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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.

"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."

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"

This is a good site for resizing images, putting captions on images and working with images for your projects.

Flip Video Camera in Education

iNet has done a featured tool article on Flip Video focusing on a project that Dr. Nancy Short did with her Doctor of Nursing Practice Health Policy students. This article gives more information and project ideas abou the Flip Video at an elementary school level. (We in higher ed have a lot to learn from those teachers!)

"Whether you are looking for tools that can bring a distance education class together or tools to help students and teachers in traditional classrooms working on group projects, the following collaboration tools will help with any need. From group papers to file sharing to group communication, the following tools will help bring any educational group together seamlessly to produce awesome results."

Collaboration and group work tools. A long list, but would give you a sense of what's out there.

"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. "

Standardized rubric for online classes produced by faculty at the Duke School of Nursing

Springer publishing supports online sharing of citations.

You got it exactly right, Linda. CiteULike for referencing / citations and Diigo for websites. The concept is similar: People sharing resources which helps to discover trends and eliminate redundancy. EndNote (a supported tool at DUKE), CiteUlike, and Zotero (http://www.zotero.org/) fall into citation management and sharing. Delicious and Diigo can be categorized as website sharing. It would be great if BOTH these ways to share caught on and were used in our schools. But, how would we prove they were effective?

Linda! That sounds really neat, I'd be interested in hearing more about your EndNote/CiteULike class assignment. Could be a great Featured Tool scenario! Neat stuff.

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

"To facilitate integration of the Master's Essentials into nursing program curricula, AACN is developing new resources, assembling an online faculty tool kit, planning interactive sessions, and hosting a series of Webinars for faculty and staff engaged in this important work. Watch for details on these upcoming activities and please let us know what additional materials you would find useful by sending your suggestions to Kathy McGuinn, AACN Director of Special Projects, at kmcguinn@aacn.nche.edu or 202-463-6930 , extension 262. "

A few DUSON professors are using iTouch PDAs in class. The entire DNP cohort is given an iTouch to use during the program. They are intended for downloading and viewing lectures on the run, but there are many more options for use - look here for ideas!

E-portfolio evaluation rubric

If you are thinking of implementing E-portfolios in your class/program, this might be a good starting point for planning evaluation of portfolio projects.

Helpful screencast on how to find images for your presentations. Explains Creative commons searching on compfight.com

This screencast may be useful if you plan an activity that requires students to make presentations. Also useful for your class presentations

Thanks Newman, this is great. Something to keep in mind for students and faculty wanting to publish to iTunes University as well. I have seen several podcasts with blacked out scenes because there wasn't permission to show the content or images that was being presented.

This was written for K-12 educator audience, but has some very good advice for those looking at starting a digital storytelling project.

A virtual medical Center tour at the University of Auckland. The Second Life Tour is led by project director Scott Diener, Ph.D.

This video (created by Claudia Kimbrough) shows the use of Second Life in two College of Management courses. This innovative teaching and learning environment is a part of NC State University's LITRE (Learning in a Technology Rich Environment) program and a part of VOLT: Virtual Online Learning and Teaching, a comprehensive, collaborative project on online learning led by Len Annetta.

Various factors, including the fact that in fast-paced, acute care settings, students have little time to reflect on a client's situation and provide appropriate and thoughtful nursing interventions, led our faculty to develop real-life, real-time scenarios for a simulated clinical setting. Senior students studying Complex Illness and Disease Management are assigned to 15 weeks of eight-hour clinicals in an acute care setting. Now, three sessions with a high-fidelity simulation (HFS) manikin are spaced throughout the semester. The eight-hour authentic clinical scenario mimics the entire hospitalization experience, from admission to discharge of a client. The scenario is designed to enhance students' critical thinking skills and promote confidence and comfort in the clinical arena. While skills lab use of HFS focuses primarily on learning skills and tasks, the simulation clinical focuses on solving problems, teamwork, understanding complex disease processes, decision making, and critical thinking. A focus on tasks and skills is one component of the scenario, but only in relation to caring for the client.

Details nurse educators experience creating high fidelity simulation experiences for a nursing students. Headings include: Project development, simulation clinical experience, and outcomes.

"The International Council of Nurses (ICN) is a federation of more than 130 national nurses associations (NNAs), representing the more than 13 million nurses worldwide. Founded in 1899, ICN is the world's first and widest reaching international organisation for health professionals. Operated by nurses and leading nurses internationally, ICN works to ensure quality nursing care for all, sound health policies globally, the advancement of nursing knowledge, and the presence worldwide of a respected nursing profession and a competent and satisfied nursing workforce."

Quiz show that teaches about minority health issues in the U.S.

This is a good example of what we are trying to acheive with the IOM modules in the iNet Project. This Quiz show module teaches about misconception regarding minority health in the U.S. It is creative, simple, and fun to play. Check it out!