Evaluation the effectiveness of the asynchronous distance

learning on basic traditional Chinese nursing training

Tai-Chu Peng1 Wen-Ching Jaung2 Shu-Feng Wang3

Hui-Ju Chung4 Min-Hsiu Chen5 Wei-Lin Hsu6

1 RN, Ph.D., Institute of Medicine Science, Tzu Chi University,Associate Professor,

                    Department of Nursing, Tzu Chi College of Technology

                 2 Ph.D. Lecture, Department of Civil Engineering, Dahan College of Technolog

                 3 RN, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Tzu Chi College of Technology

                 4 RN, Ph.D., Department of Administration center Chang Gung Memorial Hospital., Tao-Yuan,
                    Taiwan, Instructor of Chang Gung Institute of Technology, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

                 5 Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Institute of Veterinary Medicine, National Taiwan University,
                    Lecture, Tzu Chi College of Technology

                 6 Ph.D., Associate Professor/ Head of Department, Department of Information Engineering
                    and Informatics, Tzu Chi College of Technology

Abstract

To provide students a different channel learning Traditional Chinese Nursing (TCN)
courses, Taiwan TCN Association creates the fundamental curriculum of TCN based on a
web-based online autonomous learning system. The courses effectively enable students not
only reduce their learning cost but also enable their available study time and schedule more
flexible off duty. The aim of this research is to investigate students who participate the web
online autonomous learning system of basic TCN training courses and their learning
effectiveness and satisfactory, in order to improve the quality of web-based TCN courses and
create a new mileage for TCN learning. Research Method： based on the existing e-learning
platform and systems by Tzu Chi College of Technology (TCCT), four courses: Introduction
to Traditional Chinese Medicine、Acupuncture nursing、Introduction to Traditional Chinese
Pharmacology and Traditional Chinese Medicated Diet are created and opened for students to
learn. Following the evaluation of student learning effectiveness, including: cognition
assessment, satisfactory investigation, and informal discussion after class, is performed at the
end of course lesson.

Results and Discussions: totally 91 students selected courses; 80.3% student completed
course study; 38.5 % students relevant to nursing job; 57.2 % students with more than 10
years working experience; 71.4% students participated because of self-interest; 22% students
participated because of work designation。The average of learning results is between 94.5±5.8
and 78.8±7.8.。For the questionnaire, there are total 60 questions and Licker's seven scales are
used. There are 81 available samples. Through factor analysis, seven factors are extracted to
explain 81.12 % sum of variation.
This research reveals that the average scale for students’ willingness to contiguously
participate courses is 6.1 and the average scale students recommend courses to others is 6.0.
The results significantly suggest that students are satisfied with the courses. The use of
long-distance teaching method for the basic TCN curriculum enhances students a high
approachability. It can effectively enable students to reduce not only learning cost but also
learning problems and difficulties. The online autonomous learning system is best for students
to learn those difficult, strange or new courses, as it allows students continuously and
repeatedly learning. However, it may reduce the frequency of communication between
students and teachers. The feature course design will focus on improving this weakness and
enhancing a highly leaning effectiveness.

Keywords ： The fundamental curriculum of the Traditional Chinese Nursing (TCN),
long-distance teaching, Traditional Chinese nursing