TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of mobile learning for the clinical practicum in nursing education
T2 - application of the FRAME model
AU - LI, Kam Cheong
AU - Lee, Linda Yin king
AU - Wong, Suet lai
AU - Yau, Ivy Sui yu
AU - Wong, Billy Tak ming
N1 - Funding Information:
The work described in this paper was substantially supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (UGC/FDS16/H10/14). 1 An earlier version of the paper was published as Li et al. ( 2018a ) in the 2018 International Conference on Blended Learning. This extended version provides further findings, analysis and discussion on nursing students’ perception of mobile learning in a clinical practicum context.
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PY - 2019/8/15
Y1 - 2019/8/15
N2 - This paper presents an evaluation of mobile learning practice for the clinical practicum in nursing education. Nursing students need to practise nursing skills and follow specific clinical procedures in wards. In this study, they were provided with a mobile device for learning purposes, with mobile apps preinstalled for watching nursing videos and conducting clinical assessments. The evaluation was conducted following the Framework for the Rational Analysis of Mobile Education (FRAME). It included a questionnaire survey involving 265 nursing students and focus group interviews with 20 nursing students, the course coordinator of the clinical practicum and the instructional designer of the mobile apps. The participants shared their views, perceptions and experiences of mobile learning for studying nursing skills and conducting clinical assessment in the practicum context. The results showed the participants’ overall satisfaction with the mobile learning practice. They gave positive feedback on the use of the mobile apps in terms of enabling ubiquitous access to materials for situated learning in wards, and offering effective support for teachers to keep track of students’ learning progress. They also suggested areas for improvements, which emphasised the hardware capacity of devices, training on the use of apps and institutional support for the maintenance of devices. The results of factor analysis showed a composition of underlying factors different from that of the original FRAME model, which suggests contextual variation in the application of the model.
AB - This paper presents an evaluation of mobile learning practice for the clinical practicum in nursing education. Nursing students need to practise nursing skills and follow specific clinical procedures in wards. In this study, they were provided with a mobile device for learning purposes, with mobile apps preinstalled for watching nursing videos and conducting clinical assessments. The evaluation was conducted following the Framework for the Rational Analysis of Mobile Education (FRAME). It included a questionnaire survey involving 265 nursing students and focus group interviews with 20 nursing students, the course coordinator of the clinical practicum and the instructional designer of the mobile apps. The participants shared their views, perceptions and experiences of mobile learning for studying nursing skills and conducting clinical assessment in the practicum context. The results showed the participants’ overall satisfaction with the mobile learning practice. They gave positive feedback on the use of the mobile apps in terms of enabling ubiquitous access to materials for situated learning in wards, and offering effective support for teachers to keep track of students’ learning progress. They also suggested areas for improvements, which emphasised the hardware capacity of devices, training on the use of apps and institutional support for the maintenance of devices. The results of factor analysis showed a composition of underlying factors different from that of the original FRAME model, which suggests contextual variation in the application of the model.
KW - Clinical practicum
KW - FRAME model
KW - Learning motivation
KW - Mobile learning
KW - Nursing education
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U2 - 10.1007/s12528-019-09213-2
DO - 10.1007/s12528-019-09213-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85065142652
SN - 1042-1726
VL - 31
SP - 290
EP - 310
JO - Journal of Computing in Higher Education
JF - Journal of Computing in Higher Education
IS - 2
ER -