Introduction: French nurse schools use more and more frequently scanned lecture courses because of their partnership with universities.
Objective: This study was aimed to identify the training strategies set up by nursing students with regard to lecture courses given by CD-ROM/DVD, as well as their perceptions of such an educational system.
Method: 88 nursing students (second semester) answered a questionnaire; 62 were collected, from which a frequency study was led.
Result: Students attempt to set up in-depth training strategies but do not succeed significantly and spare much efforts. It does result discouragement with lack of motivation in regard to their training.
Discussion: Using CD-ROM without adapted didactic environment disturb the development of requested training strategies compared to socio-constructivist principles it does refer to.