Course Design on the Fly, Supporting a New Colloaborative Nursing Program (My...
Blended learning for nursing education
1. Blended Learning for Nursing Education
Re-igniting the Nightingale Lamp with ICT
June Kaminski, RN MSN PhD(c)
BSN-Post Baccalaureate Program
Program & Curriculum Coordinator
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
2. BSN-PB Program at Kwantlen
Launched in Fall 2012
1 Planning the Technological Landscape
Shaping Curriculum based on Relational
2 Engagement, Critical Inquiry, Health Promotion
3 Nursing & Faculty Mentors, Faculty Development
3. Overview of the BSN-PB Program
Methods of Blended Delivery
Prepares students with a previous degree in 27 months
Includes two Residencies and two Capstone Practice courses
Strong use of High fidelity Simulation Labs to reinforce practice
All other courses are taken online
Other practice courses include Primary Health Care, Families
Content is richly enhanced with interactive & creative technologies
4. Technological Landscape
Multi-layered approach for enhanced Engagement
Mahara ePortfolios – Collection of
Learning Artifacts
Creativity, Interactivity,
Moodle iPads Multimedia, Reflection
Digital texts and resources
eTexts
5. Curriculum & Pedagogy
Major Philosophical Foundation
Professional
Nursing Practice Role Critical Social
& Praxis Theory
Critical Relational
Inquiry Engagement
Social
Constructivism
Ways of
Knowing
Health
Promotion
6. Importance of Mentors
Role Models, Social Support, Expert Guide
Nurse Mentor Inspire
Mentors Faculty Mentor
Networking
Nurture Guide
7. Faculty Development
Preparing for the Blended Teaching Environment
Work
shops
Uniform
Tutorials
Design
Share Education
Point
Courses
taken at
Portfolio
University of
N. Colorado
iPads
8. LMS – Moodle 2.3
Technological Foundation
Online Activities
Syllabus
Multimedia
Book
Format
Rubrics
Learning Activities
http://moodle.org
17. iPads and Apps
Apps are used to:
• Augment and enrich content
• Support creativity
• Facilitate interaction
• Personalize learning
http://itunes.com
18. Apps for Visual Conceptualization
• Multisensory
learning
• Aesthetics
• Interactivity
• Creativity
• Experiential
learning.
By Beejay Digno
19. Practice & Residencies
• Sem 1 Includes • Sem 5
two week long Community
Residency & Health
Labs
Sem 1 Sem 2
Personal Chronic
FAMILY COMMUNITY
VISITS AGENCY VISITS
Sem 3
Mental
Sem 4
Health,
Family
Medicine,
Surgery
• Sem 7 • Sem 6
Capstone Global Health
Practice Course
24. iPads support Practice & Praxis
• Student partners video-
record practice skills on
the performing student’s
own iPad
• Student reflects on own
performance by watching
the video recording
• Partners discuss the
recording and their
reflections the next day
25. Summary
Online Learning Residencies - Lab & Practice
• Enhanced with creative, • Labs enhanced with high
interactive, content and fidelity simulations and iPad
productivity software, iPads, recordings
and apps
• Semester 3 and 7 are intense
• Theory concentrated in online ten week hospital placement
components of program experiences, 40 hours/week
• Presence and expression • Nursing skills are first taught
encouraged by technology online, practiced in labs in
semesters 1 and 3, then
• Family and community visits,
applied in actual practice
research projects, mentors
areas in 3 and 7.
provide face to face contact