Meeting the challenge of social distancing in nursing education

Online learning widens participation,increasing access to education. Learning online is appealing to students who are located rurally, who have family tosupport and students who are required to work while studying (Schwartz 2019).Research commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) found online learning modalities were equivalent in achieving learning outcomes compared with traditional face to face teaching (Al-Shorbaji et al. 2015).