Within a physical classroom, different teaching methods can be used to foster interaction and learning: • Classroom lecture • Classroom discussion • Classroom debate • Small group activities and projects • Tests/exams For this week, consider this: How can these methods be used or modified for the eLearning environment?

PURPOSE This assignment provides a scenario that the students will use as the foundation for the design of an experiential learning activity that will emphasize interprofessional communication, ethics, and civility in the clinical setting. Focusing on their future practice setting of either academic or professional development, the student can select the level of student for this learning activity. Application of principles learned from previous weeks in this course is expected. COURSE OUT...

A novice nurse educator is assigned to develop and implement learning activities in the skills laboratory. She expresses her disappointment to her mentor because she was looking forward to presenting in the classroom. The novice educator comments, "What can happen in the skills lab except making beds?" As the mentor to this novice nurse educator, how would you respond? Can learning occur in the skills laboratory? What actions can an educator take to foster the transfer of learning from a la...

With any topic in nursing education, it is important to understand both the pros and cons for any topic in nursing education. This week, our conversation focuses on the rebuttal of several commonly occurring cons of the use of serious gaming and virtual reality within any type of nursing educational setting (i.e., academic, professional development, or patient education). Select one of the following cons and provide a professional rebuttal. • Con 1: Gaming/virtual reality decreases the a...

Purpose This assignment provides the opportunity for the student to develop an evolving case study that would be useful as part of a small group activity in the clinical setting. It should not be written for a simulation learning activity. Using a concept presented in Weeks 2, 3, and 4, the student incorporates the elements expected of an evolving case study as well as includes pathophysiology, pharmacology, and physical assessment. Requirements Description of the Assignment This assignmen...

The development of Socratic questions can be a challenge for a nurse educator. Is there something that makes Socratic questioning more difficult than just asking a "normal" or "usual" question? How can a nurse educator develop a habit regarding Socratic questioning?

This is the second day of an experiential learning event. While you have eight students, one of them has caught your attention. The learner seems to be non-verbally engaged by nodding in agreement to other learners' statements/answers and has good eye contact, but yet does not answer any question. Yesterday, you asked this student a question, but after a few seconds of silence, another student answered the question. You could almost see the disappointment on the first student's face. Today ...