1. Health Screening Fair Project CON GFO Presentation – March 12, 2012 Presentation by Suhasini Kotcherlakota & Jami Monico

2. Overview To Build and Evaluate a Virtual Learning Environment 1.Dean’s Education Grant Meeting QSEN Competency goals 1.Informatics 2.Patient-Centered Care 3.Teamwork and Collaboration 4.Safety

3. Project Proposal Goals Proposed virtual learning environment The Neighborhood (Jean Giddens, 2010) Learning Outcomes QSEN CompetenciesUnknown Multimedia (technology) Student Activities Interactivity using Flash, videos, simulated environment, quizzes Text, videos, PDF, PPT Setting Rural and urbanUrban only Concept-based curriculum YesImplementation is unclear Format Timeline of eventsEpisodes Customization ( flexibility to make changes – add modify, delete content /activities) Yes Does not allow for changes or modification to align with UNMC curriculum Faculty involvement in creation of content YesNo

4. Aims To build a virtual learning environment (VLE) platform environment and pilot the study : 1.To initially integrate VLE into semester 1 and 2 courses; 2.Design and build the virtual multimedia segments for the course activities; 3.Collect and analyze faculty and student interaction data and use of VLE in the courses; 4.Identify the advantages and limitations of the VLE.

5. Website http://unmcvl.atticdev.ist.unomaha.edu/login.php

6. Initial Project Pilot NRSG314O: Patient Centered Care Clinical I Fall 2011 # of students who participated: 70

7. Piloting the project “We’d better be ready for finals” …“This website is teaching me for the finals” “I have already learned some of the material...I guess I am not a detailed person” “I have to pay attention to the things” “Good review” … “Graphically pleasing” … “Colors are nice” “May be develop one for nclex questions” “Activities were fun” … “I liked that” “The design was nice..like it was done by someone who knew what they were doing” “Build similar booths : Glucose, Ulcers - showing different type of ulcers, cholesterol, Therapeutic communication”

8. Future Plans Plan to perform research in Summer 2012 Possibilities for more funding to further develop the platform CON course integration: Addition of modules for Semester 1- 4 courses Contact us for testing the site

9. NEST Project Update and Information CON GFO Presentation – March 12, 2012 Presentation by Suhasini Kotcherlakota

10. Nursing Exemplar Strategies for Teaching NEST A Learning repository website to collect and share exemplar nursing teaching strategies utilized by faculty at College of Nursing

11. Four functions of Boyer’s model of Scholarship where new and unique knowledge is generated Discovery where the teacher creatively builds bridges between his or her own understanding and the student’s learning Teaching where the emphasis is on the use of new knowledge involving society’s problem Application where new relationships among the disciplines are discovered. Integration

12. Cross campus collaboration Scholarship Faculty role development Leadership

13. NEST Website in Development http://dev.unmc.edu/nursing/nest/main.html