Enhancing traditional, televised, and videotaped courses with Web-based technologies: a comparison of student satisfaction.
BACKGROUND
Varied distance learning strategies can be used to deliver nursing courses, including interactive television, videotape, and Web-based approaches.


OBJECTIVE
(1) To assess student assess student satisfaction with a critical care elective course offered simultaneously via traditional and distance learning formats in which Web-based strategies were added, and (2) to compare satisfaction of students taking the traditional course versus those taking the class via distance technology.


METHODS
Students (n = 113) who took the course during the spring 1998 and 1999 semesters completed a teacher-constructed evaluation at the end of the semester.


RESULTS
Mean ratings on the evaluation were positive. Ratings of interaction, communication with instructor, and facilitation of learning were higher from students who took the traditional course.


CONCLUSIONS
The application of Web-based technologies may be one factor for the overall course satisfaction. However, it is important to continue to evaluate strategies that work best for students taking courses via distance technology.
Sole
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University of Central Florida School of Nursing, Longwood, USA.
Lindquist
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D003258:Consumer Behavior; D020375:Education, Distance; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014481:United States