scholarly journals A Clinical Teaching Blended Learning Program to Enhance Registered Nurse Preceptors’ Teaching Competencies: Pretest and Posttest Study

10.2196/18604 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. e18604
Author(s):  
Xi Vivien Wu ◽  
Yuchen Chi ◽  
Umadevi Panneer Selvam ◽  
M Kamala Devi ◽  
Wenru Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Clinical Teaching ◽  
Teaching Competencies ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Clinical Competencies ◽  
Web Based Learning ◽  
Teaching Competence ◽  
Nurse Preceptors ◽  
Case Based

Background Clinical nursing education provides opportunities for students to learn in multiple patient care settings, receive appropriate guidance, and foster the development of clinical competence and professionalism. Nurse preceptors guide students to integrate theory into practice, teach clinical skills, assess clinical competencies, and enhance problem-solving and critical thinking skills. Previous research has indicated that the teaching competencies of nurse preceptors can be transferred to students’ clinical learning to enhance their clinical competencies. Objective This study aimed to develop a clinical teaching blended learning (CTBL) program with the aid of web-based clinical pedagogy (WCP) and case-based learning for nurse preceptors and to examine the effectiveness of the CTBL program on nurse preceptors’ clinical teaching competencies, self-efficacies, attitudes toward web-based learning, and blended learning outcomes. Methods A quasi-experimental single-group pretest and posttest design was adopted. A total of 150 nurse preceptors participated in the CTBL program, which was conducted from September 2019 to December 2019. A set of questionnaires, including the clinical teaching competence inventory, preceptor self-efficacy questionnaire, attitudes toward web-based continuing learning survey, and e-learning experience questionnaire, was used to assess the outcomes before and after the CTBL program. Results Compared with the baseline, the participants had significantly higher total mean scores and subdomain scores for clinical teaching competence (mean 129.95, SD 16.38; P<.001), self-efficacy (mean 70.40, SD 9.35; P<.001), attitudes toward web-based continuing learning (mean 84.68, SD 14.76; P<.001), and blended learning outcomes (mean 122.13, SD 14.86; P<.001) after the CTBL program. Conclusions The CTBL program provides a comprehensive coverage of clinical teaching pedagogy and assessment strategies. The combination of the WCP and case-based approach provides a variety of learning modes to fit into the diverse learning needs of the preceptors. The CTBL program allows the preceptors to receive direct feedback from the facilitators during face-to-face sessions. Preceptors also gave feedback that the web-based workload is manageable. This study provides evidence that the CTBL program increases the clinical teaching competencies and self-efficacies of the preceptors and promotes positive attitudes toward web-based learning and better blended learning outcomes. The health care organization can consider the integration of flexible learning and intellect platforms for preceptorship education.

Teaching Outbreak Investigations with an Interactive Blended Learning Approach

2021 ◽  
pp. e20200077
Author(s):  
Veronica Duckwitz ◽  
Lena Vogt ◽  
Claudia Hautzinger ◽  
Alexander Bartel ◽  
Jeelka Reinhardt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Practical Case ◽  
Clinical Phase ◽  
Outbreak Investigations ◽  
Case Based

Public health is a central but often neglected component of veterinary education. German veterinary public health (VPH) education includes substantial theory-focused lectures, but practical case studies are often missing. To change this, we combined the advantages of case-based teaching and blended learning to teach these topics in a more practical and interactive way. Blended learning describes the combination of online and classroom-based teaching. With it, we created an interdisciplinary module for outbreak investigations and zoonoses, based on the epidemiology, food safety, and microbiology disciplines. We implemented this module within the veterinary curriculum of the seventh semester (in the clinical phase of the studies). In this study, we investigated the acceptance of this interdisciplinary approach and established a framework for the creation of interactive outbreak investigation cases that can serve as a basis for further cases. Over a period of 3 years, we created three interactive online cases and one interactive in-class case and observed the student-reported evaluation of the blended learning concept and self-assessed learning outcomes. Results show that 80% (75–89) of students evaluated the chosen combination of case-based and blended learning for interdisciplinary teaching positively and therefore accepted it well. Additionally, 76% (70–98) of students evaluated their self-assessed learning outcomes positively. Our results suggest that teaching VPH through interdisciplinary cases in a blended learning approach can increase the quality of teaching VPH topics. Moreover, it provides a framework to incorporate realistic interdisciplinary VPH cases into the curriculum.

The Effectiveness of Online and Blended Learning: A Meta-Analysis of the Empirical Literature

2013 ◽  
Vol 115 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Means ◽  
Yukie Toyama ◽  
Robert Murphy ◽  
Marianne Baki
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Classroom Instruction ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Learning Conditions ◽  
Face To Face Instruction

Background/Context Earlier research on various forms of distance learning concluded that these technologies do not differ significantly from regular classroom instruction in terms of learning outcomes. Now that web-based learning has emerged as a major trend in both K–12 and higher education, the relative efficacy of online and face-to-face instruction needs to be revisited. The increased capabilities of web-based applications and collaboration technologies and the rise of blended learning models combining web-based and face-to-face classroom instruction have raised expectations for the effectiveness of online learning. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study This meta-analysis was designed to produce a statistical synthesis of studies contrasting learning outcomes for either fully online or blended learning conditions with those of face-to-face classroom instruction. Population/Participants/Subjects The types of learners in the meta-analysis studies were about evenly split between students in college or earlier years of education and learners in graduate programs or professional training. The average learner age in a study ranged from 13 to 44. Intervention/Program/Practice The meta-analysis was conducted on 50 effects found in 45 studies contrasting a fully or partially online condition with a fully face-to-face instructional condition. Length of instruction varied across studies and exceeded one month in the majority of them. Research Design The meta-analysis corpus consisted of (1) experimental studies using random assignment and (2) quasi-experiments with statistical control for preexisting group differences. An effect size was calculated or estimated for each contrast, and average effect sizes were computed for fully online learning and for blended learning. A coding scheme was applied to classify each study in terms of a set of conditions, practices, and methodological variables. Findings/Results The meta-analysis found that, on average, students in online learning conditions performed modestly better than those receiving face-to-face instruction. The advantage over face-to-face classes was significant in those studies contrasting blended learning with traditional face-to-face instruction but not in those studies contrasting purely online with face-to-face conditions. Conclusions/Recommendations Studies using blended learning also tended to involve additional learning time, instructional resources, and course elements that encourage interactions among learners. This confounding leaves open the possibility that one or all of these other practice variables contributed to the particularly positive outcomes for blended learning. Further research and development on different blended learning models is warranted. Experimental research testing design principles for blending online and face-to-face instruction for different kinds of learners is needed.

Can it be as effective? Distance versus blended learning in a web-based EAP programme

ReCALL ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
MIHYE HARKER ◽  
DMITRA KOUTSANTONI
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Student Retention ◽  
Mode Of Delivery ◽  
English For Academic Purposes ◽  
Effective Distance ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Web Based Learning ◽  
Student Volunteers ◽  
Summative Feedback ◽  
Achievement Levels

This paper discusses the effectiveness of a web-based learning programme of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) for British students from ethnic minority backgrounds. Original web-based materials for English for Academic Purposes (EAP) were developed and 43 student volunteers participated in two different modes of learning during the 9-week long programme: through blended learning and at a distance. The study attempts to investigate which mode of delivery is more effective in terms of student retention, achievement levels and satisfaction with the programme. The study found that the blended learning mode was much more effective in student retention in this non-credit bearing programme, whilst students’ achievement levels were similar in both groups. In addition, formative and summative feedback from the students suggests that most students in both groups were satisfied with this web-based EAP programme.

scholarly journals WEB-BASED COOPERATIVE LEARNING, LEARNING STYLES, AND STUDENT’S LEARNING OUTCOMES

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bambang Hariadi
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Learning Achievement ◽  
Web Based ◽  
The Web

Abstract: This study was aimed to examine the effect of the instructional learning strategy (webbased STAD-type cooperative and text-based STAD-type cooperative learning strategies) and learning styles towards student learning achievement. This quasi-experimental study used a non-equivalent control group version of the factorial design. The subjects were the first-semester undergraduate students of Information Systems at STIKOM Surabaya. Sixty-nine (69) students were involved, 34 of whom were the subjects of the experimental group and 35 were the subjects of the control group. The collected data were statistically analyzed by using the two-way analysis of variance technique (ANOVA) with the significance level of 0.05. The findings of this research indicate that there was a significant difference in learning achievement, for the General Management course, between groups of students taught with the web-based STAD-type cooperative learning strategies and those taught with the text-based STAD-type cooperative learning strategies. Based on the findings, the researcher suggests lecturers to implement the STAD-type cooperative learning strategies, and use the web-based and text-based strategies simultaneously (complementarily) in the form of blended learning. Keywords: learning strategy, STAD type cooperative, web based learning, learning styles, learning outcomes PEMBELAJARAN KOOPERATIF BERBASIS WEB, GAYA BELAJAR, DAN HASIL BELAJAR MAHASISWA Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji pengaruh strategi pembelajaran (kooperatif tipe STAD berbasis web vs kooperatif tipe STAD berbasis teks) dan gaya belajar terhadap hasil belajar mahasiswa. Penelitian kuasi eksperimen ini menggunakan desain faktorial versi nonequivalen control group design. Subjek penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa program studi Sistem Informasi semester I di STIKOM Surabaya yang berjumlah 69 mahasiswa, terdiri dari 34 mahasiswa untuk kelas eksperimen dan 35 mahasiswa untuk kelas kontrol. Data yang terkumpul diolah secara statistik dengan menggunakan teknik analisis varian dua jalur dengan menggunakan taraf signifikansi 0,05. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa terdapat perbedaan hasil belajar mata kuliah Manajemen Umum yang signifikan antara kelompok mahasiswa yang dibelajarkan dengan strategi kooperatif tipe STAD berbasis web dan strategi kooperatif tipe STAD berbasis teks. Berdasarkan temuan penelitian ini disarankan untuk menerapkan strategi pembelajaran kooperatif tipe STAD dan menggunakannya secara bersamaan (saling melengkapi) antara yang berbasis web dengan yang berbasis teks dalam bentuk blended learning. Kata Kunci: strategi pembelajaran, kooperatif tipe STAD, web base learning, gaya belajar, hasil belajar

scholarly journals Developing the archaebacteria and eubacteria web-based learning media for high school students

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maulida Ulfa Hidayah ◽  
Sonja V. T. Lumowa ◽  
Didimus Tanah Boleng
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Test Score ◽  
Cognitive Learning ◽  
Average Score ◽  
School Students ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Web Based Learning ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Biology Learning

The 21st-century biology learning requires technology-based learning which is potential in improving students’ learning outcomes. This research aimed to examine the validity and effectiveness of web-based learning media on Archaebacteria and Eubacteria on learning process. This web-based learning media was structured by using 4-D Thiagarajan model. The research was conducted at three SSHSs of Samarinda. The data were obtained from validators’ (media expert, material expert, and linguist), teachers’, and students’ opinion by using questionnaire; while the effectiveness was determined based on students’ test score and their response. The results showed that the web-based learning media was very valid with the average score from experts as high as 95.27%. Moreover, this media has been proven to improve the student’s cognitive learning outcomes (gain score 0.39) and well responded by both teachers and students.  

scholarly journals Transactional distance in a blended learning environment

2004 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Dron ◽  
Catharine Seidel ◽  
Gabrielle Litten
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Transactional Distance ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Web Based Learning ◽  
Consequent Increase

This paper presents a case study that describes and discusses the problems encountered during the design and implementation of a blended learning course, largely taught online through a web-based learning environment. Based on Moore’s theory of transactional distance, the course was explicitly designed to have dialogue at its heart. However, the reality of systemic behaviours caused by delivering such a course within a group of conventional further and higher educational institutions has led to an entirely unanticipated reversion to structure, with unpleasant consequences for both quality and quantity of dialogue. The paper looks at some of the reasons for this drift, and suggests that some of the disappointing results (in particular in terms of the quality of the students’ experience and associated poor retention) can be attributed to the lack of dialogue, and consequent increase in transactional distance. It concludes with a description and evaluation of steps currently being taken to correct this behaviour.DOI: 10.1080/0968776042000216219

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