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The feasibility of using mobile devices in nursing practice education

Kenny, Richard F.; Park, Caroline L.; Van Neste-Kenny, Jocelyne M.C.; Burton, Pamela A.; Meiers, Jan (International Association for Mobile Learning, 2008-10-08)

This paper focuses on an exploratory evaluation of the use of m-learning in nursing education. We report on Stage 2 of the formative evaluation of a project to integrate mobile learning into the Bachelor of Science Nursing ...

Instructional Designers Perceptions of Their Agency: Tales of Change and Community

Schwier, Richard A.; Campbell, Katy; Kenny, Richard F. (In M.J. Keppell, Instructional design: Case studies in communities of practice. Idea Group. Hersey, PA., 2006)

Instructional Designers' Observations about Identity, Communities of Practice and Change Agency

Schwier, Richard A.; Campbell, Katy; Kenny, Richard F. (Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2004)

We presume that models and theory in instructional design inform professional practice, but theory has not been consistently built from the professional experiences of instructional designers. This study draws on the ...

Mobile Learning in Nursing Practice Education: Applying Koole's FRAME model

Kenny, Richard F.; Van Neste-Kenny, Jocelyne M.C.; Park, Caroline L.; Burton, Pamela A.; Meiers, Jan (Journal of Distance Education, 2009-11-16)

We report here on an exploratory formative evaluation of a project to integrate mobile learning into a Western Canadian college nursing program. Third-year students used Hewlett Packard iPAQ mobile devices for five weeks ...

Mobile Self Efficacy in Canadian Nursing Education Programs

Kenny, Richard F.; Park, Caroline L.; Van Neste-Kenny, Jocelyne M.C.; Burton, Pamela A. (2010-08-13)

The purpose of this study was to assess the self-efficacy of nursing faculty and students related to their potential use of mobile technology and to ask what are the implications for their teaching and learning in practice ...

Mobile Self-Efficacy in a Canadian Nursing Education Program

Kenny, Richard F.; Van Neste-Kenny, Jocelyne M.C.; Burton, Pamela A.; Park, Caroline L. (International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS), 2012-03)

The purpose of this study was to assess the self-efficacy of nursing faculty and students related to their potential use of mobile technology and to ask what are the implications for their teaching and learning in practice ...

Mobile Self-Efficacy in Canadian Nursing Education Programs - Replication

Kenny, Richard F.; Park, Caroline L.; Van Neste-Kenny, Jocelyne M.C.; Burton, Pamela A. (2011-08-12)

The purpose of this study was to assess the self-efficacy of nursing faculty and students related to their potential use of mobile technology and to ask what are the implications for their teaching and learning in practice ...

Problem Formulation and Resolution in Online Problem-Based Learning

Kenny, Richard F.; Bullen, Mark; Loftus, Jay (International Review of Research on Open and Distance Learning, 2006)

This paper discusses an exploratory study to investigate the existence, and nature, of student problem formulation and resolution processes in an undergraduate online Problem-Based Learning (PBL) course in Agricultural ...

A Review of What Instructional Designers Do: Questions Answered and Questions Not Asked

Kenny, Richard F.; Zhang, Zuochen; Schwier, Richard A.; Campbell, Katy (Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2005)

The purpose of this literature review was to determine what evidence there is that instructional designers apply ID Models, as well as to establish what other activities and processes they might use in their professional ...

Transforming Higher Education: Agency and the Instructional Designer

Schwier, Richard A.; Campbell, Katy; Kenny, Richard F. (American Educational Research Association. San Francisco, CA, 2006-04)

In addition to the important role instructional designers play in the design and development of instructional products and programs, they also act in communities of practice as agents in changing the way traditional colleges ...

Using Mobile Learning to Enhance the Quality of Nursing Practice Education

Kenny, Richard F.; Park, Caroline L.; Van Neste-Kenny, Jocelyne M.C.; Burton, Pamela A.; Meiers, Jan (2007-11-28)

In this chapter, we first review the research literature pertaining to the use of mobile devices in nursing education and assess the potential of mobile learning (m-learning) for nursing practice education experiences in ...

Using Problem-Based Learning in Online Courses: A New Hope?

Kenny, Richard F. (M. Bullen & Janes (Eds.). Making the Transition to E-Learning: Strategies and Issues. Idea Group. Hersey, PA., 2006)

In this chapter, I argue that instructional designers must use research and theory to guide them to new and justified instructional practices when designing e-learning. I introduce a well-established pedagogy, Problem-Based ...

Using Self-Efficacy to Assess the Readiness of Nursing Educators and Students for Mobile Learning

Kenny, Richard F.; Van Neste-Kenny, Jocelyne M.C.; Burton, Pamela A.; Park, Caroline L.; Qayyum, Adnan (International Review of Research on Open and Distance Education, 2012-06)

The purpose of this study was to assess the self-efficacy of nursing faculty and students related to their potential use of mobile technology and to ask what implications this technology has for their teaching and learning ...