Internationalising the nursing curriculum using a Community of Inquiry Framework and blended learning

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 170-175

  Stephens, Melanie ^a   Hennefer, Dawn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blended learning; Community of Inquiry; Internationalisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELECOMMUNICATION;

BLOGGING; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; LEARNING; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS, NURSING; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 84875624398     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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