The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of both an interactive, multimedia CD-ROM and a traditional lecture for teaching oral medication administration to nursing students. A ...randomized pretest/posttest experimental design was used. Forty-two junior baccalaureate nursing students beginning their fundamentals nursing course were recruited for this study at a large university in the midwestern United States. The students ranged in age from 19 to 45. Seventy-three percent reported having average computer skills and experience, while 15% reported poor to below average skills. Two methods were compared for teaching oral medication administration--a scripted lecture with black and white overhead transparencies, in addition to an 18-minute videotape on medication administration, and an interactive, multimedia CD-ROM program, covering the same content. There were no significant (p < .05) baseline differences between the computer and lecture groups by education or computer skills. Results showed significant differences between the two groups in cognitive gains and student satisfaction (p = .01), with the computer group demonstrating higher student satisfaction and more cognitive gains than the lecture group. The groups were similar in their ability to demonstrate the skill correctly. Importantly, time on task using the CD-ROM was less, with 96% of the learners completing the program in 2 hours or less, compared to 3 hours of class time for the lecture group.
This article discusses the use of OCLC's QuestionPoint service for managing electronic publications and other items that fall outside the scope of OCLC Library's OPAC and Web resources pages, yet ...need to be "put somewhere." The local knowledge base serves as both a collection development tool and as a virtual vertical file, with records that are easy to enter, search, update, or delete. Beyond its usefulness as a system to receive, manage, and answer inquiries, QuestionPoint is providing a way to facilitate access to online resources that addresses the particular needs of OCLC Library's constituency. It is fast and easy to use: a standard part of the daily workflow. It enables direct links to sources and accommodates tagging those sources with the names of people and projects, as well as subjects. It serves as part of the library's collection management and selection system.
This article argues that any exploration of the textual representations of place, space, and landscape in the pre-modern Arabic-Islamic tradition requires grasping the cultural conception of the ...centre reflecting developments from a long historical and textual tradition of cosmological ideas found in the work of Yaqut’s (d. 1229) Mujam al-buldan, and al-Suyuti’s (d. 1505) al-Hayat al-saniyah fil-hayat al-sunniyah. It further explores the complex construct of the centre in Islam within the context of its relation to the origin of Islamic cities by considering it an organising principle of the mental and moral disposition for spiritual and physical orientation.
macro- and microstructural information. In order to evaluate the methods which lexicographers employ to improve dictionary accessibility, the concept of guide structures was introduced by Hausmann ...and Wiegand (1989). Since the appearance of that article, various academics have written articles and read papers on guide structures in print dictionaries, but few studies have focussed on the tremendous potential of guide structures in electronic dictionaries. In this article it will be shown that electronic dictionaries add dimensions to the implementation of guide structures not possible in print versions. The role of two of the guide structures in the transfer of infonnation in CD-ROM dictionaries will be discussed. The access and mediostructures of the Microsoft Encarta World English Dictionary and the Elektroniese Handwoordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal will be analysed and critically evaluated to illustrate the advantages of electronic dictionaries over print dictionaries and the urgent need for metalexicographical discussion of this publication medium.
Keywords: ACCESS STRUCTURE; ACTIVE CROSS-REFERENCES; CD-ROM DICTIONARY; DICTIONARY ACCESSIBILITY; ENCYCLOPAEDIC DICTIONARY; GUIDE STRUCTURES; INNER ACCESS STRUCTURE; INNER SEARCH PATH; INTERNET; MEDIOSTRUCTURE; MULTIMEDIA; OUTER ACCESS STRUCTURE; OUTER SEARCH PATH; PASSIVE CROSSREFERENCING; USER-FRIENDLINESS
Opsomming: Gidsstrukture in CD-ROM-woordeboeke, met spesifieke verwysingna EWED en ELHA T. Die sukses van modeme woordeboeke hang grootliles af vandie toeganklikheid van hulle makro- en mikrostrukturele inligting. Hausmann en Wiegand (1989)het die konsep van gidsstrukture ingevoer om die metodes te evalueer wat leksikograwe gebruikom woordeboektoeganklikheid Ie verbeter. Sedert hierdie artikel verskyn het, het verskeie akademic:i artikels gepubliseer en referate gelewer oor gidsstrukture in gedrukte woordeboeke, maarmin studies het gefokus op die geweldige potensiaal van gidsstrukture in elektroniese woordeboeke.In hierdie artikel sal dit getoon word dat elektroniese woordeboeke geleenthede vir dieimplementering van gidsstrukture skep wat rue in gedrukte weergawes moontlik is rue. Twee'vandie gidsstrukture se rol in die oordrag van inligting in CD-ROM-woordeboeke sal bespreek word.Die toegang- en mediostrukture van die Microsoft Encarta World English Dictionary en die ElektronieseHandwoordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal sal onHeed en krities geanaliseer word, om die voordele van elektroniese bo gedrukte woordeboeke en die dringende behoefte' aan die metaleksikografiesebespreking van hierdie publikasiemedium te iUustreer.
Sleutelwoorde: AKTIEWE KRUlSVERWYINGS, CD-ROM-ENSIKLOPEDIË, EKSTERNESOEKROETE, EKSTERNE TOEGANGSTRUKTITUR, ENSIKLOPEDIESE WOORDEBOEK,GEBRUlKERSVRlENDELlKHEID, GIDSSTRUKTURE, INTERNE SOEKROETE, INTERNE TOEGANGSTRUKTUUR,INTERNET, MEDIOSTRUKTUUR, MULTIMEDIA, PASSIEWE KRUISVERWYSINGS,TOEGANGSTRUKTUUR, WODRDEBOEKTOEGANKLIKHEID
This article describes a faculty development initiative implemented by baccalaureate school of nursing faculty to address the urgent need for education and development in gerontological nursing. The ...Gerontological Nursing Education Curriculum (G-NEC) project was implemented in five states between 2006 and 2009 to (a) increase faculty knowledge of gerontological nursing, and (b) increase gerontological content in participating schools of nursing. A 4-hour workshop presented at 11 schools introduced key concepts and instructional activities related to care of older adults. Participants rated content and format highly; follow-up reports indicated that many made curriculum changes to incorporate gerontological content. The authors describe workshop content and teaching strategies, curriculum changes participants made to incorporate gerontological content, and implications for faculty development.
There is plenty of paper-based material on this subject, but a teaching package with a multimedia format can only improve learning. When inserted into the CD Rom drive, the title appears and displays ...a prominent "click to start" button that allows web browsers entry into the learning package. The target audience has not been clearly defined apart from the obvious-students who want to learn about the assessment of children with disabilities.
In most parts of the world, microscopy is still the gold standard for diagnosing malaria. An online tool could help to improve your diagnostic skills
An online tool allows microscopists to test their ...knowledge
Interactive Multimedia and Risk Communication Strecher, Victor J; Greenwood, Todd; Wang, Catharine ...
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As our understanding of risk factors and their interaction with individual susceptibility
to disease improves, general messages designed to communicate risk seem increasingly
ineffective and often ...misleading. Risk messages communicated through the mass media cannot
convey an individual's personal susceptibility to preventable diseases or the seriousness of
these diseases. The advent of new media technologies allows us to better reach the public with
programs tailored to the needs and interests of individual users. Although similar in outward
appearance to mass media, programs delivered through the Internet, CD-ROM, and computer
kiosks offer the potential for vastly improved efficacy in communicating risk. This paper outlines
the potential uses of interactive multimedia within the traditional goals of risk communication. A
significant research endeavor, coupled with stronger avenues for dissemination, is recommended
to achieve the potential of new media in a timely manner.
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