Utilization of Information and Communication Technology among Undergraduate Nursing Students in Tanta University, Egypt

Abstract

The use of ICT to enhance learning and teaching has become increasingly important. Information and communication technology in education is a modern, efficient and cost-effective process which has created a need to transform how students and teachers from higher institutions learn and teach respectively. This study was conducted to assess the pattern and utilization of Information and Communication Technology among undergraduate Nursing students in Tanta University, Egypt. A descriptive cross sectional design was used for the study where 504 fourth year students enrolled in the 2015/2016 session participated in the study. A validated structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The data collected were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20. The results indicated that 80% of the surveyed students utilized ICT in performing their study assignments and research. Majority of the female students (79.0%) self-reported themselves as good in computer skills while only one fifth (21.0%) of the male students rated themselves as good in computer skills. Students whose parents had secondary education and above had their total score in self-rating of computer operation skills as significantly higher than those whose parents had below secondary education. The study concluded that majority of the students had good ICT utilization with variation to residence and family income. It is therefore recommended that the university should ensure strict compliance with the rules of e-learning courses for the students and ensure proper application by each student.

Effects of information and communication technology use in nursing and obstetric learning in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

“…One study was conducted in a low-income country [3], and seven studies were conducted in four middle-income countries [28][29][30][31][32][33][34]. Five studies focused on teaching and learning of speci c subjects such as ethics and deontology [28], research course [34], clinical ear examination [29], health information management, gerontology nursing [30], international classi cation of nursing practice [32]. The other three studies evaluated, in a global way, the effects of the use of ICT, more particularly e-learning in learning and the realization of certain pedagogical activities such as learning assessment [3,31,34].…”

“…Almost all studies speci ed the methodological approach used. Of the eight included studies, two used the quasi-experimental approach [28,30], two used the descriptive approach [31,34], two used the sequential mixed approach [29,33], one used the qualitative descriptive approach, and one used the convergent mixed approach [3].…”

“…Seven included studies focused exclusively on nursing students as participants [28][29][30][31][32]34]. One study included faculty, information and communication technology managers, and campus managers [3].…”

“…Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are used in various ways in teaching/learning generally and in nursing teaching/learning speci cally. All eight articles included in this systematic review address the use of information and communication technologies as a medium for distance or online teaching/learning [3,[28][29][30][31][32][33][34]. These articles describe different models of online learning.…”

“…One article described the e-learning model in a synchronized and asynchronized environment [30], and another article described the e-learning model in an asynchronized environment [34]. Two articles discussed online learning without further details [3,31].…”