The Impact of a Virtual Community on Student Engagement and Academic Performance Among Baccalaureate Nursing Students

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 284-290

  Giddens, Jean ^a   Hrabe, David ^b   Carlson Sabelli, Linnea ^c   Fogg, Louis ^c   North, Sarah ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Baccalaureate nursing education; Education research; Innovative teaching; Student engagement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; TEACHING;

ADULT; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866599141     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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