Nursing educational technologies

Nurse Tim (Tim Bristol) has many resources for the media / net savvy nurse and nurse educator.

interactive online simulations

Are there concepts in Nursing education that need interactive simulations, such as the ones on this site? Take a look at tell us what you think.

A good discussion about teaching with ICT technology

How are course evaluations handled at your institution? As we look for better assessment and evaluation of our students, perhaps we can look to change how they evaluate us.

Toys for Tools discuses how to enhance learning by using the powerful technology of cell phones both inside and outside the classroom. Many, if not most, educators view cell phones as the enemy. Author Liz Kolb sees them as powerful technology in the hands of students. Acknowledging the current reality-at many schools ban student cell phone use in the classroom-Kolb discusses a host of innovative and highly interesting uses for the technology that do not require using the phones in the classroom. She also addresses the issues that have caused the bans and provides guidelines for overcoming the problems.

Cell phones in classrooms? Ideas for incorporating these ubiquitous technology "Toys"/"Tools" into courses.

This conference is online and free to the public. Mary Barzee and I attended last year, and I recommend it highly.

A good overview of tips and techniques to make good powerpoint presentations.

This is a good resource for those revamping powerpoint slides for your courses

"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.

"The Blausen Human Atlas is an ideal interactive resource for professional, patient and consumer education. It contains 150 common medical treatments and conditions and combines 3D animation (approximately one to two minutes in length) with accompanying narration."

This iPhone / iPad app has video and graphic representations of body systems in a slick 3D interface.

"The use of simulation in graduate and undergraduate medical education and in team training has been demonstrated to improve trainee satisfaction. Multiple studies also have shown improvements in measures of provider self-efficacy and confidence."

"The 2010 Horizon Report is a collaboration between The New Media Consortium and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative An EDUCAUSE Program"

I agree! Mobile Learning is coming and it should be - has the potential to be so much more than improved access. it can be more than simply having access to recorded lectures in your car or on the bus via an iPod. I'm optimistic about the use of twitter and mobile devices to extend the classroom experience and improve communication. But I think we can do more. These mobile devices ( smart phones, Blackberry, iPad) are powerful computers in their own right. Perhaps we should start looking for and bookmarking mobile learning initiatives.

Absolutely. And as luck would have it, some folks on the IT list forum I am a part of have posted some. I'll log in and take a look. I am excited about the portability of information and would love to see such devices invited into the classroom for the purpose of learning instead of just seeing them turned off. When you think about it, mobile devices are pretty powerful mini computers networked to global information that could be, and should be harnessed. The power of google at my fingertips, whenever I need it.

A very good and simple explanation of social media.

Class digital storytelling example from Virginia Tech

Here is an example of a class using a Digital Storytelling class assignment. You can view the classes YouTube channel and see the student created videos.

A vision of students today

Digital natives as learners:"Engage them, don't enrage them". This is a video (7:52) that explains some of the issues related to 'Digital Native' students in a non-digital school structure.

Interesting video on today's learners versus standard teaching methods. Well referenced and entertaining. Daivd Warlick is quoted a couple of times

"Formerly hosted by the UNC TLT Collaborative, this year the TLT Conference is being hosted by UNC-Pembroke, with support by the UNC System, and will be held April 13-15, 2010 in Second Life. The presentations and demonstrations will be held on the five NC Education WeBIEE islands. NC Education is a Second Life group funded by the community colleges and open to all of North Carolina education. Registration for the 2010 UNC TLT Conference is free! You can attend from your home, office, library . . . anywhere you have a broadband internet connection -- for free!!"

An example of a educational technology conference held in Second Life. Many of our community will attend - Hope to see you there!

"Wired released a video show their magazine on the iPad"

Here is an example of how Wired Magazine is using the new 'affordances' of the iPad to distribute reading content.

This article has a great video in it that shows variation in magazine design for the new iPad. Magazine design may lead the way for publication/Web surfing navigation design.

This brief article talks about 1.) how Twitter could aid in the spread of misinformation 2.) as well as the potential for researchers and health educators to use Twitter to help identify misconceptions and re-educate people.

"Dr. Drew Polly, College of Education, UNC Charlotte, joins Maria again to talk about using social bookmarking tools. Drew describes what social bookmarking is and how your students can use the tools to meet a course goal. He also emphasizes the importance of taking the time to evaluate, analyze and annotate the bookmarks so they'll provide valuable and useful information."

A terrific podcast about Social bookmarking

"Biomedical PowerPoint Toolkit Suite All 8 PowerPoint Toolkits with over 2,000 professionally designed and ready-to-use slides and diagrams to help you create professional presentations All diagrams are vector-based and placed in PowerPoint slides already. They can be freely edited, adjusted, scaled and colored in PowerPoint. Download Demo Slides "

While not free, these graphic diagrams could be a real benefit to your teaching practice.