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Socialization In The Asynchronous Online Course Discussion Of Graduate Nursing Administration Students : A Case Study, Annie Louise Moore-Cox

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Over the last several years there has been an increase in the amount of graduate education in nursing offered online in Web-based programs. There is a lack of research into the role played by online graduate nursing course discussion, an important component of many courses, in the process of socialization for advanced nursing roles. To understand more about socialization in online courses, I studied the asynchronous discussion within two master's level nursing administration courses. Interviews with selected subjects who participated in the courses, four students and two faculty members, helped me understand the participants' post program perceptions of the value …