Title :
Learning System Based on Contextual Awareness for Clinical Practice in Nursing Courses
Author :
GoÌmez GoÌmez, Jorge ; Huete, Juan F. ; Hernandez Riaño, Velssy
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Syst. Eng., Univ. del Sinu, Monteria, Colombia
Abstract :
The ubiquitous learning is used as a means of supporting teaching processes by means of the use of mobile and wireless communication technologies, sensors and tracking mechanisms / tracking, working together to integrate students with their environment. The process of clinical learning for nursing students may be the main cause of increased stress on teachers and students, given the problematic nature of the patients. This paper presents an ubiquitous learning system based on active learning methodology that provides context awareness support for nursing courses. An experiment with control and experimental groups with nursing students demonstrates that for theoretical concepts to be successfully transferred into practice, the context of practice needs to be considered.
Keywords :
biomedical education; computer aided instruction; educational courses; mobile computing; clinical practice; contextual awareness; learning system; mobile communication technologies; nursing courses; ubiquitous learning; wireless communication technologies; Context; Education; Learning systems; Medical services; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Personal digital assistants; Context awareness; active learning; practice in nursing; ubiquitous learning;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2014 IEEE 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2014.61