Nursing educational technologies

Prof. Constance Johnson's video about use of Second Life in Nursing Education

Good list of reasons to use twitter as a Teacher.

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

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.

Good talk about issues surrounding digital culture, social media, and virtual worlds.

A web service, still under beta, that quickly records your audio, stores it online (public), and allows you to embed it in webpages or link to it in emails.

A wiki with information about using VoiceThread in the classroom

Duke Digital Initiative's matrix of communication tools for use with students (and between students)

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.

Clear, short slideshow that models good design.

excellent, but silent, slideshow on starting out in Second Life for educators

Educause's 7 things series on VoiceThread

Excellent ideas for using VoiceThread in the classroom. Prof. D. Barksdale spoke about her experience with VoiceThread at the 2009 iNET conference

This is the help section of the Wiki software embedded in Blackboard. It has some clear explanation of how and why to use wikis (and blogs) in the classroom. Plus some case studies.

Excellent quickstart guide for beginning with Second Life. This is the best place to start with Second life.

A place to begin with Second Life. Access to the software download, quickstart guides, and support options. Also, directions to reset your password.

The Second Life Official Site and place to download the software