Using Emerging Technologies to Enhance Learning

Abstract

The author in this article outlines how an acute care multi-site teaching hospital tapped into Web 2.0 technologies to enhance learning for nurses and others. In the process a way was found to increase participation, motivate, and engage nurses and others in ways that would not have been possible previously.

Keywords

e-learning internet learning nursing education technology based learning Web 2.0 technologies

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