Compelling Reasons for Using Digital Stories to Teach: A Descriptive Qualitative Study

This descriptive qualitative study shares why 12 nurse educators chose to use digital stories in their classrooms. Compelling reasons for change in practice included the ability to capture student attention through media, the need to change things up a bit, and the desire to provide students a shari...

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Published in:Teaching and learning in nursing 2019-10, Vol.14 (4), p.265-269
Main Authors: Beck, Melissa Schwartz, Sitzman, Kathleen
Format: Article
Language:English
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Descriptive qualitative study
Digital stories
Teach
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Summary:This descriptive qualitative study shares why 12 nurse educators chose to use digital stories in their classrooms. Compelling reasons for change in practice included the ability to capture student attention through media, the need to change things up a bit, and the desire to provide students a sharing experience to enhance learning through seeing, hearing, and feeling. Participants described being led by intuition and feelings when determining what might facilitate meaningful learning connections with today’s students.
ISSN:1557-3087
1557-2013
DOI:10.1016/j.teln.2019.06.007