Enhancing E-Learner Engagement by Using Narrative Fiction in Online Nursing and Health Disciplines Courses

Beth Perry, Margaret Edwards, Katherine Janzen

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    Abstract

    Perry, Edwards and Janzen explore the positive effects of instructional strategies that employ a specific category of art, narrative fiction, on the engagement of nursing and health disciplines students in online education. Narrative fiction-based instructional strategies featured in this chapter include: methods that use clips or trailers from television dramas or movies (“Minute at the Movies”); strategies that use digital images including photovoice, photo cascade, photo montage, and photostory; and techniques that employ music lyrics (“My Music Moments”). The authors find that online engagement is enhanced by using narrative fictions for a range of reasons, not least because they help students to meet basic psychological and intellectual needs that can be more difficult to satisfy without face-to-face interaction.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProfessional Education with Fiction Media
    Subtitle of host publicationImagination for Engagement and Empathy in Learning
    Pages71-92
    Number of pages22
    ISBN (Electronic)9783030176938
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan. 2019

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