Article 2014

The use of a mobile assistant learning system for health education based on project-based learning

CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing
Journal · Vol. 32 · Issue 10 · pp. 497-503
Abstract

With the development of mobile devices and wireless technology, mobile technology has gradually infiltrated nursing practice courses to facilitate instruction. Mobile devices save manpower and reduce errors while enhancing nursing students' professional knowledge and skills. To achieve teaching objectives and address the drawbacks of traditional education, this study presents a mobile assistant learning system to help nursing students prepare health education materials. The proposed system is based on a project-based learning strategy to assist nursing students with internalizing professional knowledge and developing critical thinking skills. Experimental results show that the proposedmobile systemand project-based learning strategy can promote learning effectiveness and efficiency. Most nursing students and nursing educators showed positive attitudes toward this mobile learning system and looked forward to using it again in related courses in the future. © © 2014 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Keywords

Author Keywords

Project-Based Learning Health education mobile devices

Index Keywords

Teaching nursing student procedures Students, Nursing nursing education comparative study Problem based learning Problem-Based Learning Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate Taiwan Computer-Assisted Instruction utilization Computers, Handheld personal digital assistant
Author Affiliations
Graduate School of Technological and Vocational Education, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliou, Yunlin, Taiwan
Funding & Acknowledgements
No funding information
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