Social Media in Nursing Education: The View of the Students

Joint Authors

Salminen, L.
Tuominen, Riikka
Stolt, Minna

Source

Education Research International

Issue

Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-6, 6 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2014-08-31

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

6

Main Subjects

Educational Sciences

Abstract EN

Social media usage in nursing education is limited and the active use of various new developed learning environments are left behind.

The purpose of this research was to survey second-year nursing students’ social media usage in studies and in their free time.

The research was also interested to know students' interest and skill level in using different social media applications.

The research presented a descriptive survey research design.

The data was collected from second-year nursing students ( n = 150 ) through electronic and paper questionnaire in 2012.

The questionnaire contained 20 structured questions and was analyzed statistically.

The response rate was 61.4%.

Students used social media applications more in their free time than in their studies.

The most used applications in studies were an e-learning environment.

Web video and online community services were the most used applications in their free time.

The least used application was online games, in studies and in free time.

Students were evaluated as having an excellent skill level in using social media, and they felt that the social media application was interesting.

The relationship between age and application skill level was statistically significant.

Younger students had better skills in using social media applications than older students.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Tuominen, Riikka& Stolt, Minna& Salminen, L.. 2014. Social Media in Nursing Education: The View of the Students. Education Research International،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Tuominen, Riikka…[et al.]. Social Media in Nursing Education: The View of the Students. Education Research International No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-6.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Tuominen, Riikka& Stolt, Minna& Salminen, L.. Social Media in Nursing Education: The View of the Students. Education Research International. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
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Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1035865