practice Education?

Kenny, Richard F.; Park, Caroline L.

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“…and Kenny, Park, Neste-Kenny, Burton and Meiers (2009), though the three commented that they found it a bit 'fiddly' to fill in. This comment was explored at the focus group and traced to the inputting of free text assessor comments.…”

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The use of mobile technology for work‐based assessment: the student experience

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Hennessey

Davies

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Brit J Educational Tech

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This paper outlines a research project conducted at Leeds University School of Medicine with Assessment & Learning in Practice Settings Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, collaboration between the Universities of Leeds, Huddersfield, Bradford, Leeds Metropolitan University and the University of York St John.The research conducted is a proof of concept, examining the impact of delivering competency based assessment via personal digital assistants (PDAs) amongst a group of final year undergraduate medical students. This evaluation reports the student experience of mobile technology for assessment with positive effects; concluding that overall the students found completing assessments using a PDA straight forward and that the structured format of the assessment resulted in an increased, improved level of feedback, allowing students to improve their skills during the placement. A relationship between using the PDA for learning and setting goals for achievement was clearly demonstrated.

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The use of mobile technology for work‐based assessment: the student experience

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Hennessey

Davies

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Brit J Educational Tech

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“…Besides, m-learning that provides opportunities for connectivity and interaction has the potential to provide the learner with a meaningful learning environment [17]. The potential use of m-learning needs to match with the whole curriculum and assessment.…”

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Students' Voices: Enriching Learning Experiences through M-learning

Lam¹,

Wan²

2010

2010 6th IEEE International Conference on Wireless, Mobile, and Ubiquitous Technologies in Education

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In the 2008-09 academic year, the case school initiated a M-learning (i.e. mobile learning) programme for a group of twenty P.5-6 students, who were formed into groups and worked collaboratively in an ecological study by using different kinds of technologies such as GPS, Blackberries, laptops, digital cameras and mobile phones that are blended to engage and motivate students at anytime and anywhere. The purpose of this preliminary study is to explore students' perceptions about the implementation and outcome of M-learning programme.

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“…However, the potential of smartphones has not been fully utilized in some sectors such as healthcare. In particular, nurses at hospitals and elderly houses have so far lagged behind the trend of smartphone adoption for consolidating professional tasks despite of the fact that smartphones and other mobile technology has been applied in nursing education [25,32,37].…”

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User-centered design of a context-aware nurse assistant (CANA) at Finnish elderly houses

Dirin

Laine

2015

Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication

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In the age of mobile and ubiquitous computing, many nurses working in the healthcare sector still utilize traditional tools (e.g., paper calendars and clipboards) and pre-installed mobile applications (e.g., web browser, calendar) in their work activities. There exists a variety of mHealth applications, but none of them combines essential professional tools for nursing. We tackled this problem in the Finnish elderly house context through the User Centered Design (UCD) method whereby the target users actively participate in the design process. Together with 12 nurses, we first identified their profiles and their expectations on work-related mHealth application functionalities. The results were utilized in the conceptual design of Context-Aware Nurse Assistant (CANA), which combines the identified functionalities and provides contextsensitive services to consolidate nurses' work activities. This paper contributes to the field of ubiquitous healthcare as follows: 1) initial user survey that shows the need for CANA; 2) UCD design process of CANA and discussion of UCD's suitability for designing ubiquitous healthcare systems, 3) technical architecture based on modular web services and 4) evaluation results of a low-fidelity CANA prototype. These results are of interest to software designers, healthcare professionals and context-aware application developers.

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Can Mobile Learning Enhance Nursing Practice Education?

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The use of mobile technology for work‐based assessment: the student experience

The use of mobile technology for work‐based assessment: the student experience

Students' Voices: Enriching Learning Experiences through M-learning

User-centered design of a context-aware nurse assistant (CANA) at Finnish elderly houses

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