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Experienced faculty use best tools, systems, and create feedback-rich environments to provide effective feedback in online nursing education. This enhances online teaching best practices.

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Nursing Education
Online Learning Pedagogy

Background:

Online courses are increasingly used for nursing education.
Effective feedback is crucial for student success in online environments.
Methods for providing effective feedback online are not always clear.

Purpose of the Study:

To identify how experienced faculty provide feedback to online students.
To explore best practices in online feedback delivery for nursing education.

Main Methods:

Descriptive exploratory study design.
Survey of faculty regarding their feedback approaches.
Content analysis of survey data to identify themes.

Main Results:

Fifteen themes emerged from the content analysis.
Themes organized into three categories: tools, systems, and feedback-rich environments.
Faculty utilize available technology and structured approaches for feedback.

Conclusions:

Findings support and extend best practices for online education.
Emphasis on multisource feedback opportunities during course design is recommended.
Effective feedback strategies are essential for online nursing programs.