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Can Mobile Learning Enhance Nursing Practice Education?
Richard Kenny; Caroline Park
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 10, No. 3 (May 27, 2009)
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Replicating the Use of a Cognitive Presence Measurement Tool
Caroline L. Park
Journal of Interactive Online Learning Vol. 8, No. 2 (2009) pp. 140–155
This paper is a report of the replication of a seminal study on cognitive presence in computer mediated conferencing (CMC) by Garrison, Anderson, and Archer (2001). A comparison of cognitive presence coding by three different researchers is also...
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Minimising Attrition: Strategies for Assisting Students Who Are at Risk of Withdrawal
Caroline L. Park; Beth Perry; Margaret Edwards
Innovations in Education and Teaching International Vol. 48, No. 1 (February 2011) pp. 37–47
This paper explores strategies aimed at minimising attrition by encouraging persistence among online graduate students who are considering withdrawal. It builds upon earlier studies conducted by a team of researchers who teach online graduate...
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Debate as a Teaching Strategy in Online Education: A Case Study
Caroline Park; Cheryl Kier; Kam Jugdev; Kam Jugdev
Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 37, No. 3 (Nov 18, 2011)
This reflective case study was based on our independent use of the debate as an online instructional approach and our shared interest in instructional techniques. Using narrative inquiry, we melded our data sources to analyze the findings, including ...
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Evaluation of a Teaching Tool--Wiki--in Online Graduate Education
Caroline L. Park; Cheryl Crocker; Janice Nussey; Joyce Springate; Darlene Hutchings
Journal of Information Systems Education Vol. 21, No. 3 (2010) pp. 313–321
This study provides information on ways to enhance learning for students using online educational programs. Technologies that foster and engage students in the learning process are necessary in the online learning environment. Wiki is an online...
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Using self-efficacy to assess the readiness of nursing educators and students for mobile learning
Richard Kenny; Jocelyne Van Neste-Kenny; Pamela Burton; Caroline Park; Adnan Qayyum
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 13, No. 3 (May 22, 2012) pp. 277–296
The purpose of this study was to assess the self-efficacy of nursing faculty and students related to their potential use of mobile technology and to ask what implications this technology has for their teaching and learning in practice education...
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Why Do Students Withdraw from Online Graduate Nursing and Health Studies Education?
Beth Perry; Jeanette Boman; W Dean Care; Margaret Edwards; Caroline Park
Journal of Educators Online Vol. 5, No. 1 (January 2008)
Why do nursing and health studies graduate students who are enrolled in online programs decide to withdraw? The qualitative study reported in this paper investigated students' self-identified reasons for withdrawing from an online graduate program...
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Mobile Learning in Nursing Practice Education: Applying Koole's FRAME Model
Richard F. Kenny; Jocelyne M. C. Van Neste-Kenny; Caroline L. Park; Pamela A. Burton; Jan Meiers
The Journal of Distance Education / Revue de l'ducation Distance Vol. 23, No. 3 (2009) pp. 75–96
We report here on an exploratory formative evaluation of a project to integrate mobile learning into a Western Canadian college nursing program. Third-year students used Hewlett Packard iPAQ mobile devices for five weeks in a practice education...