International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology

The International Promotion Agency of Culture Technology (국제문화기술진흥원)
권호 표지
DOI QR코드

DOI QR Code

Evaluation of the Effect of Educational Smartphone App for Nursing Students

  • Received : 2019.04.28
  • Accepted : 2019.05.27
  • Published : 2019.06.30
Download PDF
⟨ Previous Next ⟩

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of educational smartphone app with the effect of learning using conventional paper material. We developed an educational app for nursing students to learn how to read blood pressure and how to take a pulse. Evaluated was the effect of the app-based education by measuring the short term memory (right after the education), the long term memory (a week later) and the satisfaction. 25 college nursing students participated for the experiment group using the app-based education and 25 for the control group using paper-based education. We applied for statistical analysis Fisher's exact test and Independent t-test. The satisfaction of the app user's appeared significantly higher than that of the paper material user's (t=2.322, p=0.024). The short term memory score was 0.23 points higher in the experimental group (6.46 points) than in the control group (6.23 points), which was not statistically significant (t =0.422, p =0.675). Similar result came for the long term memory (t=1.006, p=0.320). After adjusting for the effect of a college grade using ANCOVA, the effect on memory was significantly higher in the experiment group. There might be differences in learning ability between the experimental and the control groups.

Keywords

E1GMBY_2019_v7n2_60_f0001.png 이미지

Figure 1. Education contents sample screenshot

Table 2. Comparison of Short-term Memory, Long-term Memory and Study Satisfaction between treatment group (app users) and control group (Conventional paper material users)

E1GMBY_2019_v7n2_60_t0001.png 이미지

Table 1. Homogeneity test for treatment group (app users) and control group (Conventional paper material users)

E1GMBY_2019_v7n2_60_t0002.png 이미지

References

  1. S. Yeon and S. Seo, "Development of Infants Music Education Application Using Augmented Reality," Journal of Korea Multimedia Society, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 69-76, Jan. 2018. https://doi.org/10.9717/KMMS.2018.21.1.069
  2. Q.Wu, "Designing a smartphone app to teach English (L2) vocabulary," Computers & Education, Vol. 85, pp. 170-179, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2015.02.013
  3. M. Ulas, "Augmented reality and application sample on education," International Journal of Advanced Software, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 44-46, 2015.
  4. K.H. Park and Y.M. Kim, "A Study on the educational satisfaction of smartphone application," e-Business Research, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 25-45, 2013.
  5. S.M. Jang, "Education contents and method," in Seoul National University: Education dictionary, Howdongsul, Seoul, Korea, 1998.
  6. T.J. Kowalski, The Organization and planning of adult education, SUNY press: New York, 1988.
  7. R.A. Westbrook, J.W. Newman and J.R. Taylor, Satisfaction/Dissatisfaction in the Purchase Decision Process, Ann Arbor, 1978.
  8. O.S. Im, Web based education program development and evaluation, Master 's Thesis, Hanyang University, 2001.
  9. E.J. Kim, "Nursing students' clinical judgment skills in simulation : Using Tanner's Clinical Judgment Model," Journal of Korean Academy Society of Nursing Education, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 212-222, 2014. https://doi.org/10.5977/jkasne.2014.20.2.212