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Contributors | p. xi |
Foreword | p. xiii |
Preface | p. xv |
Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
Educating Nurses: The Call for Transformation of Nursing Education | p. 1 |
Recommended "Shifts" From the Carnegie National Study of Nursing Education | p. 3 |
Barriers to Accomplishing the Four Paradigm Shifts | p. 5 |
Boundaries on the Way to Transformation | p. 6 |
Transformation of Nursing in Distance Education | p. 8 |
An Overview of Distance Education arid Online Courses | p. 17 |
Key Concepts Defined | p. 18 |
Online Learning Is a Win for Higher Education | p. 23 |
Important Themes | p. 26 |
What to Expect With Online Learning | p. 28 |
Faculty Preparation for Teaching Online | p. 33 |
Faculty Readiness for Teaching Online | p. 34 |
Online Course Design Strategies | p. 40 |
What Makes an Online Course Successful? | p. 43 |
Practical Hints for Teaching Online | p. 45 |
Advantages and Challenges of Teaching Online for Faculty | p. 47 |
Exemplars of Faculty Preparation | p. 53 |
RN-BSN Distance Education | p. 53 |
PhD in a Nursing Distance Education Program | p. 57 |
Supporting Learner Success | p. 65 |
Learner Motivations in Distance Education Courses | p. 65 |
Informing the Learner About Courses | p. 68 |
Orienting Learners to Distance Education | p. 68 |
Providing Technical Support | p. 71 |
Supporting Learners With Course Resources | p. 72 |
Facilitating Learner Success | p. 74 |
Exemplars of Student Support | p. 81 |
DNP Program, University of Alabama in Huntsville | p. 81 |
RN-BSN and MSN Programs | p. 85 |
Using Learning Objects to Enhance Distance Education | p. 93 |
Denning Learning Objects and Standards | p. 93 |
Understanding Standards for Learning Objects | p. 93 |
Matching Learning Objects to Lesson Outcomes | p. 99 |
Finding Publisher and Internet Learning Objects | p. 101 |
Mining the Internet for Appropriate Learning Objects | p. 102 |
Planning, Creation, Storage, and Retrieval of Learning Objects | p. 102 |
Using Simulations to Enhance Clinical Reasoning and Judgment | p. 111 |
Overview of Clinical Reasoning and Clinical Judgment | p. 112 |
Using Simulations to Promote Clinical Judgment | p. 114 |
Online, Telehealth, and Blended Simulations | p. 117 |
Examples of Unfolding Simulations in an Online Environment | p. 123 |
Using Emerging Technologies for Simulation (Second Life and Simulators) | p. 124 |
Examples of Using Second Life in a Distance Education Format | p. 126 |
Student-Directed Scenarios | p. 128 |
Debriefing the Distance Learner | p. 129 |
Designing Online Learning Activities | p. 135 |
Lay the Foundation: Program and Course Outcomes | p. 135 |
Know the Students | p. 136 |
Assess Available Resources | p. 137 |
Select the Right Technology | p. 137 |
Examples | p. 139 |
Evaluating the Technologies Used | p. 141 |
Enhancing Writing in Online Education | p. 145 |
Writing Across the Curriculum | p. 146 |
Assessment of Writing Assignments | p. 152 |
Preventing Plagiarism | p. 158 |
Quality Monitoring and Accreditation in Nursing Distance Education Programs | p. 163 |
QM: Evidence for Best Practices for DE in Nursing | p. 163 |
Quality Indicators for Distance Delivered Academic Programs and Courses | p. 168 |
QM Process | p. 174 |
Accreditation in Nursing DE | p. 177 |
Exemplar of QM in a DE PhD Program | p. 182 |
"There's an App for That!" Wireless and Mobile Computing in Distance Education | p. 191 |
Wireless Communication Tools and Mobile Computing | p. 191 |
Social Networking | p. 193 |
Shared Documents | p. 197 |
Video Casting | p. 201 |
Avatar Experiences and Virtual Worlds | p. 201 |
Conferencing | p. 202 |
Tablet and Smartphone Apps for Nursing Students | p. 204 |
e-books Now and in the Future | p. 207 |
Choosing Credible Websites and Web Tools for Use in Online Learning | p. 209 |
Websites for Distance Learning Students | p. 210 |
Index | p. 215 |
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