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"Qualitative Research Online resources to aid in conducting, finding, using, synthesizing, and teaching qualitative research in the health sciences."

comprehensive collection of materials to help nurse educators understand and conduct qualitative research

Karl Kapp, a respected educational technologist, lists a number of resources and research on virtual worlds as a higher education teaching tool.

" The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is the national voice for America's baccalaureate- and higher-degree nursing education programs. AACN's educational, research, governmental advocacy, data collection, publications, and other programs work to establish quality standards for bachelor's- and graduate-degree nursing education, assist deans and directors to implement those standards, influence the nursing profession to improve health care, and promote public support of baccalaureate and graduate education, research, and practice in nursing- the nation's largest health care profession. "

This video explores the potential for using wikis as a qualitative research methodology.

Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work-in the web browser itself. Works like CiteULike

Julie and Vicki have published a research report on using audio feedback for peer review on student writing.

"This paper is a great example of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning; Vicki and Julie have carefully researched "what works" in teaching using audio peer reviews, and offered suggestions for others based on their results"

For those of you interested in evidence-based practice guidelines developed by nursing, the Oncology Nursing Society's Putting Evidence Into Practice (PEP®) guidelines are now included in the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC), an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

On the Journal's beta site, we pursue new ideas in publishing and showcase innovative ways to present information for use in medical education, research, and clinical practice. This beta site is part of our commitment to physicians who "Never Stop Learning". Please check back often.

ABSTRACT This paper reports the findings of a case study in which audio feedback replaced text-based feedback in asynchronous courses. Previous research has demonstrated that participants in online courses can build effective learning communities through text based communication alone. Similarly, it has been demonstrated that instructors for online courses can adequately project immediacy behaviors using textbased communication.

This document is only a few pages long with paragraphs that succinctly address: * Online Mentoring and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning - revisited * Reimaging Teacher Education * Global Research Challenges

"ION is always trying to further the knowledge of online education. In the course of our research and practice, we come across many best practices in online teaching. This index represents a compilation of those activities to help instructors plan their online and hybrid courses. A complete description of each activity is given, along with examples when possible. "

A good resource of online teaching activities such as - Case Studies, ice breakers, jigsaw, peer editing, role playing, etc. If you are designing or re-designing an online class, look here for inspiration.

A good presentation about Diigo as a research tool.

Duke University project uses iPads in a pilot for Global Health course

This guide, for hospital administrators and emergency department leaders, provides step-by-step instructions for planning and implementing patient flow improvement strategies to ease emergency department crowding.

This is an excellent on-line resource for teaching statistics, research, or referencing for specific topics involving statistics.

Evidence for Clicker use. Details a research study about using Clicker / TurningPoint is a classroom.

Educause's '7 things you should know about' series is an excellent place to begin research on any teaching technology or method.

Blog post from Duke's CIT explaining the use and features of Zotero and CiteULike