COVID-19 as an enabler for enhancing online learning and teaching skills for nurse educators at the University of Namibia: Prospects and challenges
Health SA Gesondheid
| Field | Value | |
| Title | COVID-19 as an enabler for enhancing online learning and teaching skills for nurse educators at the University of Namibia: Prospects and challenges | |
| Creator | Shindjabuluka, Rakkel N. Ashipala, Daniel O. Likando, Gilbert N. | |
| Description | Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused instability in the education system and has compelled higher education institutions (HEIs) to find alternative ways of teaching and learning by making use of the latest online teaching approaches.Aim: The purpose of the study was to explore how COVID-19 could serve as an enabler for the enhancement of online learning and teaching skills for nurse educators at the University of Namibia with specific emphasis on prospects and challenges.Setting: Semi-structured interviews were conducted in English at a public nursing education institution located in the northeast of Namibia.Methods: A qualitative explorative, descriptive and contextual research design was used. Data were collected by means of in-depth semi-structured interviews with 18 nurse educators from the School of Nursing. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. Field notes were simultaneously taken to enrich the data.Results: The study revealed three themes: nurse educators’ experiences of the use of online learning and teaching skills, COVID-19 as an enabler for enhancing online learning and teaching skills and strategies to sustain online teaching and learning.Conclusion: Internet technology has generated a surge in demand for web-based teaching and learning. The online learning mode was not effectively utilised during the COVID-19 era because of inadequate technological skills on the part of nurse educators.Contribution: These findings can be used by universities to equip students and academic staff with skills to adapt to e-learning as the new modus operandi in learning and teaching in the post-COVID-19 era. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS Publishing | |
| Date | 2022-02-25 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/hsag.v27i0.1727 | |
| Source | Health SA Gesondheid; Vol 27 (2022); 7 pages 2071-9736 1025-9848 | |
| Language | eng | |
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