Moodle Tips
Online Pivot: Clarity is Key
In these stressful times obvious, clear, consistent, and concise instructions are essential!
NCLEX
Three Activities To Improve Exam Readiness
Today’s Tuesday Teaching Tip is the first one directed at my colleagues instead of my students. Before my last class, I went to the literature to look for ways to improve student readiness for exams and decrease test anxiety. One article, in particular, was quite thought-provoking (Poorman, Mastorovich, & Gerwick, Read more…
Nurse as Educator
Resolution Phase: End of Term Sadness and Hope
The term is drawing to a close. As the learning guide in my courses, I can see that we are almost through the phases of the therapeutic nurse-client relationship (Registered Nurses Association of Ontario, 2002). Moving into the term I decided that I would do what was pedagogically sound for Read more…
Innovation
Nuggets of Wisdom from Block A at #TESS2019 about VR, Overcoming Hurdles of UDL, and Course Design.
Virtual Reality I am really interested in exploring virtual reality in my practice. The question is – where do we start? Awareness is one place to start. As with any innovation the place to start should be with the purpose of the video. If it makes sense to make a Read more…
Nurse as Educator
Simulation Strategies: Tuesday Teaching Tip
Good morning! Simulation, whether virtual or in-person has immense potential for the development of nursing skills and confidence (Koetting & Freed, 2017). Simulations may be digital or not, graded or not, and used in conjunction with gamification (Wiggins, 2016). A lot of discussion around simulation is focused on hand-on high Read more…
Innovation
The Tech Problem: Tuesday Teaching Tip
Good morning educators! There are so many technologies for teaching out there (my favourite is H5P). One of the biggest mistakes an educator can make in any context is putting the technology before the learners. It is important not to jump into using technology too quickly without making an evidence-informed Read more…
LU Teaching and Learning Days 2019
Teaching as a Performance (Aaron)
As teachers we are performers. It can’t just be performance – there needs to be content (A wise comment from Simon Bates). I had the opportunity to watch Aaron teach once and he is quite the performer. If you get a chance to observe his class do it. Watching the Read more…
9X9X25 Challenge
Video Feedback: Time-Saver or Time-Waster?
Some lessons from using video to grade student work.
9X9X25 Challenge
Unintended Learning From Mandatory Training Modules
An unintended lesson from this mandatory training.
