AU - Sohrabi, Zohreh AU - Koohestani, Hamid Reza AU - Baghcheghi, Nayereh AU - Delavari, Somayeh AU - Rezaei Shahsavarloo, Zahra TI - The effects of group blogging on the attitude towards virtual education in nursing students PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - MJIRI JN - MJIRI VO - 31 VI - 1 IP - 1 4099 - http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-4306-en.html 4100 - http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-4306-en.pdf SO - MJIRI 1 ABĀ  - Background: Virtual education refers to a variety of teaching-learning methods that are implemented and supported electronically. The present study was conducted to determine the effects of group blogging on the attitude of nursing students towards virtual education. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest study in which all fifth-semester nursing students (n=25) were selected and asked to design educational blogs on nursing of respiratory diseases. Attitudes of the participants towards virtual education were measured before and after the intervention. Results: Pretest and posttest mean±SD were 2.98±1.03 and 3.46±0.68, respectively, showing a significant difference (p<0.05). There were significant differences before and after the intervention in the 2 subscales of importance of virtual education and interest in using virtual environment (p<0.05). On the other hand, there was no significant difference in the anxiety of using virtual environment before and after the intervention. Conclusion: In general, the results revealed that blogging by nursing students could improve students’ attitudes towards virtual education. CP - IRAN IN - Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine, Center of Educational Re-search in Medical Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. LG - eng PB - MJIRI PG - 877 PT - Original Research YR - 2017