
Distance Education in Nursing : Third Edition.
Title:
Distance Education in Nursing : Third Edition.
Author:
Karen Frith PhD, RN.
ISBN:
9780826109460
Personal Author:
Edition:
3rd ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (249 pages)
Contents:
Distance Education in Nursing -- Distance Education in Nursing -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- ONE Educating Nurses The Call for Transformation of Nursing Education -- RECOMMENDED "SHIFTS" FROM THE CARNEGIE NATIONAL STUDY OF NURSING EDUCATION -- From a Focus on Covering Decontextualized Knowledge to an Emphasis on Teaching for a Sense of Salience, Situated Cognition, and Action in Particular Clinical Situations -- From a Sharp Separation of Clinical and Classroom Teaching to Integration of Classroom and Clinical Teaching -- From an Emphasis on Critical Thinking to an Emphasis on Clinical Reasoning and Multiple Ways of Thinking That Include Critical Thinking -- From an Emphasis on Socialization and Role-Taking to an Emphasis on Formation -- BARRIERS TO ACCOMPLISHING THE FOUR PARADIGM SHIFTS -- BOUNDARIES ON THE WAY TO TRANSFORMATION -- TRANSFORMATION OF NURSING IN DISTANCE EDUCATION -- Paradigms 1 and 2: Teaching for a Sense of Salience, Situated Cognition, and Action in Particular Situations and Integrating Classroom and Clinical Teaching -- Paradigm 3: Emphasis on Clinical Reasoning and Multiple Ways of Thinking -- Paradigm 4: Emphasis on Formation -- SUMMARY AND KEY POINTS -- Key Points -- REFERENCES -- TWO An Overview of Distance Education and Online Courses -- KEY CONCEPTS DEFINED -- Distance Education -- Traditional Courses and Internet-Supported Courses -- Hybrid Courses -- Online Courses -- Modes of Online Education -- ONLINE LEARNING IS A WIN FOR HIGHER EDUCATION -- Advantages of Online Learning -- Limitations of Online Education -- IMPORTANT THEMES -- WHAT TO EXPECT WITH ONLINE LEARNING -- SUMMARY AND KEY POINTS -- REFERENCES -- THREE Faculty Preparation for Teaching Online -- FACULTY READINESS FOR TEACHING ONLINE -- Teaching and Learning: A Shift in Pedagogy -- Competencies for Teaching Online.
Faculty Self-Assessment -- Types of Preparation -- ONLINE COURSE DESIGN STRATEGIES -- WHAT MAKES AN ONLINE COURSE SUCCESSFUL? -- Community Building -- Collaboration -- Connectivity -- PRACTICAL HINTS FOR TEACHING ONLINE -- Authenticity and Academic Integrity -- ADVANTAGES AND CHALLENGES OF TEACHING ONLINE FOR FACULTY -- SUMMARY AND KEY POINTS -- REFERENCES -- FOUR Exemplars of Faculty Preparation -- RN-BSN DISTANCE EDUCATION: Flor Culpa-Bondal, PhD, RN -- Beginning to Teach Online -- Process of Learning to Teach the First Course -- Evaluating Teaching and Learning -- Maintaining Online/Distance Education Teaching Skills -- Future of Distance Education in Nursing -- Selected Distance Education Activities That Demonstrate Recommendations From the Carnegie Report -- PhD IN A NURSING DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM: Judith A. Effken, PhD, RN, FACMI, FAAN -- Developing the Online Doctoral Program -- Process of Learning to Teach the First Course -- Designing Courses Now -- Evaluation of Teaching and Learning -- Maintaining Online/Distance Education Teaching Skills -- Future of Online Teaching -- Pearls of Wisdom From Our Experts -- REFERENCE -- FIVE Supporting Learner Success -- LEARNER MOTIVATIONS IN DISTANCE EDUCATION COURSES -- Reasons for Taking Online Courses -- Learner Readiness -- Enabling Factors for Online Learning -- Barriers to Online Learning -- INFORMING THE LEARNER ABOUT COURSES -- ORIENTING LEARNERS TO DISTANCE EDUCATION -- Technology -- Expectations -- Roles -- Special Needs -- PROVIDING TECHNICAL SUPPORT -- Hardware and Software -- Online Textbook Materials and Software -- SUPPORTING LEARNERS WITH COURSE RESOURCES -- E-mail -- Library Access -- Bookstore -- FACILITATING LEARNER SUCCESS -- Student Interaction -- Faculty Interaction -- Evaluating Student Support Systems -- SUMMARY AND KEY POINTS -- REFERENCES -- SIX Exemplars of Student Support.
DNP PROGRAM, UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE: Faye Anderson, DNS, RN, NEA-BC -- Student Readiness for Online Learning -- Enabling Factors for Student Success -- Supporting Students to Overcome Barriers to Success -- Personal Characteristics That Aid Student Success -- RN-BSN AND MSN PROGRAMS: Crystal Lane-Tillerson, PhD, MEd, MS, RN, CNE -- Student Readiness for Online Learning -- Enabling Factors for Student Success -- Supporting Students to Overcome Barriers to Success -- Personal Characteristics That Aid Student Success -- Pearls of Wisdom From Our Experts -- REFERENCES -- SEVEN Using Learning Objects to Enhance Distance Education -- DEFINING LEARNING OBJECTS AND STANDARDS -- UNDERSTANDING STANDARDS FOR LEARNING OBJECTS -- Library of Congress Standards -- LORI Standards -- MERLOT Peer-Review Standards -- Creative Commons License -- Open Educational Resources -- Open Textbooks -- Open-Access Research -- Open Journals -- Open Learning -- OpenCourseWare -- iTunes and iTunes U -- Open Tools -- MATCHING LEARNING OBJECTS TO LESSON OUTCOMES -- Knowledge/Remembering -- Comprehension/Understanding -- Application/Applying -- Higher-Order Thinking Skills -- FINDING PUBLISHER AND INTERNET LEARNING OBJECTS -- MINING THE INTERNET FOR APPROPRIATE LEARNING OBJECTS -- PLANNING, CREATION, STORAGE, AND RETRIEVAL OF LEARNING OBJECTS -- Jing to Capture Screenshots and Share With Others -- Audacity to Record and Edit Audio -- Hot Potatoes and Quandary to Create Interactive Learning Objects -- MERLOT Content Builder to Create Learning Objects -- Apple iWork to Create E-books and Podcasts -- Microsoft Office to Create Slide Shows With Audio and Video -- Commercial Apps for Creating Interactive Learning Objects -- Sharable Content Object Reference Model -- SUMMARY AND KEY POINTS -- Key Points -- REFERENCES.
EIGHT Using Simulations to Enhance Clinical Reasoning and Judgment -- OVERVIEW OF CLINICAL REASONING AND CLINICAL JUDGMENT -- USING SIMULATIONS TO PROMOTE CLINICAL JUDGMENT -- Sources of Simulations -- ONLINE, TELEHEALTH, AND BLENDED SIMULATIONS -- Prerecorded Video Simulation -- In Situ Cases Blending With Online Questions -- Sources -- EXAMPLES OF UNFOLDING SIMULATIONS IN AN ONLINE ENVIRONMENT -- USING EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR SIMULATION (SECOND LIFE AND SIMULATORS) -- Exemplars of Interaction Using Emerging Technologies Via Second Life and Simulations -- EXAMPLES OF USING SECOND LIFE IN A DISTANCE EDUCATION FORMAT -- Community Health -- Postclinical Conferences -- Mental Health Nursing -- Nutritional Assessment in a Physical-Assessment Course -- STUDENT-DIRECTED SCENARIOS -- DEBRIEFING THE DISTANCE LEARNER -- SUMMARY AND KEY POINTS -- REFERENCES -- NINE Designing Online Learning Activities -- LAY THE FOUNDATION: PROGRAM AND COURSE OUTCOMES -- KNOW THE STUDENTS -- ASSESS AVAILABLE RESOURCES -- SELECT THE RIGHT TECHNOLOGY -- EXAMPLES -- Example for a Nursing Doctoral Program -- Example for a Graduate Program -- EVALUATING THE TECHNOLOGIES USED -- SUMMARY AND KEY POINTS -- Key Points -- REFERENCES -- TEN Enhancing Writing in Online Education -- WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM -- Writing in the Discipline -- Writing to Learn -- Planning for Writing Assignments -- Purposes of Writing Assignments -- Formal Papers -- Learning to Write Formal Papers -- Writing-to-Learn Activities -- ASSESSMENT OF WRITING ASSIGNMENTS -- Providing Feedback -- Grading Writing Assignments -- Other Principles for Assessing Writing Assignments -- PREVENTING PLAGIARISM -- SUMMARY AND KEY POINTS -- Key Points -- REFERENCES -- ELEVEN Quality Monitoring and Accreditation in Nursing Distance Education Programs -- QM: EVIDENCE FOR BEST PRACTICES FOR DE IN NURSING.
Effectiveness of DE Delivery -- Use of Teaching-Learning Practices -- DE and Clinical Practice -- Student Satisfaction -- Professional Practice Socialization -- Access and Enrollment -- Student Orientation for Technology Use -- Learning Resources and Student Support Services -- Faculty Development and Workload -- QUALITY INDICATORS FOR DISTANCE DELIVERED ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND COURSES -- Monitoring Quality in Academic Programs and Courses -- Sloan-C -- Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education -- Framework for Assessing Outcomes and Practices in Web-Based Courses in Nursing -- Community of Inquiry -- Quality Matters™ -- QM PROCESS -- Framework, Methods, and Instruments to Guide QM -- ACCREDITATION IN NURSING DE -- NLNAC -- CCNE -- State Boards of Nursing -- State and Federal Oversight of DE -- EXEMPLAR OF QM IN A DE PhD PROGRAM -- SUMMARY AND KEY POINTS -- Key Points -- REFERENCES -- TWELVE "There's an App for That!" Wireless and Mobile Computing in Distance Education -- WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TOOLS AND MOBILE COMPUTING -- Smartphones and Tablets -- Smartphones -- Tablets -- Web 2.0 -- SOCIAL NETWORKING -- Facebook -- Twitter -- Blogs -- Social Bookmarking -- RSS Feeds -- SHARED DOCUMENTS -- VIDEO CASTING -- AVATAR EXPERIENCES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS -- CONFERENCING -- Phone Conferencing -- Video Conferencing -- Shared-Computer Conferencing -- TABLET AND SMARTPHONE APPS FOR NURSING STUDENTS -- iTunes U -- E-BOOKS NOW AND IN THE FUTURE -- CHOOSING CREDIBLE WEBSITES AND WEB TOOLS FOR USE IN ONLINE LEARNING -- WEBSITES FOR DISTANCE LEARNING STUDENTS -- SUMMARY AND KEY POINTS -- Key Points -- REFERENCES -- Index.
Abstract:
A Doodyís Core Title! ì[This book] addresses issues that cut across a wide range of best practices and the effect of technology on learning. [It includes] sound principles, new and creative ideas, [and] many implications for future research. What can and cannot be taught online? How are faculty best assisted in learning a new role? Who are the students in this geographically and culturally diverse learning community?... I know that you will enjoy this book because it combines current practices and research with building a foundation of knowledge that takes us into the future.î Jeanne M. Novotny, PhD, RN, FAAN Dean, School of Nursing Fairfield University This award-winning text, now in its third edition, integrates new digital teaching strategies with current distance education practices. Extensive revisions, seven new chapters, and an innovative format facilitate the planning, design, implementation, and evaluation of distance curriculum in undergraduate and graduate programs. New content promotes mobile computing in distance education, faculty preparation, quality improvement, learning in context, clinical reasoning, ethical comportment, and writing skills, and addresses the challenges of accreditation for distance programs. The text helps teachers assess their teaching strategies and try new methods in selected courses to enhance outcomes. Practical hints and key points focus on supporting learner success, using learning objects, and more.. Special features include an author-hosted blog and website to enhance and extend learning. The text is designed for RN-BSN, MSN, PhD, and DNP levels and will also be beneficial for health care organizations that provide online continuing education.This New Edition: Integrates new, contextually based teaching modalities with current distance education practices Includes seven new chapters with learning
objectives, benchmarking, and mobile computing (with Web 2.0 tools) possibilities Provides specific suggestions for overcoming barriers to online classes and other paradigm shifts Features teaching approaches, course and program design, and case examples Offers an author-managed blog and website , updated continually.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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