F.A. Davis Company

AJN Book of the Year 2011

Meet the growing demand for more interactive, self-paced, educational opportunities—master the world of online learning! This comprehensive, user-friendly, text will help you understand the principles behind online learning; show you how to successfully use it in the classroom, in clinical, and for staff development. Maximize your educational creativity with this exceptional resource!

• Practical, easy-to-apply techniques for meeting the needs of today’s technologically savvy students.
• Applicable for both academia, clinical, and staff development environments
• Concise, yet comprehensive coverage designed for training the nursing educators of today and tomorrow.
  • What e-learning is.
  • The theory behind the instructional design of creating successful e-learning.
  • How to successfully use e-learning in the classroom, clinical, and in staff development.
  • How to function in a web community.
  • Meeting the special learning needs of disabled and ESL students.
  • How to evaluate program outcomes.
  • Implications for the health care industry.

I. Understanding E-Learning

1. E-Learning Defined
2. Theoretical Basis of E-Learning
3. Instructional Design for E-Learning in Nurse Education
4. The Strategic Plan

II. Online Learning

5. Building Community
6. Web Supported Learning Environments
7. Hybrid Environments
8. Web-Based Environments
9. E-Learning Assessment
10. Learner’s Special Needs and Considerations
11. Distance and Distributed Educational Units

III. Technology for the Nursing Curriculum

12. Nursing Informatics 101 for Nurse Educators
13. Informatics Across the Curriculum
14. Staff Development and Employee Training
15. Technology Tools
16. Simulation
17. Program Approval and Accreditation

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18. Teaching Nursing in a Virtual World

Appendices

1. HIPAA Tips for Educators
2. Internet Safety and Professionalism for Nurses, Faculty, and Student
3. School of Nursing (SON) Faculty Mentoring/Monitoring Tool

Glossary