The Effect of Using Mobile Device With Quick Response Code on Academic Performance Amongst Pediatric Nursing Students

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. Aim of the study: The aim of the study was to evaluate 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, pediatric nursing department regardless their characteristics, the students randomly selected by a systematic random sample and divided into two identical groups (90 student as a study group) and (90 as a control group). Tools of data collection: Four tools consist of three parts, Tool (1): A structured interviewing questionnaire: to gather data in relation to characteristics of the study subjects, pediatric nursing student’s   knowledge regarding mobile learning. Tool (2): Likert scale:  attitude scale toward mobile learning: To assess the pediatric nursing student’s attitude toward mobile web quick response code. Tool (3): An observational checklist sheet; It was developed by the researchers in the light of relevant literature reviewto 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 preof training implementation (P=<0.001).Conclusion: the study was concluded that, the pediatric nursing students gain a satisfactory knowledge, practice skills and attitude toward the mobile learning. Recommendations: The nursing  staff should be create specific strategies for using mobile web quick response code technology such as guidelines for taking pictures and videos during lectures or clinical practices.