Teaching and Learning in Nursing
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 22-26, January 2007

Point and click! Review of the literature on utilization of online materials in nursing education programs

  • Tanya D. Whitehead, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Nursing, Kansas City, MO 64111, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • James W. Brown, PhD, HCLD

      Affiliations

    • Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ 08754, USA
    • ,
  • Sandra P. Kearns, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ 08754, USA

Abstract 

This article presents an introduction to the history of Web-based and Web-assisted teaching, learning, and assessment. The development of the field of distance education and its relevance to nursing will be documented. Published utilization studies of one set of online nurse educational tools, the Assessment Technologies Institute content mastery and comprehensive predictor, will be reviewed and discussed. Methods by which schools of nursing can access and integrate these online nursing education resources will be explored.

Keywords: Online materials, Distance education, Web-based course, Nursing education, Nursing, Higher education

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PII: S1557-3087(06)00084-9

doi:10.1016/j.teln.2006.10.003

Teaching and Learning in Nursing
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 22-26, January 2007

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