scholarly journals Persistence among graduate nursing students enrolled in an online course

Author(s):  
Peggy Ward-Smith ◽  
Carol Schmer ◽  
Jane Peterson ◽  
Carolyn Hart
2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 711-717 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feifei Shang ◽  
Chuan-Yong Liu

The rapid development of mobile phones and communication networks is profoundly changing the lives of people in China. With the gradual growth of Wi-Fi on college and university campuses, Chinese schools are setting off a wave of teaching reform combining online material with traditional classroom instruction. We adapted a Chinese University massive open online course physiology course into a private university online course, specifically designed for second-semester bachelor’s level nursing students at Taishan Medical University. This online course blended with classroom teaching was offered to 108 freshmen from two parallel reform classes. A third class of 55 students was offered the traditional classroom lecture-based course as a control. Impressive teaching effects were achieved in reform classes, as indicated by significant improvement in student performance on the final examination and positive student feedback. The student surveys showed that 68% of students preferred the blended course over traditional classroom courses. The most highly rated advantages of the blended course were flexible learning time (84%) and improvement of independent study skills (75%). As higher education enters the internet era, exploiting the high-quality cyber resources may be the fastest and most economical way to improve teaching efficiency and enhance students’ study experience.


2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Bonham ◽  
Erin L. Federspiel ◽  
Benita Randolph ◽  
Dustie L. Barnett

2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Rosenthal ◽  
Stephanie Lee ◽  
Peggy Jenkins ◽  
Jaron Arbet ◽  
Suzanne Carrington ◽  
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