Applying the Principles of Significant Learning in the e-learning environment.

Full Abstract

E-learning technologies in education use adult learning theories that view the educator as a facilitator of learning and an assessor of outcomes. The change to this technology requires a shift in the focus of a course from the educator to the subject. The experience of one faculty member involved in an implementation of an online program is used to demonstrate the application of Fink's principles of significant learning in the virtual environment. Fink urged faculty to create learning-centered courses, as opposed to content-centered courses. The taxonomy of six course components he proposed as necessary to significant learning are foundational knowledge, application, integration, human dimension, caring, and learning how to learn. Fink's taxonomy of significant learning can be used as a framework to focus course planning and assessment of student outcomes as courses are adapted to a Web-based environment.

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Author information

Author/s: Magnussen, Lois (L);

Affiliation: University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, 2528 McCarthy Mall, Webster Hall Rm. 433, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA. magnusse(-atsign-)hawaii.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Review

Journal: The Journal of nursing education (J Nurs Educ), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Feb; vol 47 (issue 2) : pp 82-6

Dates: Created 2008/03/06; Completed 2008/04/11;

PMID: 18320960, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Attitude of Health Personnel
Computer User Training - methods
Curriculum
Education, Nursing, Graduate - organization & administration
Educational Technology
Empathy
Faculty, Nursing - organization & administration
Feedback, Psychological
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humanism
Humans

Humans
Internet - organization & administration
Interprofessional Relations
Knowledge
Learning
Models, Educational
Philosophy, Nursing
Planning Techniques
Program Development
Psychology, Educational
Students, Nursing - psychology

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