Newly Emerged Online Educational Framework in Nursing Major during the Pandemic of COVID-19

The pandemic of COVID-19 has globally interrupted the education systems. Many countries includingJordan forcefully moved to online education. This study is designed to build an innovative Framework toovercome the concerns and challenges of online clinical teaching.A cyclical module of the Online Clinical Training Pathway (OCTP) was created to provide an opportunity forstudents to document their learning, in the form of a reflection guide. Each module aims to attain the intendedlearning outcomes through a set of four integrated learning activities. OCTP success was assessed by regularevaluation parallel with semi-structured interview targeted faculty members and students across courses andstudent levels. The results emerged a new framework of the teaching and learning of synchronous distancelearning among participants. Technical limitations were also observed with regards to internet-connectionspeed and reliability. Quality indicators of the synchronous and asynchronous online environment wereissues that need to be addressed. Creating opportunities to enhance online engagement through the use ofnew framework methodology provides a promising direction to bring experiential education into the onlinecontext.