DIGITAL LIBRARY
TEACHING INNOVATION PROJECT: INTERACTIVE INTRA-UNIVERSITY NETWORK FOR THE EXCHANGE OF SCIENTIFIC-ACADEMIC. A DISSEMINATION STRATEGY FOR INCREASING TO TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS OF THE NURSING STUDENTS
Nursing University "Salus Infirmorum" (SPAIN)
About this paper:
Appears in: INTED2013 Proceedings
Publication year: 2013
Pages: 4376-4378
ISBN: 978-84-616-2661-8
ISSN: 2340-1079
Conference name: 7th International Technology, Education and Development Conference
Dates: 4-5 March, 2013
Location: Valencia, Spain
Abstract:
Introduction:
The present research, in according with the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), focused on exploratory and descriptive research about the creation of a specific virtually network to gain a global understanding and interchange of information about the final degree project in University school of nursing. This service, being maintained by the University Library, increases the visibility of the final degree project of the students; can help them with time-consuming research reporting exercises and disseminating - in digital form - the scientific works of an institution, particularly a students’ works.
It includes materials such as research journal articles, digital versions of theses and dissertations, administrative documents, course notes, or learning objects.
During the development of the entire project teachers and students can interact with each other through the intra-university network and exchange knowledge and information, develop training and research plans and activities that promote continuous improvement projects.
Nursing students can access simply using valid credentials of his own school.

The main objectives of this study are:
- To create global visibility for a Nursing school research;
- To adapt ICT resources to the needs of the students to facilitate the exchange of information between teachers and students.
- To develop, implement and sustain over time the virtual network that integrates content related to nursing degree.
- To store and preserve other institutional digital assets, including unpublished or otherwise easily literature (e.g., theses or technical reports).

Methodology:
The final evaluation will be conditional upon the positive evaluation by students and researchers involved with the use of a pre-test and post-test to determine the level of knowledge acquired and proposals for improvements and focus group analysis to explore needs of students and the satisfaction of the use of ICT tools. Further evaluation of projects and the participation in the intra-university network to bring us other valid criteria of valuation.
We used a multi-strategy approach for this study: first, by combining qualitative and quantitative analysis to analyze the satisfaction of the students and teachers; second, by replicating our results through comparing our study results with the results of a previously conducted study.
Keywords:
Interactive network, teaching-learning process, innovation project.