This article reports on the implementation of a web-based video-annotation system that supports online peer-assessment activities in a nursing communication training scenario. A quasi-experimental design was applied to investigate the effects of using video annotation on communication skills and professional attitudes. The participants were…

Purpose: This paper aims to illustrate how mobile devices could be applied to substantiate cognitive apprenticeship model to optimize nursing students' learning experiences in clinical settings. Design/methodology/approach: Eight female students from a nursing college in Taiwan were recruited in this study. They enrolled in a three-week nursing…

This paper reports our implementation and evaluation of a wireless handheld learning environment used to support a clinical nursing practicum course. The learning environment was designed so that nursing students could use handhelds for recording information, organizing ideas, assessing patients, and also for interaction and collaboration with…