title: Designing web-based education courses for nurses.
abstract: Maintaining lifelong learning in health care with its diversity and pressure on resources requires creative solutions to meet the needs of learners and organisations. As technology has evolved, web-based learning has been viewed as one solution. This article discusses the increasing use of online courses and activities in nursing education. It concludes that further research into what nurses want from web-based learning may better inform course design and the development of other web-based educational resources.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health, Canterbury Christchurch University College, Canterbury, Kent. ilh2@cant.ac.uk
authors.forename: Lioba
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Howatson-Jones
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D003197:Computer Literacy; D003200:Computer User Training; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D003479:Curriculum; D020375:Education, Distance / Q000458:organization & administration; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007858:Learning; D020380:Needs Assessment; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011588:Psychology, Educational; D006113:United Kingdom