The Effect of Usingmobile Devicewithquick Responsecode on Academic Performance Amongst Pediatric Nursing Students
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 5
Abstract
Mobile devices are more powerful and portable nowadays with plenty of useful tools for assisting people handle daily life. Mobile technology and quick response (QR) codes have great potential to improve teaching and learning because mobile technologies enable learning across multiple contexts, through social and content interactions. Purpose of the study: The purpose of the study was to evaluate theeffect of usingmobile devicewithquick response codeon the academic performance amongst pediatric nursing students. Design: A quasi-experimental research design was used to conduct the study (study and control groups). Settings: This study was carried out in clinical pediatric laboratory skills for third year students and teaching hall of Faculty of Nursing / Benha University. Sample:A purposive sample 180 pediatric nursing students from third year, wereincluded. Systematic random sample was used to assign students into study and control group.Each group contained (90) students. Instruments: Four instruments consist of three parts,Instrument (1): A structured interviewing questionnaire, instrument (2): Likert scale: attitude scale toward mobile device with quick response code and instrument (3): An observational checklist sheet. Results: The results showed that, there were improvements in student knowledge, practice and attitude in study more than control groups in post training as compared to pre training, majority (97.8% and 90%) of study and control groups had unsatisfactory knowledge in pre training. While,more than three quarter of study and control groups had satisfactory in post training. In relation to total practice, majority (100%) of study and control groups had poor practicein pre training as compared to (95.6%) of study group had good practice in post training. Meanwhile,the majority (93.3%) of study group had positive attitudes towards mobile device with quick response code in the post training in relation to control group.Conclusion: the study was concluded that, the pediatric nursing students (study group) who utilized mobile devices with quick response code achieved a higher level of academic performance than pediatric nursing students (control group) who received traditional teaching (lecture, demonstration and redemonstration only).Recommendations:The teaching staff should be use mobile device with quick response code technology such as guidelines for taking pictures and videos during lectures or clinical practices.
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Amal A. Abdel-Salam
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