E-Support4U: An evaluation of academic writing skills support in practice

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 341-348

  Griffiths, Lauren ^a   Nicolls, Barbara ^a  

^a BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 Stage framework; Blended learning; Nursing; Social software; Students; Widening participation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; NURSING STUDENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; WRITING;

HUMANS; INTERNET; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOFTWARE; STUDENTS, NURSING; WRITING;

EID: 77957326594     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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