Abstract:
Our paper evaluates the use of PowerPoint presentations and recorded narrations (developed using software called Articulate Presenter) as a tool to help postgraduate nursing students taking a pharmacology course to learn key pharmacological and pharmacotherapeutic concepts. Students found that the teaching objects, provided as additional resources to assist students in learning about difficult concepts, supported them in their learning. Additionally students reported that whilst they appreciated the provision of the teaching objects, the objects lacked an interactive component and did not replace interaction with the teacher. Articulate Presenter, as a tool to add voice to PowerPoint and create a recorded narration, was easy for the teacher to use and promoted teacher independence in the creation of teaching objects.