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Using Learning Outcome Measures to assess Doctoral Nursing Education

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Quality assurance for online nursing courses.

Barbara Battin Little¹

¹College of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0187, USA. bblittle@ufl.edu

The Journal of Nursing Education

|July 29, 2009

Summary

Quality assurance for online nursing education is crucial. This review highlights how standards and peer review processes enhance online course quality, reducing revisions and supporting accreditation.

Area of Science:

Nursing Education
Online Learning Technologies

Background:

Concerns regarding the quality of online education in nursing have persisted for over ten years.
Existing quality assurance mechanisms for online courses require further examination.

Purpose of the Study:

To review the literature on standards and quality assurance processes for online nursing courses.
To provide recommendations for improving the quality of online nursing education.

Main Methods:

Literature review of existing research on online education quality assurance.
Analysis of models, standards, benchmarks, and peer review processes.

Main Results:

Standards and peer review are effective tools for ensuring online course quality.

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Implementing standards early in course design minimizes the need for later revisions.

Conclusions:

Standards and peer review are essential for evaluating and accrediting online nursing courses.
Recommendations are provided for the effective use of these quality assurance tools.