The use of Audience Response Systems in nursing education: Best practice guidelines

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Mareno, Nicole ^a   Bremner, Marie ^a   Emerson, Christie ^a  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

active learning; audience response systems; best practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; TEACHING;

COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FACULTY, NURSING; HUMANS; LEARNING; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING;

EID: 77957732017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1548923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.2049     Document Type: Article

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