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Innovative Teaching Strategies& Resources for PHN Education

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Objectives:1. Describe the Education Committee’s work to disseminate information on instructional strategies to ACHNE members through the website and list-serve

2. Integrate selected active learning strategies in PHN classroom, web-based and clinical settings

3. Incorporate innovative online resources into PHN education and in-service programs

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Education Committee Members

• Barbara Little*• Bonnie Callen*• Pam Ark*• Mary Ann Drake*• Diane Ernst

• Barbara Joyce• Marilyn King• Joan Kub*• Eilleen Sarsfield*• Christine Savage• Christine Vandendouten*

• Resource Center:– Kristie Klinke– Linda Pocsik

*present today

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Work Process

• Monthly web-conferencing via Elluminate Live!

• Wiki website for storing documents and centralizing communication – Emails members when documents are posted

and announcements are made

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Education Committee Goals

1. Disseminate information on teaching strategies to ACHNE members

– Establish process for sharing teaching strategies and resources on the ACHNE website

2. Create new methods for training in innovative evidenced-based teaching methods

– Offer a Teaching Strategies Post-conference track 

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Your expectations

• Introduce yourself to the people at your table and one thing you would like to get out of today’s workshop

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Innovative Teaching Strategies Webpage

Pam Ark, PhD, RNUniversity of Central Florida, Orlando

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Innovative Teaching Strategies

• http://www.achne.org– Select Members Only– Log in – Innovative Teaching Strategies

• Topical Areas• Directions for Submitters

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PPT Presentation: Public Health Nursing and Public Health Core Functions and

Essential Services Barbara Little, DNP, RN for Diane Ernst, PhD, RN

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Review of strategy (see form)

• PPT Presentation: Public Health Nursing and Public Health Core Functions and Essential Services – With audio

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Listen to the PPT audio

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Methods for evaluating student learning

• Interactive quiz (built in)

• Discussion board

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Table Discussion 1 - Pam Ark

1. Each table has a facilitator and will designate a scribe

2. First, individually reflect on the presentation and complete the questionnaire with your written answers.

3. Facilitator will lead discussion on the questions

4. Scribe will report out to the larger group

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Debriefing 1 – Pam Ark

1. What did you like most about the teaching strategy?

2. Were there any aspects of the strategy that lead you to more questions of the author?

3. What are your thoughts on the leveling of the teaching strategy from undergraduate to graduate education? Share your ideas for adaptation.

4. What are your thoughts on the mode of delivery (online, blended, clinical)

5.  Do you have other ideas and resources that would support the topic?

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Homelessness:Preparing for a soup kitchen experienceMary Ann Drake PhD, RNWebster UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri

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Review of strategy (see form)

Homelessness:Preparing for a soup kitchen experience

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Directions for students

• Read 3 online documents and view 1of 3 film clips http://www.seattlepi.com/local/391224_homeless09.html

• Come prepared to discuss:1. Who are the vulnerable groups who make up the

homeless?2. What are the difficulties/barriers faced by those in the

film?3. What are the effective interventions with homeless

groups?

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Methods for evaluating student learning

• Clinical conference• Evaluation tool

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Table Discussion 2 - Pam Ark

1. Each table has a facilitator and will designate a scribe

2. First, individually reflect on the presentation and complete the questionnaire with your written answers.

3. Facilitator will lead discussion on the questions

4. Scribe will report out to the larger group

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Debriefing 2 – Pam Ark

1. What did you like most about the teaching strategy?

2. Were there any aspects of the strategy that lead you to more questions of the author?

3. What are your thoughts on the leveling of the teaching strategy from undergraduate to graduate education? Share your ideas for adaptation.

4. What are your thoughts on the mode of delivery (online, blended, clinical)

5.  Do you have other ideas and resources that would support the topic?

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Instructional Technologies

Barbara Little, DNP, MPH, RNFlorida State UniversityTallahassee/Sarasota

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Instructional Technologies

• Goal: Increase learning

• Effective strategies– Interaction – Dialogue & Questioning

Student

Peer Students

Faculty Content

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Interaction in Space and Time

Face-to-Face (F2F) Online/WebBlended/Hybrid

Synchronous Asynchronous

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Synchronous Asynchronous

• Backbone & Muscle for subject content

• Heart & Hustle• High-touch, high tech

experience

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“Sense of distance” a learner feels– Psychological – communication distance

Transactional Distance Theory

Elements•Dialogue •Structure•Learner Autonomy

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Using Technologies to Reduce Transactional Distance

• Voice/Audio• Video• Webinars

– PowerPoint Sharing– Desktop Sharing

• Screen Casting• Document

Collaboration• WIKI – website

collaboration

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Recording Technologies for E-lectures

• Useful for content intro and reviewing

• Types 1. Separate files for audio & PPT

2. Synchronized & navigable files– Students prefer and score higher (Griffin, Mitchell, Thompson, 2009)

• Loses interaction

• Chunk in small segments - 10-12 minutes

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Webinars

• Web conferencing – Access website via computer– Utilize microphones for two-way audio

• Real-time (synchronous) – Record for later use

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Learning in the Virtual Classroom

• Short lectures

• Discussion/Questioning

• Practice problems, case studies

• Two-way audio increases interaction & engagement

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How can YOU use Webinars?

• Communicate– Meetings with colleagues, students,

preceptors

• Educate– F2F courses – guest speakers– Online courses– Clinical courses – CE and in-service programs

• Collaborate– With colleagues on documents– Student group projects

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The Elluminate Interface

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Features of Elluminate Live!

• Two-way audio • Recording sessions • Interactive whiteboard • Direct messaging • Polling and quizzes

• Application sharing • File transfer • Synchronized web tour • Live webcam • Breakout rooms

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Instructional Advantage

• Allows us to transcend transactional distance in both space and time

• New feature – travel in back and forward in time!

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Lillian Wald (1915) Dr. Christa Cook (2010)

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Which county would you allocate $200,000 for their HIV/AIDS Program?

Select A or B 2002 Number of new

AIDS CasesAIDS (new) rate per 100,000

A. Hillsborough 302 28.4

B. Bay 54 35.3

Florida 5,222 31.1

Demonstration of Polling Feature

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Web Tour – PB Wiki

• Easy creation and editing of interlinked web pages

• Storing documents (meeting minutes, files)

• Communication – announcements via comments board and

email

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Implementation

• Free versions – scale limitations

• For purchase versions – more capabilities– $40-50/month 100 users

• Check with your Instructional Technology department, faculty development

• Learning curve

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Table Discussion 3

• How could you use e-lectures, web-conferencing and wikis in your role?

• What technologies do you use?

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Submitting YOUR Strategies Christine Vandenhouten, PhD, RNUniversity of Wisconsin, Green Bay

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Submission Process

• Complete the form on the webpage– http://www.resourcenter.net/Scripts/4Disapi8.d

ll/4DCGI/members/index.html

• Submit your proposals to Dr. Christine Vandenhouten

• Peer reviewers may provide suggestions on formatting for consistency

• Once approved, the strategy will be posted on the website

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An invitation

• Share our expertise and resources

• Pass on what we have learned

• Include as a peer-reviewed scholarly submission on your resume and annual review

• Editorial help is available

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Table Discussion 4: Participant feedback

• What would you like to see on the website?

• Topics?

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Summary

• Innovative teaching strategies are a member benefit

• Help us grow this resource!

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Acknowledgements

• You can find many more free templates on the Presentation Magazine website www.presentationmagazine.com