Juliana Agubokwu
Bowie State, USA
Title: an innovative strategy for students engagement in nursing education smartphone use in active teaching and learning
Biography
Biography: Juliana Agubokwu
Abstract
The rigor in nursing education makes it imperative for nursing faculty to continuously innovate strategies to engage the students. However, attrition continues in nursing education despite the use of traditional strategies, active learning strategies, and technologies in a didactic face-to-face learning environment. To explore the perceptions of undergraduate nursing students regarding the combined use of active learning strategies and technology, precisely, smart phones in a didactic face –to-face teaching/learning environment. The study also explored effective ways of using smart phones in a didactic face-to-face learning environment to improve academic engagement and reduce the level of attrition in nursing education. A qualitative study of undergraduate nursing students at different levels, using semi-structure interview and manual data analysis, using the following framework analysis steps; familiarization, identifying a thematic framework, indexing, charting and synthesis, mapping, and interpretation (Nikpeyma, Zolfaghari & Mohammadi, 2021).