Author(s)

WenWen Shi, HaiYing Yin, MengMi Lu^*

Affiliation(s)

Department of Nursing, Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities, Baise 533000, Guangxi, China.

Corresponding Author

MengMi Lu

ABSTRACT

Objective: To investigate the implementation of a hybrid teaching model—integrating the BOPPPS framework within a SPOC platform under the guidance of the OBE concept—in internal medicine nursing courses at higher vocational colleges. Methods: The 2022 and 2023 higher vocational nursing students (here in after referred to as nursing students) from a university in Baise City, Guangxi were selected by cluster sampling method as the research subjects. The intervention group (n=236 implemented hybrid teaching based on the BOPPPS teaching model with the help of the SPOC platform, and the control group (n=216) adopted conventional teaching methods. The autonomous learning ability, critical thinking and test scores of the two groups of nursing students were compared. Results: The autonomous learning ability, critical thinking and test scores of the nursing students in the experimental group were higher than those in the control group (P<0. 05). Conclusion: The hybrid teaching based on the BOPPPS teaching model under the SPOC platform based on the OBE concept has a positive effect on improving the autonomous learning ability, critical thinking ability and test scores of nursing students.

KEYWORDS

OBE; BOPPPS; SPOC; Internal medicine nursing; Higher vocational colleges

CITE THIS PAPER

WenWen Shi, HaiYing Yin, MengMi Lu. Application research of BOPPPS teaching model based on OBE concept SPOC platform in higher vocational education: a case study of internal medicine nursing course. World Journal of Educational Studies. 2026, 4(1): 35-45. DOI: https://doi.org/10.61784/wjes3124.

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