Is the lecture an outmoded teaching method that inhibits active learning or is it a potentially
powerful tool that is an essential part of every teacher's repertoire? This book presents up-to …

The clinical learning environment (CLE) encompasses the learner's personal characteristics
and experiences, social relationships, organizational culture, and the institution's physical …

Background: Social media platforms are useful for creating communities, which can then be
utilised as a mean for supportive, professional and social learning. Objective: To explore first …

Aim The use of technology is increasingly important in nursing education and practice. For
this reason, it is necessary to determine the attitudes of nursing students towards …

This article discusses experiences using an online collaborative whiteboard to provide
dialogical spaces (Wegerif, 2013) for students to reflect on their understanding of concepts …

Exploratory studies have started to demonstrate the potential value of digital backchannels
for enhancing interaction in university lectures. The present study was conducted in a third …

Studies show that the integration of ICT in education is suffering from some barriers at
student, teacher, and university level. This also holds for multi-campus education, as ICT is …

Large classroom configurations and lecture-centered pedagogy discourage student
engagement. The advances in educational technology have empowered instructors to fill the …

Theoretical knowledge is taught in the classroom, whereas clinical knowledge is taught by
placing nursing students in clinical settings for hands-on learning. Clinical experiences, like …

This chapter highlights several findings related to the learners' use of digital communication
channels during online collaborative activities. The term digital backchannel is used to imply …