The challenges of online nursing education

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 98-103

  Smith, Glenn Gordon ^a   Passmore, Denise ^a   Faught, Timber ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance learning; e learning; Healthcare; Nursing; Online instruction

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHODS; AUTHENTIC LEARNING; DISTANCE LEARNING; HEALTHCARE; LITTLE RESEARCH; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENTS; ONLINE INSTRUCTION; ONLINE LEARNING; ONLINE PROGRAMS; REAL-WORLD;

DISTANCE EDUCATION; E-LEARNING; INTERNET; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; NURSING; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 68749105579     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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