Volkert Delene R
About the Authors Delene R. Volkert, PhD, RN, CNE, is an assistant professor, University of West Georgia Tanner Health System School of Nursing, Carrollton, Georgia. For more information, contact her at
Nurs Educ Perspect. 2018 Jan/Feb;39(1):53-54. doi: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000159.
Reflection allows students to integrate learning with their personal context, developing deeper knowledge and promoting critical thinking. Word clouds help students develop themes/concepts beyond traditional methods, introducing visual aspects to an online learning environment. Students created word clouds and captions, then responded to those created by peers for a weekly discussion assignment. Students indicated overwhelming support for the use of word clouds to develop deeper understanding of the subject matter. This reflection assignment could be utilized in asynchronous, online undergraduate nursing courses for creative methods of building reflection and developing knowledge for the undergraduate RN to BSN student.
反思使学生能够将学习与个人背景相结合，加深知识理解并促进批判性思维。词云有助于学生突破传统方法来形成主题/概念，将视觉元素引入在线学习环境。学生创建词云及说明文字，然后针对同伴创建的内容进行回应，以此完成每周的讨论作业。学生们表示大力支持使用词云来更深入地理解主题内容。这项反思作业可用于本科护理专业的异步在线课程，作为培养本科注册护士转护理学学士学生反思能力和拓展知识的创新方法。
