Digital storytelling as a teaching and learning strategy: experiences of student nurses
- Authors: Espach, Juanita
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Nursing -- Study and teaching -- South Africa , Nursing students -- South Africa Storytelling -- South Africa -- Computer network resources College teaching -- South Africa Competency-based education
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MCur
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/21549 , vital:29552
- Description: The ever changing landscape of technology influences every aspect of modern society, also education. Within recent years, technological advancements and inventive educators have transformed traditional teaching and learning strategies to innovative technology infused strategies. These strategies could potentially meet the learning style of the millennial student. One such strategy is described as digital storytelling, during which student groups create a three to five minute multimedia video, utilizing a combination of digital elements such as a narrative voice recording, music, pictures, video and animation. After creating the digital story, the end product is shared with peers. Paucity in research regarding the use of digital storytelling in the context of nursing education in the Republic of South Africa was found. Thus the aim of the study was to explore and describe the experiences of student nurses during the use of digital storytelling as a teaching and learning strategy at a private Nursing Education Institution in Port Elizabeth. The researcher conducted an exploratory, descriptive, contextual and qualitative study which utilized a connectivism framework as the paradigm. Digital storytelling was used as a teaching and learning strategy in the researcher’s own class. A convenience sampling method was therefore employed to select participants. Data was gathered through documenting observational notes during the process of utilizing digital storytelling in the classroom. After the student nurses had utilized digital storytelling, five focus group interviews with twenty four research participants were conducted, which provided data saturation. The data was transcribed and analysed utilizing Tesch’s thematic analysis method and three themes emerged from the data. The benefits of digital storytelling were voiced by the participants since digital storytelling gave them a means to express themselves and they gained new skills while collaborating with others and improving their learning. There was a negative side to it as well, during which research participants experienced negative emotions, lacked the necessary technological skills and found peer teaching an obstacle to their own learning. The participants also provided suggestions to improve the use of digital storytelling during teaching and learning. A thick description of the data with a literature control was provided. The researcher utilized the findings of this study to develop guidelines for Nurse Educators in order to optimize the use of digital storytelling as a teaching and learning strategy. Rigour and trustworthiness were ensured by utilizing Guba and Lincoln’s four criteria. In this study the researcher adhered to the ethical principles as described by the Belmont Report and paid specific attention to the application of these ethical principles in the context of conducting research on one’s own teaching practices. The limitations of this study were that data was collected from only one group of student nurses at one private NEI, after the student nurses’ utilized digital storytelling for the first time in their training. The findings of this study can be used by Nurse Educators to optimize the use of digital storytelling as a teaching and learning strategy. The recommendations of this study include the implementation of the guidelines developed for Nurse Educators.
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- Date Issued: 2018
- Authors: Espach, Juanita
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Nursing -- Study and teaching -- South Africa , Nursing students -- South Africa Storytelling -- South Africa -- Computer network resources College teaching -- South Africa Competency-based education
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MCur
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/21549 , vital:29552
- Description: The ever changing landscape of technology influences every aspect of modern society, also education. Within recent years, technological advancements and inventive educators have transformed traditional teaching and learning strategies to innovative technology infused strategies. These strategies could potentially meet the learning style of the millennial student. One such strategy is described as digital storytelling, during which student groups create a three to five minute multimedia video, utilizing a combination of digital elements such as a narrative voice recording, music, pictures, video and animation. After creating the digital story, the end product is shared with peers. Paucity in research regarding the use of digital storytelling in the context of nursing education in the Republic of South Africa was found. Thus the aim of the study was to explore and describe the experiences of student nurses during the use of digital storytelling as a teaching and learning strategy at a private Nursing Education Institution in Port Elizabeth. The researcher conducted an exploratory, descriptive, contextual and qualitative study which utilized a connectivism framework as the paradigm. Digital storytelling was used as a teaching and learning strategy in the researcher’s own class. A convenience sampling method was therefore employed to select participants. Data was gathered through documenting observational notes during the process of utilizing digital storytelling in the classroom. After the student nurses had utilized digital storytelling, five focus group interviews with twenty four research participants were conducted, which provided data saturation. The data was transcribed and analysed utilizing Tesch’s thematic analysis method and three themes emerged from the data. The benefits of digital storytelling were voiced by the participants since digital storytelling gave them a means to express themselves and they gained new skills while collaborating with others and improving their learning. There was a negative side to it as well, during which research participants experienced negative emotions, lacked the necessary technological skills and found peer teaching an obstacle to their own learning. The participants also provided suggestions to improve the use of digital storytelling during teaching and learning. A thick description of the data with a literature control was provided. The researcher utilized the findings of this study to develop guidelines for Nurse Educators in order to optimize the use of digital storytelling as a teaching and learning strategy. Rigour and trustworthiness were ensured by utilizing Guba and Lincoln’s four criteria. In this study the researcher adhered to the ethical principles as described by the Belmont Report and paid specific attention to the application of these ethical principles in the context of conducting research on one’s own teaching practices. The limitations of this study were that data was collected from only one group of student nurses at one private NEI, after the student nurses’ utilized digital storytelling for the first time in their training. The findings of this study can be used by Nurse Educators to optimize the use of digital storytelling as a teaching and learning strategy. The recommendations of this study include the implementation of the guidelines developed for Nurse Educators.
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- Date Issued: 2018
Factors influencing reports on anti-retroviral therapy sites at Amathole health district
- Authors: Roboji, Zukiswa
- Date: 2014
- Subjects: Information storage and retrieval systems -- Medical care , Information storage and retrieval systems -- Hospitals , Health services administration -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Medical records -- Access control , Hospital care -- South Africa -- Data processing , Medical care -- South Africa -- Data processing
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:8501 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020607
- Description: The study sought to investigate the factors influencing the contents of antiretroviral therapy (ART) reports in the Amathole Health District of the Eastern Cape Province. A qualitative and quantitative study was conducted to assess the challenges that inhibit this phenomenon. Structurally, the population consists of Amahlati and Nkonkobe sub-districts. Operational managers, information officers, professional nurses, data capturers, and administration clerks were randomly selected from sixteen facilities. Data collection was done on semi-structured interviews, questionnaires; observations were done using the probability sampling method, and the findings were analysed according to the same technique. The study revealed that the District Health Information System (DHIS) is the universal data management and reporting system which all healthcare and ART facilities are using to manage ART. However, regardless of all these universal arrangements such as the use of the DHIS to aid in reporting, the contents of ART reports from various facilities have not been uniform due to various factors. There is a lack of a reliable network to link DHIS computers across facilities. The shift from paper-based to electronic data management has caused the difficulties in the collating and management of ART data since some facilities are manual paper- based while others are automated using the modern DHIS. Lack of daily capturing and validation is a major challenge across the ART facilities. Further, there are Non-Governmental Organisations(NGOs) such as AFRICARE and the IYDSA that have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the district to provide a budgetary support for staff training in data management of ART reports in the district. While the NGOs keep on assisting the ART facilities with data management, there is a lack of skills transfer. The district could not account on follow-up of ART patients from one facility to another. This is increasing the number of defaulting in ART patients, thus there is no accurate figures on retention of patients in ART Programme. The officials from ART sites tend to use their own transport to carry data from facilities to the district offices and this resulted in late submission of reports. The study thus recommends that, inter alia, data management and trainings should be done to improve data quality in reporting, a reliable computer network be installed, backed-up and maintained for data and report management in the all healthcare facilities. All the ART sites should adopt and use the automated data management system for universality and eliminating the faults of manual paper data management and reporting. This would ensure that the contents of ART reports are uniform and a true reflection of the situation on the ground towards universal access to ART and healthcare in the Amathole Health District, and South Africa at large.
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- Date Issued: 2014
- Authors: Roboji, Zukiswa
- Date: 2014
- Subjects: Information storage and retrieval systems -- Medical care , Information storage and retrieval systems -- Hospitals , Health services administration -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Medical records -- Access control , Hospital care -- South Africa -- Data processing , Medical care -- South Africa -- Data processing
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:8501 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020607
- Description: The study sought to investigate the factors influencing the contents of antiretroviral therapy (ART) reports in the Amathole Health District of the Eastern Cape Province. A qualitative and quantitative study was conducted to assess the challenges that inhibit this phenomenon. Structurally, the population consists of Amahlati and Nkonkobe sub-districts. Operational managers, information officers, professional nurses, data capturers, and administration clerks were randomly selected from sixteen facilities. Data collection was done on semi-structured interviews, questionnaires; observations were done using the probability sampling method, and the findings were analysed according to the same technique. The study revealed that the District Health Information System (DHIS) is the universal data management and reporting system which all healthcare and ART facilities are using to manage ART. However, regardless of all these universal arrangements such as the use of the DHIS to aid in reporting, the contents of ART reports from various facilities have not been uniform due to various factors. There is a lack of a reliable network to link DHIS computers across facilities. The shift from paper-based to electronic data management has caused the difficulties in the collating and management of ART data since some facilities are manual paper- based while others are automated using the modern DHIS. Lack of daily capturing and validation is a major challenge across the ART facilities. Further, there are Non-Governmental Organisations(NGOs) such as AFRICARE and the IYDSA that have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the district to provide a budgetary support for staff training in data management of ART reports in the district. While the NGOs keep on assisting the ART facilities with data management, there is a lack of skills transfer. The district could not account on follow-up of ART patients from one facility to another. This is increasing the number of defaulting in ART patients, thus there is no accurate figures on retention of patients in ART Programme. The officials from ART sites tend to use their own transport to carry data from facilities to the district offices and this resulted in late submission of reports. The study thus recommends that, inter alia, data management and trainings should be done to improve data quality in reporting, a reliable computer network be installed, backed-up and maintained for data and report management in the all healthcare facilities. All the ART sites should adopt and use the automated data management system for universality and eliminating the faults of manual paper data management and reporting. This would ensure that the contents of ART reports are uniform and a true reflection of the situation on the ground towards universal access to ART and healthcare in the Amathole Health District, and South Africa at large.
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- Date Issued: 2014
Assessing the use of international business strategies among automotive wiring harness manufacturers in the Nelson Mandela Metropole
- Authors: Mears, Michael
- Date: 2007
- Subjects: International trade , International business enterprises -- South Africa , Corporations, Foreign , International economic relations
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MBA
- Identifier: vital:8741 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/764 , International trade , International business enterprises -- South Africa , Corporations, Foreign , International economic relations
- Description: Since 1994, the opening up of the South African economy has presented South African companies with opportunities to exploit the bigger global market and also with challenges of competing with international companies. Companies must consider both external environmental forces and internal organizational factors before arriving at a suitable international strategy. This treatise explores the wiring harness industry in the Nelson Mandela Bay to determine whether the industry is adopting international strategies in line with globalization, thus ensuring sustained growth and profitability. A literature survey was conducted to discover the main strategies that are used by companies in order to achieve global competitiveness. These strategies were used in conjunction with Porter's (1990) theory of National Competitive Advantage to analyse the wiring harness industry in the Nelson Mandela Bay. Porter's (1990) theory of National Competitive Advantage was used to analyse the competitiveness of the wiring harness industry in the Nelson Mandela Bay. A questionnaire was developed to test the degree to which the wiring harness industry in the Nelson Mandela Bay is in agreement with the findings of the literature study. This information was used to determine whether the wiring harness industry in the Nelson Mandela Bay is following global trends to remain profitable.
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- Date Issued: 2007
- Authors: Mears, Michael
- Date: 2007
- Subjects: International trade , International business enterprises -- South Africa , Corporations, Foreign , International economic relations
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MBA
- Identifier: vital:8741 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/764 , International trade , International business enterprises -- South Africa , Corporations, Foreign , International economic relations
- Description: Since 1994, the opening up of the South African economy has presented South African companies with opportunities to exploit the bigger global market and also with challenges of competing with international companies. Companies must consider both external environmental forces and internal organizational factors before arriving at a suitable international strategy. This treatise explores the wiring harness industry in the Nelson Mandela Bay to determine whether the industry is adopting international strategies in line with globalization, thus ensuring sustained growth and profitability. A literature survey was conducted to discover the main strategies that are used by companies in order to achieve global competitiveness. These strategies were used in conjunction with Porter's (1990) theory of National Competitive Advantage to analyse the wiring harness industry in the Nelson Mandela Bay. Porter's (1990) theory of National Competitive Advantage was used to analyse the competitiveness of the wiring harness industry in the Nelson Mandela Bay. A questionnaire was developed to test the degree to which the wiring harness industry in the Nelson Mandela Bay is in agreement with the findings of the literature study. This information was used to determine whether the wiring harness industry in the Nelson Mandela Bay is following global trends to remain profitable.
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- Date Issued: 2007
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