Reusable learning units: An innovative teaching strategy for online nursing education

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Jesse, D Elizabeth ^a   Taleff, Janice ^b   Payne, Patricia ^a   Cox, Ruth ^a   Steele, Linda L ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance education; Reusable learning objects; Reusable learning units

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEARNING THEORY; NURSING COMPETENCE; NURSING EDUCATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; REVIEW; TEACHING; EDUCATION; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ORGANIZATION;

EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; HUMANS; INTERNET; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION;

EID: 33751585400     PISSN: 1548923X     EISSN: 1548923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.1260     Document Type: Review

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