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Easiness, usefulness and intention to use a MOOC in nursing
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Background: The growing ageing population and the increasing prevalence of non-communicable diseases call for
innovation and healthcare mastered professional skills. Emerging digital learning contents envisioning to complement
education, lifelong learning and in-service training. The use of digital platforms allows nurses to access
contents in several formats, enabling the required pedagogical autonomy and personal time management. This
allows nurses to enrol in education wherever accessible, reducing personal and professional costs and ensuring
high-quality standards.
Objectives: To assess students and nurses’ easiness, usefulness and intention to use a Massive Open Online Course
(MOOC) as an educational resource to enhance self-management intervention skills in COPD patients.
Methods: An exploratory, descriptive and transversal study was conducted. Participants were nursing students,
registered nurses and rehabilitation nurses. A questionnaire supported by Davis Technology Acceptance Model
and on the determinants of the ease-of-use perception of Venkatesh was applied. An EFA was performed and two
dimensions were obtained (perceived easiness and global quality of the course and perceived usefulness and
intention to use the MOOC) and groups were compared in these dimensions.
Results: From the total participants (n = 93), 65.6% were nursing students, 15.1% were Portuguese nurses and
19.4% were Portuguese rehabilitation nurses. The perceived easiness and global quality score of the course were
4.70 (SD = 0.314) and the perceived usefulness and intention to use the MOOC was 4.73 (SD = 0.346). Rehabilitation
nurses, who are older, scored higher than nurses and students (χ2(2, n = 93) = 8.43, p = .015, ε2 =
0.092). The dropout rate was 25%.
Conclusions: The MOOC showed usefulness and nurses’ intention to use this educational resource in future education
and yielded high average rates of perceived easiness and global quality.
These massive courses unlock new opportunities for nursing education and to lifelong learning in nursing,
enhancing safety and quality of the healthcare services in supporting patients to achieve a better quality of life.
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Pulmonary disease Chronic obstructive Education Nursing MOOC
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Elsevier