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Yvonne Searls - PTRS 817: Ethics in Health Care
Although this course uses a variety of information sources, including voice narrated PowerPoints, the instructor also wants this information to impact students' clinical practice, so she includes assignments and discussions requiring application, analysis, reflection, and problem solving in clinical settings.
Juliana Brixey - NRSG 858/IDSP 965: Health Data Theory and Practice
These instructors use Second Life to provide an authentic student experience for designing and developing a database for our virtual Jayhawk Community Living Center.
Rachel Barkley - DN 841: Public Health Nutrition
In addition to being a well-designed course following many best practices in online education, this course places both Dietetic Interns and Masters Students in the same course, incorporates a unique format for small group discussions, and includes a noteworthy cultural encounter assignment involving the KUMC International Students Conversation Partners program.
Ginger Breedlove and Diane Ebbert
These two instructors share their experiences leading online courses with very high levels of student engagement. Both discuss how their courses support active involvement and dialogue, as well as facilitation strategies they have honed over time.
Patricia Kludig - PTRS 858: Evidence-Based Rehabilitation of Patients Post-CVA
This course includes Elluminate webconferencing for both faculty and student presentations. It also makes extensive use of online library resources, so we embedded one of our librarians in the course to assist students.
Juliana Brixey - NRSG 858: Health Data Theory and Practice
Learn how this team of four faculty uses Angel to support their individual styles of teaching as well as the subject matter and learning needs of the students. Among the unique elements in this course are Quia activities, an interactive database, practical application of EndNote, authentic assessments, and "mid-flight adjustments" based on weekly feedback from learners.
Irina Smirnova - PT 712: Pathophysiology and the PT Diagnosis - VIDEO
This course was recently migrated from the Virtual Classroom to ANGEL partially because of the Physical Therapy portfolio initiative, and this was the first time Irina taught online using ANGEL. She also makes use of case studies, group work, student presentations, group grading processes, and advanced grade book features.
Ginger Breedlove and Judy Wika - Midwifery Program - VIDEO
Ginger and Judy have incorporated a longitudinal case study across several courses and have students follow a patient through pregnancy and delivery. This unique instructional technique offers many advantages as well as some challenges.
Mike Grasso - Health Policy and Management
Mike was an early adopter of our Elluminate webconferencing system and has used it in his many of his courses. Through his experiences, he has developed a variety effective techniques and practices.
Ginger Breedlove - NRSG 835/NURS 410: Primary Women's Health Care Across the Lifespan
Though an experienced classroom instructor, Ginger was a first-time online instructor for this course. With that perspective, she has much advice to offer faculty considering online teaching.
David Martin - NURS 455: Legal/Ethical Foundation for Professional Nursing Practice
Dave organizes this course into case scenarios to provide a concrete context for understanding abstract ideas. In his course, students follow their nurse heroine from Discovering an Accident Victim and Good Samaritan laws through the drama that leads her to seek licensure in another state.
Marcie Swift - PT 845: Muscoskeletal Physical Therapy II
As a first-time online instructor, Marcie can speak to the concerns of faculty considering online teaching. As an experienced online student, she brings a unique perspective of what works and why.
For more information about this service, contact Teaching & Learning Technologies (TLT) at 913-588-7107 or email tlt@kumc.edu.
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