Nursing assessment: the elaboration and development of a massive open online course

Abstract

ABSTRACT Objective: Describing the stages of elaboration and development of a massive open online course on "Nursing Assessment". Method: Experience report of the construction of a free course, developed between 2015 and 2016 with the partnership of the School of Nursing and the Nucleus of Support to Distance Learning. The course was hosted on the Lúmina platform. Results: The construction of the course began in 2015 and the first edition was made available in September 2016, with 693 participants. The aim of the choice and elaboration of the material was to design an attractive and quality course for the community. The stages observed in its elaboration were choice of theme, course production, preliminary assessment and launching the first edition. Conclusions: The course has been shown to be a support for in-class teaching, as well as for the continuing education of health professionals.

Keywords

• Nursing
• Education, nursing
• Education, distance
• Educational
• technology