Moodle Tips
Online Pivot: Clarity is Key
In these stressful times obvious, clear, consistent, and concise instructions are essential!
Reflections
Code on Bonus Day with @gdg
I am not really sure what I am about to get myself into here, but past GDG events have been fun. Nick is going to teach us about Firebase. Here we go @gdg … pic.twitter.com/dR7M2EIJ1Y — Laura Killam (she/her) (@NurseKillam) February 29, 2020 We talked about a lot of the Read more…
Experimenter
Why not try Something New with H5P
This Tuesday I am preparing to try a new teaching strategy in class this week. In the past students have been shy to role play in a large group (70). When thinking about my options for facilitating class this week I decided to try H5P in class. Typically, I use Read more…
Efficiency
Post Haste: Tuesday Time Saving Teaching Tip
Everyone is so busy at this time of year (me included). When my files are unorganized because I haven’t had the time to create my folder structure I waste a lot of time looking for information (ironic). No more! I am solving that problem by using a program I have Read more…
Nurse as Educator
Quick Marking Tip: Be Nice!
It is marking season. I don’t have a lot of time to blog because I have a lot of literature reviews to mark. Marking literature reviews is time-consuming but enjoyable. I am behind schedule and have not been meeting my daily goals because I underestimated how long they would take Read more…
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…
Mentimeter
NCLEX Prep Strategies in Non-Practice Courses
I have been asked to summarize what I have done this term to help my students prepare for the NCLEX at a faculty meeting on Wednesday. Typically the theoretical courses that I teach may not be not seen as predictive of NCLEX success. For a class like research, in particular, Read more…
Co-creation
Lessons from Movie Night in Class
The Idea Students in my teaching and learning class created the assignment expectations and rubrics for the final assignment in the course on discharge teaching. The intent was twofold: (a) to have them demonstrate teaching skills and (b) to help them prepare for the NCLEX. They started with a basic Read more…
Reflections
Plenary “Experimenter” Panel: What can go Right? What to Expect when you are Experimenting!
The opening panel was amazing. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe Building resilience in students is important. Also in ourselves. It is okay if everything does not go okay. Robyne did a great job summarizing so many important points for us to remember (I couldn’t type fast enough). We need to be using tech Read more…
