"Being in the digital box". Academic staff experiences in online practical teaching: A qualitative study from six universities and countries.
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Baskici C, Aytar A, Ersoy H, Wiktsröm-Grotell C, Arell-Sundberg M, Neves H, Coutinho V, Blaževičienė A, Vaškelytė A, Söderlund A, Fritz J, Strods R, Jansone-Ratinika N, Kav S
Heliyon 10 (2) e24275 [2024-01-30; online 2024-01-09]
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused radical changes in education, as in everything else, bringing many challenges. Despite all the difficulties, the COVID-19 pandemic has enormous opportunities for online teaching and the use of digital technologies. A comprehensive understanding of this period is needed to investigate these opportunities. Thus, this study aims to explore the academic staff's experiences of online teaching and the use of digital technologies in practical skills-based courses in health care education. This study was conducted at six universities from six countries (Türkiye, Sweden, Finland, Portugal, Latvia, Lithuania). Data were collected between June 17, 2021 and November 30, 2021 via a focus group with an in-depth interview technique. 22 focus group interviews were conducted with a total of 117 participants. Colaizzi's method was used to evaluate the data to discover, comprehend, and define the experiences of academic staff. The analysis of the interview data resulted in 6 themes, 25 subthemes and 56 categories that captured participants' experiences regarding online teaching of practical skills and using digital technologies in health care education. The findings of the study provide crucial information that will help online teaching and digital technology for practical skills be successfully integrated.
Category: Social Science & Humanities
PubMed 38298646
DOI 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24275
Crossref 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24275
pmc: PMC10827755
pii: S2405-8440(24)00306-2