Nursing students' opinion on the use of Escape ZOOM® as a learning strategy: Observational study

Elsevier

Available online 18 October 2022

Teaching and Learning in NursingHighlights•

Learning methodologies to develop soft skills such as decision making, team working and critical thinking beyond cognitive skills were important during the social distance term in COVID-19.

The Escape Zoom® is an effective teaching strategy, perceived with satisfaction by students as a form of learning with colleagues, in a ludic way.

This article provides a new option in teaching–learning strategies using on-line gamification to improve soft and cognitive learning experience.

Abstract

The teaching–learning process has gone through major changes due to the COVID-19 pandemics and it has been left to professors to adapt the teaching process and find ways to keep students engaged. There has been a need to establish collaborative and active strategies for working in the online environment. The development of a game for both teaching and evaluating de interdisciplinary learning content on an online platform may create a gameful experience and stimulating environment that makes complex learning goals achievable. To analyze how nursing students feel in relation to their participation and learning in an Escape Room activity taking place in an online environment. This is a descriptive and exploratory cross-sectional cohort study. The study was carried out in a higher education institution. The sample consisted of 73 students. After implementation of Escape Zoom® in the first semester of 2021, adapted questionnaires to assess students' satisfaction and perception of learning were applied. In the Educational Practices Questionnaire, all statements obtained greater than 70% agreement, which revealed students' satisfaction, especially with learning with colleagues. As for learning, 93.2% of students' statements expressed that the Escape Zoom® favors teamwork and 91.8% of student's statements agreed that the activity is effective for learning and would recommend it to other colleagues. The Escape Zoom® is an effective teaching strategy, perceived with satisfaction by students as a form of learning with colleagues, in a game-oriented way. It also has the potential to promote the development of soft skills.

Keywords

Distance

Education

Interdisciplinary placement

Learning

Nursing

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