Technology in Nursing Education at the Capstone

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Technology in Nursing Education at the Capstone
Becky Edwards, MSN, RN, SCPI Director of
Facilities, Technology and Distance
Education Jeanette VanderMeer, DSN, RN
Coordinator of RN Mobility Tracks Marietta
Stanton, PhD, RN, CNAA, BC, CMAC, CCM Director
of Graduate Programs
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Technology in Nursing Education at the Capstone
Overview

• Review how technology emerged at the Capstone
• Reasons why we chose to teach online
• Barriers encountered by students with online
  courses
• Barriers encountered by faculty with online
  courses
• Resources available for online students and
  faculty
• Benefits of online courses
• Examples
• Lessons learned

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Technology in Nursing Education at the Capstone
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Technology in Nursing Education at the Capstone
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Technology in Nursing Education at the Capstone
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Technology in Nursing Education at the Capstone
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Technology in Nursing Education at the Capstone
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Technology in Nursing Education at the Capstone
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Online Component
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Technology in Nursing Education at the Capstone
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Technology in Nursing Education at the Capstone
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Technology in Nursing Education at the Capstone
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Technology in Nursing Education at the Capstone
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Joint Courses
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Technology in Nursing Education at the Capstone
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Technology in Nursing Education at the Capstone
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RN Mobility and Graduate Courses
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Challenges During the Early Years

• Initially The University was just getting started
  with online courses and lacked resources
  available for online students that were available
  to students on campus.

• Registration
• Connection to the Graduate School
• Library
• Bookstore
• Writing Center

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Challenges During the Early Years

• No infrastructure for trouble shooting problems.

• No formal faculty development.

• We learned by trial and error.

• Technology assistant was hired in the graduate
  program.

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Challenges During the Early Years
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Course Design Early Days
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Current Resources Available for Faculty
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Current Resources Available for Faculty

• Learning Resources Center at CCN
• College of Continuing Studies
• Assist with courses in online programs
• Contract signed between CCN and CCS
• Assign a instructional developer to each course
• Faculty Resources Center --
• Teach all faculty how to use eLearning
• Provide classes and online tutorials for
  eLearning and other software programs

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Current Resources Available for Faculty

• Online Writing Center
• Designated distance education person at the
• UA Libraries
• Designated staff at CCN to assist students
• Vendors are now providing online textbooks
• and digital videos
• APA tutorials

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Barriers Encountered by Faculty with Teaching
Online
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Barriers Encountered by Students with Online
Courses
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Barriers Encountered by Students with Online
Courses

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• 95 personal problems
• 5 did not like online

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Course Design Course Enhancements
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Course Design Course Enhancements
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Course Design Course Enhancements
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Course Design Course Enhancements
Side Bar

• Announcements
• Course Faculty and Contact Information
• Syllabus
• Topical Outline
• Calendar
• Learning Modules
• Assessments (Tests)
• Assignments
• Discussion
• Mail
• Whos Online

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Incorporate Innovative Teaching Strategies
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Incorporate Innovative Teaching Strategies

• Initiated in fall 2008 for students in the
• undergraduate prgram promoted to
• upper division.
• Required for RN students when they
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• Students are taught how to use the software in
  the
• nursing informatics course.
• Learning modules in eLearning require use of the
  PDA.

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Incorporate Innovative Teaching Strategies

• Graduate faculty and students also use
• PDAs.
• Software used by graduate students is
• different than that used by undergraduate
  students.
• PDAs are required in the ?????????? course.
• PDAs are then used by students in all clinical
  courses.

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Lessons Learned

• No matter what technology is useit is NOT cheap!
  
• Takes a lot of human resources.
• Requires commitment of university administration.
• Requires coordination of various departments.
• Faculty must be flexible.
• Faculty must be receptive to change.
• Recently migrated from WebCT to eLearning, which
  is the Blackboard Vista software.

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Lessons Learned

• Teaching online is not like teaching in the
  classroom.
• Teaching an online course is not 9-5.
• Students expect instant feedback 24/7 and faculty
  must set limits upfront.
• Pay attention to student workload. Dont overload
  students.

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Lessons Learned

• The number of students in an online course must
  be considered.
• If you have a student who is not participating,
  catch this early.
• Consider how students who take an incomplete and
  finish the course the next semester are calcuated
  into the faculty workload.

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Lessons Learned
Computerized Testing
SECURITY

• Set time limits.
• Make sure that students cannot copy and paste.
• Block students from accessing the Internet or
  other files.
• Prevent students from recording test sessions.

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Other Technologies in the Undergraduate Program
Simulation

• 4 High-Fidelity Simulators
• 3 Adult models
• 1 Pediatric model
• All Clinical Courses and the Pharmacology Course

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Other Technologies in the Undergraduate Program
Simulation Center
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Other Technologies in the Undergraduate Program
Tegrity

• The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa has a
  site
• license for Tegrity.
• Used in courses where the technology is present.
  
• Captures the PowerPoint and faculty lecture.
• Link is placed on eLearning.
• Students can review as many times as they want.
• Students can download audio to iPod.
• Students like Tegrity.

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Future Technologies for Online Classes

• Simulation
• METI Vision
• Virtual Reality
• Second Generation

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Technology in Nursing Education at the Capstone
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Becky Edwards Director of Facilities,
Technology and Distance Education Jeanette
VanderMeer Coordinator of RN Mobility
Tracks Marietta Stanton Director of Graduate
Programs