Examining Informal Learning Using Mobile Devices in the Healthcare Workplace

Autor/in	Fahlman, Dorothy
Titel	Examining Informal Learning Using Mobile Devices in the Healthcare Workplace
Quelle	In: Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 39 (2013) 4, (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1499-6677
Schlagwörter	Informal Education; Workplace Learning; Handheld Devices; Technology Uses in Education; Health Services; Adult Education; Constructivism (Learning); Professional Continuing Education; Nurses; Mixed Methods Research; Independent Study; Interviews; Learning Strategies; Learning Processes; Incidence; Age Differences; Foreign Countries; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Berufsfeldbezogener Unterricht; Weiterbildung; Selbststudium; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Learning process; Lernprozess; Vorkommen; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Ausland; Kanada
Abstract	The study of workplace learning and informal learning are not new to adult education and pedagogy. However, the use of mobile devices as learning tools for informal learning in the workplace is an understudied area. Using theories on informal learning and constructivism as a framework, this paper explores informal learning of registered nurses using mobile devices to meet their learning needs for continuing professional education, professional development, and continuing competence within the challenging healthcare workplace. In this mixed methods study, participants used their devices for self-directed informal learning with non-collaborative strategies/processes for evidence-based support, new procedures/treatments, professional development, patient/client teaching, and maintaining competency. Positive perceptions were articulated. Minimal differences were associated to the nurses' age. However, workplace-related influences were relevant to the informal learning experiences with the mobile devices. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10