ABSTRACT

Students desire free textbooks that incorporate multimedia and interactive experiences. Although there is an increased production of e-textbooks, these resources tend to replicate hard copy books and do not take advantage of the functions that technology offers. There is also a shift to creating e-textbooks that are considered open educational resources. A team of nursing educators and a nursing student created an interactive open educational resource e-textbook in vital sign measurement that was implemented within the curriculum of post-secondary health-related programmes. The goal of this paper is to report the study findings which sought to explore healthcare students’ experiences of using this open educational resource. Three discipline-specific focus groups were conducted with a convenience sample of 29 students. Using a qualitative thematic analysis, six interconnected themes describing students’ use of this resource were identified: (a) This Generation’s Learner, (b) Vital Signs Open Educational Resource influence, (c) Accessibility, (d) Convenience, (e) Design, and (f) Visual and Other Types of Learning Styles. Participants were positive about using the open educational resource to learn vital sign skills. Our study findings provide a foundation for e-textbook design standards that support student learning.

摘要

学生需要包含多媒体和互动体验的免费教科书。尽管电子教科书的产量有所增加，但这些资源倾向于复制纸质书籍，而没有利用技术提供的功能。还有一种转变是创建被认为是开放教育资源的电子教科书。一组护理教育工作者和一名护生创建了一本关于生命体征测量的交互式开放教育资源电子教科书，该教科书已在专上健康相关课程的课程中实施。本文的目的是报告旨在探索医疗专业学生使用这种开放教育资源的体验的研究结果。以 29 名学生的方便样本进行了三个特定学科的焦点小组。使用定性主题分析，确定了描述学生使用该资源的六个相互关联的主题：(a) 这一代的学习者，(b) 生命体征开放教育资源的影响，(c) 可访问性，(d) 便利性，(e) 设计和 (f) 视觉和其他类型的学习方式。参与者对使用开放教育资源学习生命体征技能持积极态度。我们的研究结果为支持学生学习的电子教科书设计标准奠定了基础。参与者对使用开放教育资源学习生命体征技能持积极态度。我们的研究结果为支持学生学习的电子教科书设计标准奠定了基础。参与者对使用开放教育资源学习生命体征技能持积极态度。我们的研究结果为支持学生学习的电子教科书设计标准奠定了基础。