Developing Online Learning Environments, Second Edition

by Carol O'Neil PhD, RN, CNE, Cheryl Fisher EdD, RN-BC, Susan K. Newbold PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, FHIMSS

Overview

Online education in nursing is an exciting, rapidly changing field. Keeping pace with these changes, this new edition includes everything an educator needs to know about developing an online learning environment. The book provides practical guidelines on using the Web to teach student nurses, train or retrain nurses, and certify competencies and skills.

This updated edition also includes cutting-edge research on clinical education and training, consumer education, and blended learning, which integrates classroom and online teaching methods. Also included are current online resources, links, and references.
Key Features:

• Provides guidelines on translating courses from the classroom to the online environment
• Includes three new chapters on Web-based learning theories and teaching with technology
• Guides instructors on how to build a community in an online environment
• Includes practical guidelines for student assessment and evaluation in online education

As the most comprehensive and thorough guidebook on online nursing education, this book is an essential resource for nursing instructors looking to expand their knowledge of the Web, technology, and the online nursing environment."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826117335
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	09/15/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	681 KB

About the Author

Carol O’Neil, PhD, RN, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. Dr. O’Neil is a Web Initiative in Teaching (WIT) Fellow.

Cheryl Fisher, MSN, RN, is the Informatics/E-learning Manager for the Nursing Department at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Susan K. Newbold, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, FHIMSS
Healthcare Informatics Educator and Consultant
Nursing Informatics Boot Camp
Franklin, Tennessee

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Web-Based Teaching and Learning
2. Theories of Learning and the Online Environment
3. Developing the Infrastructure for Online Learning: Student, Faculty, and Technical Support
4. Technologies and Competencies Needed for Online Learning
5. Re-conceptualizing the Online Course
6. Designing the Online Learning Environment
7. Interacting and Communicating Online
8. Clinical Medical Education and Training
9. Consumer Education
10. Creating Blended Learning Environments
11. Assessment and Evaluation of Online Learning

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"This book should be considered a primer for all online educational environments for students, instructors, and educational institution adminsitrators....This book is easy to understand with subheadings that allow simple navigation and cross-referencing to help readers get a better grasp of the authors' ponts....The book covers many aspects needed in the online environment and introduces readers to this learning environment briefly, covering educational history and helpful online practices and techniques....The advice is educational, informative, and worth comparing to an existing syllabus and classroom format for improvements. This is a ready reference for online insturctors and students and worth having in a personal library. "

—Dennis Bryan, MPH
Chief, Material Management South Texas Veterans Health Care System
Kerrville Division
Kerrville, TX