Technology-Based Nursing Education: Overview and Call for Further Dialogue

It is becoming clear that nurse educators need to analyze values, communication, and social processes when deciding, judging, and assessing technological use within curricula.

Abstract

With the rapid growth of technology has come increasing reliance among health science disciplines to integrate technology into many courses. It is apparent that this reliance on technology in nursing education is increasing rapidly regardless of any guiding philosophy of education or pedagogy. The two-fold purpose of this article is to review the development of technology-based nursing education and to identify areas requiring further dialogue among nurse educators. It is becoming clear that nurse educators need to analyze values, communication, and social processes when deciding, judging, and assessing technological use within curricula. Nurse educators need to reflect on the tidal wave of change brought by technology and begin an earnest dialogue regarding its impact on the discipline.