Review: Issues with e-learning in nursing and health education in the UK: are new technologies being embraced in the teaching and learning environments?

Smedley, Alison

doi:10.1177/1744987110370941

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“…Kushniruk (2011) discusses recent advances in health education made by eLearning and associated technologies. Smedley (2011) reviews the state of eLearning in nursing and health education in the UK. Abshier (2012) assesses the feasibility of using virtual worlds to support eLearning for healthcare.…”

Section: E-healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Profiling e-health projects in Africa: trends and funding patterns

Jahangirian

Taylor

2013

Information Development

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There is a severe shortage of healthcare provision in Africa. e-Health, the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to support healthcare, may help to ease this problem. e-Health projects support a wide range of applications ranging from telemedicine to global research collaborations made possible via e-Infrastructures, worldwide systems of integrated advanced high performance networking and computing ICT. To try to understand the state of e-Health in Africa, this paper aims to create a picture and to present an analytical review of some of these initiatives in Africa. A review framework composed of multiple search methods is developed and applied to yield a broad coverage of e-Health projects over the African continent. Seven quantitative analyses on the projects are presented. Major observations include that there is a tendency for e-Health projects to grow in number in some African countries over time; that African countries with larger Gross National Incomes tend to attract more e-Health projects; that e-Health projects in Africa focus on telemedicine, health education and health-related research; that there is a wide range of funding bodies, some of which have a geographical focus, and that the number of m-Health projects has been rising sharply.

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Section: E-healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Profiling e-health projects in Africa: trends and funding patterns

Jahangirian

Taylor

2013

Information Development

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“…Even if learners are given the option of consulting a tutor, few do, for fear of representing an inconvenience (Cotton and Gresty 2007). The lack of guidance is often evident in content-based courses, which can be an isolating experience for students: it could lead to confusion when there is no one available to answer questions (Padilla Rodriguez and Fernandez Cardenas 2012;Smedley 2011). This paper seeks to deepen our understanding of students' experiences in an online content-based course.…”

Section: Content-based Learningmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, as in Cotton and Gresty's study (2007), other students skimmed through the resources. When participants had questions, there was seemingly no one to help (Padilla Rodriguez and Fernandez Cardenas 2012;Smedley 2011). The general support discussion forum was a dead space, rarely viewed and never used.…”

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confidence: 99%

Student engagement with a content-based learning design

Rodríguez

Armellini

2013

Research in Learning Technology

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While learning is commonly conceptualised as a social, collaborative process in organisations, online courses often provide limited opportunities for communication between people. How do students engage with content-based courses? How do they find answers to their questions? How do they achieve the learning outcomes? This paper aims to answer these questions by focusing on students’ experiences in an online content-based course delivered in a large Mexican organisation. Sales supervisors (n=47) participated as students. Four main data sources were used to evaluate engagement with and learning from the course: surveys (n=40), think-aloud sessions (n=8), activity logs (n=47) and exams (n=43). Findings suggest that: (1) Students engage with a content-based course by following the guidance available and attempting to make the materials relevant to their own context. (2) Students are resourceful when trying to find support. If the materials do not provide the answers to their questions, they search for alternatives such as colleagues to talk to. (3) Content-based online learning designs may be engaging and effective. However, broadening the range of support options available to students may derive in more meaningful, contextualised and rewarding learning experiences

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“…). However, the effectiveness of e‐learning programmes can be limited because of the cost of these programmes, poorly designed educational material, problems related to technology, participants’ anxiety towards computers (Smedley ) and especially time constraints (Govranos & Newton ).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…E-learning has been found to be an accessible and feasible way of continuing education for nurses who have to deal with shifting timetables (Tait et al 2008, Booth et al 2009, Liu et al 2014. However, the effectiveness of elearning programmes can be limited because of the cost of these programmes, poorly designed educational material, problems related to technology, participants' anxiety towards computers (Smedley 2011) and especially time constraints (Govranos & Newton 2014).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Internet‐based learning programme to increase nurses’ knowledge level about venous leg ulcer care in home health care

Ylönen

Viljamaa

Isoaho

et al. 2017

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Internet-based education about venous leg ulcer nursing care is recommended for home healthcare nurses. Education programme about venous leg ulcer nursing care provides flexible method for nurses' learning with feasible and cost-effective access to evidence-based education. Education programme about venous leg ulcer nursing care material can be used in all nursing environments where Internet is available.

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Review: Issues with e-learning in nursing and health education in the UK: are new technologies being embraced in the teaching and learning environments?

Cited by 4 publications

References 6 publications

Profiling e-health projects in Africa: trends and funding patterns

Profiling e-health projects in Africa: trends and funding patterns

Student engagement with a content-based learning design

Internet‐based learning programme to increase nurses’ knowledge level about venous leg ulcer care in home health care

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