Mobile devices are more powerful and portable nowadays with plenty of useful tools for assisting people handle daily life. Mobile technology and quick response (QR) codes have great potential to improve teaching and learning because mobile technologies enable learning across multiple contexts, through social and content interactions. Purpose of the study: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effect of using mobile device with quick response code on the academic performance amongst pediatric nursing students. Design: A quasi-experimental research design was used to conduct the study. Settings: This study was carried out in clinical pediatric laboratory skills for third year students and teaching hall of Faculty of Nursing / Benha University. Sample: A purposive sample 180 pediatric nursing students from third year, were included. Systematic random sample was used to assign students into study and control group. Each group contained (90) students. Instruments: Four instruments consist of three parts, Instrument (1): A structured interviewing questionnaire: to gather data in relation to characteristics of the study subjects, pediatric nursing student’s knowledge regarding mobile learning. Instrument (2): Likert scale: attitude scale toward mobile learning; To assess the pediatric nursing student’s attitude toward mobile web quick response code. Instrument (3): An observational checklist sheet; It was developed by the researcher in the light of relevant literature review to assess pediatric nursing students in clinical pediatric nursing skills. Results: The results showed that, that there was a highly statistically significant difference in knowledge, attitude and practice score for the studied student regarding mobile learning between study and control at post training as compared to pre of training implementation. Conclusion: the study was concluded that, the pediatric nursing students (study group) who utilized mobile devices with quick response code achieved a higher level of academic performance than pediatric nursing students(control group) who received traditional teaching (lecture, demonstration and redemonstration). Recommendations: The teaching staff should be use mobile device with quick response code technology such as guidelines for taking pictures and videos during lectures or clinical practices |
