title: Building an online community to support nurse education.
abstract: This article explores the topic of developing an online community for student nurses to use in learning. It examines the different definitions and types of e-learning and outlines the online community's role in healthcare education, together with some of its pitfalls. A comparison is then made to the process of bidding on eBay, to determine possible similarities.
authors.affiliation: School of Community and Health Sciences, City University London.
authors.forename: Polly
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D020375:Education, Distance / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004506:Education, Nursing; D020407:Internet; D006113:United Kingdom