Abstract
This study aimed to: develop and evaluate a Virtual Learning Environment in the theme administering medications in a professional nursing course in Curitiba/PR, Brazil. The program's elaboration was divided in three phases: 1- Virtual Learning Environment development Guide. Phase 2, corresponded to implementation and assessment of its use. Phase 3, learning Evaluation. The program evaluations demonstrate that it is in accordance to the educational goals intended to develop and implement an educational technology. The assessment on learning showed that the students answered correctly 85% of the questions discussed. The possibility of elaborating new educational technologies can be helpful in the teaching/learning process, as well as in the development of future nursing professionals.
Highlights
Nursing professionals from both technical level and higher education level have been requested to show new competences, besides the ones necessary for the execution of their professional activities, in order to support the changes involving society in the political, social and productive dimensions of human work
The development of a “virtual learning environment” adds information and communication technologies to the teaching/learning process, offering possibilities of innovation in nursing education. This involves informatics use and the use of the means available, from books to software, since they are in harmony with the educational proposal in the pedagogical process, based on new collaborative e interdisciplinary education methodologies
Considering the essential evaluation process in this study as a fundamental part for the development and implementation of the virtual learning environment, it follows the sequence of three evaluation stages
Summary
Nursing professionals from both technical level and higher education level have been requested to show new competences, besides the ones necessary for the execution of their professional activities, in order to support the changes involving society in the political, social and productive dimensions of human work To do so, they need to acquire knowledge of new resources provided by the information technologies in their area as a source of information and performance strategy. Educators committed to the improvement of education and the creation of capable professionals need to consider the technologies available for improving didactic resources in order to obtain positive results In this context, the development of a “virtual learning environment” adds information and communication technologies to the teaching/learning process, offering possibilities of innovation in nursing education. This involves informatics use and the use of the means available, from books to software, since they are in harmony with the educational proposal in the pedagogical process, based on new collaborative e interdisciplinary education methodologies
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