Nursing Faculty Members' Perceptions About Distance Education During the Pandemic Process

Year 2024, , 629 - 641, 07.12.2024

Merve Kırşan Büyüktarakçı , Ebru Cirban Ekrem , Sevim Çelik

https://doi.org/10.58605/bingolsaglik.1446828

Abstract

Purpose: The study aims to identify the distance education perceptions of the faculty members of the department of nursing and the factors affecting these perceptions. Design and Methods: In the cross-sectional and correlational study in which the online survey was used, 327 faculty member who were selected with the sampling method for a known population were included. Data were collected online by using the Personal Information Form and the “Distance Education Perception Scale”. In the evaluation of research data, descriptive statistical analysis and non-parametric tests were used. Findings: It was found that the nursing faculty members had medium-level distance education perceptions. Practice Implications: It is thought that improving the competencies of the faculty members of the nursing department can increase their perceptions of distance education, reduce their stress levels and adapt to distance education more easily.

Keywords

distance education, faculty member, nursing, pandemic process

Pandemi Sürecinde Hemşirelik Öğretim Elemanlarının Uzaktan Eğitime Yönelik Algıları

Abstract

Amaç: Araştırma, hemşirelik bölümü öğretim elemanlarının uzaktan eğitim algılarını ve bu algıları etkileyen faktörleri belirlemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Tasarım ve Yöntemler: Çevrimiçi anketin kullanıldığı kesitsel ve korelasyonel çalışmaya, evreni bilinen örnekleme yöntemiyle seçilen 327 öğretim elemanı dahil edilmiştir. Veriler, Kişisel Bilgi Formu ve “Uzaktan Eğitim Algı Ölçeği” kullanılarak çevrimiçi olarak toplanmıştır. Araştırma verilerinin değerlendirilmesinde tanımlayıcı istatistiksel analiz ve parametrik olmayan testler kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Hemşirelik öğretim elemanlarının orta düzeyde uzaktan eğitim algısına sahip oldukları belirlenmiştir. Uygulamaya Yönelik Öneriler: Hemşirelik bölümü öğretim elemanlarının yeterliliklerinin arttırılmasının, onların uzaktan eğitim algılarını artırabileceği, stres düzeylerini azaltabileceği ve uzaktan eğitime daha kolay uyum sağlayabilecekleri düşünülmektedir.

Keywords

Uzaktan eğitim, öğretim elemanı,, hemşirelik, pandemi süreci,, algı

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