Abstract: The social learning networks are online networks that support the teacher in pursuing their objectives on the teaching and learning process to meet the needs of a curriculum-based education. Traditionally, instead of teaching and learning in the classroom that sometimes tedious and unsuited for the students’ availability, putting the positive effects of their learning to the social learning networks is beneficial for the digital natives. Making learning in a formal education be found within the central of social networks. With this, this paper focuses on the experiences of the nursing educators who are presently graduate students on their usage of a social learning network provided by their subject instructor. This phenomenological study was conducted in Saudi Arabia where participants are enrolled in an online education using social learning networks. The participants’ interviews, recorded voice and analysis of personal texts were transcribed into codes and key themes. As a result, the nursing educators reported their views and expectations on the online networks.
Keywords: Nursing educators’ experience, Online education, Phenomenological, Social Learning Networks.
Title: Nursing Educators’ Experiences in a Social Learning Network: A Phenomenological Study
Author: Medel Oabel Cabalsa
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)
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