title: Evaluation of Blackboard as a platform for distance education delivery.
abstract: The Hampton University School of Nursing has implemented a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Distance Education Program that utilizes the Blackboard Learning System, which was designed to transform the Internet into a powerful environment for the educational experience. The Interne, however, may be a new learning environment for many nurses seeking a graduate degree. The Blackboard platform allows for synchronous, real-time activities such as chat rooms, and asynchronous, delayed, activities such as discussion boards and digital drop boxes that can be used for student-to-instructor and instructor-to-student document transfer. This article focuses on the skills and challenges of navigating a course on the Internet using Blackboard. Recommendations for improving the teaching-learning process using a Web-based environment are included.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Distance Education Program, Hampton University, School of Nursing, USA. jane.servonsky@hamptonu.edu
authors.forename: E Jane
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Servonsky
authors.forename: W Lawrence
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Daniels
authors.forename: Bertha L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003197:Computer Literacy; D003200:Computer User Training; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards; D020375:Education, Distance / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D014768:Virginia