Ndayisenga Jean Pierre, Nkurunziza Aimable, Mukamana Donatilla, Murekezi Josephine, Babenko-Mould Yolanda, Kasine Yvonne, Tengera Oliva, Muhayimana Alice, Bahumura Joy, Yamuragiye Assumpta, Evans Marilyn K
School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.
Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Western University, London, Canada.
Rwanda J Med Health Sci. 2022 Jun 8;5(2):203-215. doi: 10.4314/rjmhs.v5i2.9. eCollection 2022 Jun.
Although blended learning (BL) is being adopted in public and private higher learning institutions (HLIs) in Rwanda, little is known about students' use of BL in their learning activities. This article describes a qualitative descriptive study of students' perceptions and experiences of BL in Rwanda's post-secondary nursing and midwifery programs in public and private HLIs.
Thirty-three nursing and midwifery students from all public and private HLIs in Rwanda exposed to BL were invited to participate in three online focus group discussions (FGDs) conducted using a developed FGD guide with open-ended questions. Inductive content analysis was used to analyze the transcripts.
Three main themes emerged from the data analysis:(1) BL perceived as a new and effective teaching and learning approach, (2) Contextual challenges to the BL method, and (3) Recommendations to improve the BL method. From students' experiences, the benefits included but were not limited to the flexibility of the approach, time, and cost-saving. However, several challenges were identified, including technological issues such as lack of ICT skills and poor internet connectivity.
This study provides insights into the usefulness of BL in HLIs and offers recommendations on how BL teaching and learning can be improved to strengthen nursing and midwifery pre-service education quality.
尽管卢旺达的公立和私立高等院校（HLIs）都在采用混合式学习（BL），但对于学生在学习活动中对混合式学习的使用情况却知之甚少。本文描述了一项关于卢旺达公立和私立高等院校中，护理和助产专业大专学生对混合式学习的认知和体验的定性描述性研究。
邀请了卢旺达所有公立和私立高等院校中接触过混合式学习的33名护理和助产专业学生，参加三场在线焦点小组讨论（FGD），讨论使用一份编写好的、带有开放式问题的焦点小组讨论指南进行。采用归纳性内容分析法对文字记录进行分析。
数据分析得出了三个主要主题：（1）混合式学习被视为一种新颖且有效的教学方法，（2）混合式学习方法面临的背景挑战，以及（3）改进混合式学习方法的建议。从学生的经历来看，其好处包括但不限于该方法的灵活性、节省时间和成本。然而，也发现了一些挑战，包括技术问题，如缺乏信息通信技术技能和网络连接不佳。
本研究深入探讨了混合式学习在高等院校中的实用性，并就如何改进混合式学习教学以提高护理和助产职前教育质量提出了建议。
