Simpósio Brasileiro de Comunicação em Enfermagem
SIBRACEN

Resumo

Dias Denise Costa. Learning on-line: communication in an information ecology. In: Anais do 8. Simpósio Brasileiro de Comunicação em Enfermagem [Anais online]; 2002  Maio 02-03; São Paulo, SP, Brasil. 2002 [citado 2024 Maio 01]. Disponvel em: URL: http://www.proceedings.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=MSC0000000052002000200030&lng=pt&nrm=van .

This study aims to describe the experience with web-based instruction in graduate nursing courses, and to present a theoretical framework for online education. The online learning environment is considered an "information ecology", where the student’s active participation is mandatory to sustain the ecosystem´ balance. This learning environment has been used in the last years in many areas, which turns it into an alternative, especially for adult education.

Palavras-chave : nursing education; online education.