Tubaishat Ahmad
a Adult Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing , AL AL-Bayt University , Mafraq , Jordan.
Contemp Nurse. 2018 Aug-Oct;54(4-5):456-471. doi: 10.1080/10376178.2018.1530944. Epub 2018 Oct 8.
The use of Facebook in nursing education is under-researched.
To assess students' perceptions of using Facebook as an educational mean to support their study.
One group pretest-posttest study was conducted in one nursing school in Jordan. Facebook pages were created for two nursing courses. Students completed a questionnaire about students' perception of using Facebook as educational platform in the first lecture of the semester as a pre-test, and then at the end of the semester as a post-test; after interacting with the created Facebook page.
Students perceived that Facebook is an effective tool for nursing education (n = 119, 78.8%). It can facilitate the communication, ease access to course materials, and provide support for students. However, a few students believed that Facebook is a distraction from study, requires users to have special skills, and does not protect privacy.
This preliminary evaluation revealed that Facebook can be used as an instructional tool to support nursing education.
在护理教育中使用脸书的研究较少。
评估学生对使用脸书作为支持其学习的教育手段的看法。
在约旦的一所护理学校进行了一项单组前后测研究。为两门护理课程创建了脸书页面。学生们在学期的第一堂课上作为前测完成了一份关于学生对使用脸书作为教育平台看法的问卷,然后在学期末作为后测完成该问卷;在与创建的脸书页面互动之后。
学生们认为脸书是护理教育的有效工具(n = 119,78.8%)。它可以促进交流、方便获取课程材料并为学生提供支持。然而,一些学生认为脸书会分散学习注意力、要求用户具备特殊技能且不能保护隐私。
这项初步评估表明脸书可作为支持护理教育的教学工具。