Research Article
Investigating the Digital Literacy Needs of Healthcare Students: Using Mobile Tablet Devices for the Assessment of Student-Nurse Competency in Clinical Practice
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-28883-3_8, author={George Evangelinos and Debbie Holley}, title={Investigating the Digital Literacy Needs of Healthcare Students: Using Mobile Tablet Devices for the Assessment of Student-Nurse Competency in Clinical Practice}, proceedings={E-Learning, E-Education, and Online Training. Second International Conference, eLEOT 2015, Novedrate, Italy, September 16-18, 2015, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={ELEOT}, year={2016}, month={1}, keywords={Digital competence Digital literacy EU DIGCOMP framework Mobile devices Competency assessment}, doi={10.1007/978-3-319-28883-3_8} }- George Evangelinos
Debbie Holley
Year: 2016
Investigating the Digital Literacy Needs of Healthcare Students: Using Mobile Tablet Devices for the Assessment of Student-Nurse Competency in Clinical Practice
ELEOT
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-28883-3_8
Abstract
This case study investigates the digital attitudes, skills and development needs of nursing students when using mobile tablet devices to assess student-nurse competencies in clinical practice. Participants have been asked to complete a bespoke skills-based digital competence self-assessment questionnaire based on the EU DIGCOMP framework; this enabled a baseline for both individual and group. The individual characteristics of students were further explored through comments and their reflective diaries results show a complex, highly-individual profile for each student while the group exhibits common characteristics. Further work is proposed to investigate intricacies on how students perceive and use technologies in education and daily lives.
