A Mobile Learning Environment to Support the Clinical Nursing Practicum
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2006-10-13
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Lai, Chin-Yuan
Wu, Cheng-Chih
Chen,Sheng-Mei
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This paper reports our implementation of a mobile learning environment to support nursing students’ clinical practicum. We investigated benefits and problems of using mobile learning environment in a clinical setting. Our findings show both instructor and students satisfied with this environment and achievement of students enhanced, yet technological issues relating to wireless connectivity and PDAs had impact on students’ usage of mobile devices in the clinical setting.