"The Online Teaching Guide was developed by faculty members from the Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) under the guidance of the Duke Center for Instructional Technology (CIT). The work of this group culminated in this resource for faculty members who want to enhance their ability to plan effective online learning experiences for students. This guide serves as a user-friendly and practical tool to assist faculty in planning and implementing online courses."
If you are looking for ways to engage and communicate with online students, this matrix will quickly show you options. Many are available for students to set up themselves, thus making them good options for online student group work.
"Cary Moskovitz has been using the concept of "think aloud" responses in his writing courses, getting professionals in various fields at Duke to record comments and feedback on student papers. Students gain valuable insight from a reader familiar with the subject area of the paper and gain a better sense of ownership of their writing in a "real world" situation."
A teachign and learning material repository built by the Consortium for Health Professions Educators at Duke.
This site "provides links to information and internal and external resources to help faculty in many areas" concerning the scholarship of teaching and technology innovations. Also, the builders hope that faculty will participate and " contribute ideas, experiences, questions, resources, and so on."
"The website is considered to be a "living" resource that will change continually
and to which each faculty member may contribute ideas, experiences, questions,
resources, and so on."
"Cultural Compentency and Healthcare Adobe PDF
Upon completion of this module, you should be able to:
Define cultural competency
Identify correlates of cultural competency as described in the literature
Define stereotyping and bias
Discuss the relevance of cultural competency within the healthcare profession
Identify specific factors that impact cultural competency within the healthcare profession
Explain the dominant belief systems on health, illness and healing among various ethnic groups
Define disparities in terms of access to healthcare, economics, and education
Explain how disparities affect healthcare outcomes
Formulate a plan for addressing cultural competency in clinical practice"
This module on cultural competency is available through the online training for physician assistants at Duke. It is, however, a general module with potentially wide health care worker reach.
"Six Nursing faculty and one graduate student participated in a CIT Fellows Program to develop methods evaluate the quality of the School's online courses. The group created an evaluation rubric, applied it to their courses, and conducted student focus groups to provide feedback about online course quality. "
"Health Literacy
Upon completion of this module, you should be able to:
Define health literacy
Identify common concerns related to health literacy
Describe low health literacy and its impact on society
Review common health literacy assessment tools
Formulate a plan to better communicate health information to patients in your practice"
"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"
"... information on the process of planning and executing student video assignments as a guide for other faculty... This document outlines their thoughts... on best practices for using video in student assignments."
A must read for any faculty considering or preparing a video assignment, which could include video journals, digital story-telling, or anything dealing with YouTube, FlipCams, or VoiceThread.