Creating and measuring social presence in online graduate nursing courses

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 110-114

  Mayne, Linda A ^a   Wu, Qiang ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance education; Graduate nursing education; Social presence; Teaching strategies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960585608     PISSN: 15365026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5480/1536-5026-32.2.110     Document Type: Article

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