Yearly Archives: 2022

Within a physical classroom, different teaching methods can be used to foster interaction and learning:   Classroom lecture   Classroom discussion   Classroom debate   Small group activities and projects   Tests/exams   For this week, consider this: How can these methods be used or modified for the eLearning environment?

DQ1 Learning Activities in the Skills Laboratory   A novice nurse educator is assigned to develop and implement learning activities in the skills laboratory. She expresses her disappointment to her mentor because she was looking forward to presenting in the classroom. The novice educator comments, “What can happen in the skills lab except making beds?” […]

With any topic in nursing education, it is important to understand both the pros and cons for any topic in nursing education. This week, our conversation focuses on the rebuttal of several commonly occurring cons of the use of serious gaming and virtual reality within any type of nursing educational setting (i.e., academic, professional development, […]

This assignment is designed to provide the MSN student the opportunity to apply Bloom’s revised taxonomy in the development of a test blueprint as well as the construction of test questions. Using the provided information about a course, the MSN student will develop a test blueprint that reflects Bloom’s revised taxonomy at a minimum of […]

Self-Assessment of NLN Nurse Educator Core Competencies   Purpose   The purpose of this assignment is to complete a self-assessment of the NLN Nurse Educator Core Competencies and develop a goal to help meet this competency.   National League for Nursing. (2017). Nurse educator core competency. Retrieved from http://www.nln.org/professional-development-programs/competencies-for-nursing-education/nurse-educator-core-competency   Requirements   Completed at Weeks […]

One goal of an educational program is to foster cultural humility. As the educator, you presented a required educational program/unit on this topic; however, in the learners’ evaluations, there was significant dissatisfaction with the activity. Identify two quantitative ways that assessment/evaluation could occur to identify what went wrong and how to improve the program. Identify […]

A novice educator has completed presenting a new course for the first time. It is now time to review the evaluations submitted by the participants. From the 20 participants, 8 submitted the standardized evaluation form. Despite 4 of the participants rating the educator highly, there was one individual who was very critical of the content […]

One of your learners asks to speak to you privately about a concern. Upon entering your office and providing for privacy, the learner slowly and then more forcibly begins to speak. She tells you that she is considering filing a formal grievance against you for age discrimination. During the last formative evaluation conference, you identified […]

You agree to be the substitute clinical educator for a peer who is ill. The educator tells you that the learners are really good—every one of them. You can trust them to do a good job and answer questions. About 3 hours into the experience, you realize that one of the individuals is not doing […]

A learner asks for an extension for a written assignment. The learner states that he has just started chemotherapy for cancer and has not felt well, and that three more days would really make a huge difference. You grant the extension. It is now two days past the extension deadline and no assignment has been […]