Korea’s Blended Learning in Nursing: Issues and the Way Forward

Year 2017, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 1 - 2, 01.01.2017

Claire Su-yeon Park

Abstract

Blended learning is receiving significant scholarly attention in Korean nursing education for a number of reasons: the downsizing of universities due to low birth rates; the high demand for nurses in a super-aged society; and nursing’s distinctive characteristics, i.e., theory-driven practical scholarship Park, 2016 . However, the lack of scholarly evidence on this subject suggests that current nursing scholarship is not satisfying the needs of the times. This article thus addressed problems in the current literature on Korea’s blended learning in nursing and suggested a way forward for the future.

Keywords

Blended Learning, Nursing Education, Scholarly Flaws, the Way Forward

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