Teaching on line courses?

The field of on-line teaching is very new, so the pedagogy is also new. Our SON recently hired a person with a DEd whose focus was on-line learning. She has been working with the faculty to help them develop courses and approaches to teaching that are more appropriate to the milieu. As this form of teaching (and the software) is developing, I would say that, if your focus really is on-line teaching, when the time comes to get that MNE, seek out relevant journal articles and courses. If you do wind up going that path, I would focus not on the technology but the pedagogy (although it's not all different, but there are some things that need to be rethought). I think the move towards learner-centered education has the potential to be advanced by on-line learning.

As llg stated, focus on getting through your nursing program now. If you're really bored, go to the university/college near you, do a CINAHL search using "computer assisted education" OR "education, non-traditional" AND "education, nursing" and you should find a few articles to keep you occupied. (With a field that is changing as fast as this, you're better off reading journal articles than books which are obsolete before they are pressed)

Google online teaching certificates. Check out http://www.petersons.com

You can find numerous schools that offer online teaching degrees or certificates. Keep your dream alive!

I will be starting back for my MSN Jan. 2009 and I too am interested in online teaching. A local college offers an online certificate program in online teaching, here's a link: http://nursing.iupui.edu/continuing/teachingweb.shtml

Also, there is a website for online teaching opportunities: http://home.surewest.net/tcsmith/oi-jobs.htm

Just a few places you can look for some ideas! Good luck to you!

Kacy

I will be starting back for my MSN Jan. 2009 and I too am interested in online teaching. A local college offers an online certificate program in online teaching, here's a link: http://nursing.iupui.edu/continuing/teachingweb.shtml

Also, there is a website for online teaching opportunities: http://home.surewest.net/tcsmith/oi-jobs.htm

Just a few places you can look for some ideas! Good luck to you!

Kacy

Thanks...I will check this out:up: I have always wondered how to obtain an online instructor position so I appreciate it.

Also, there is a website for online teaching opportunities: http://home.surewest.net/tcsmith/oi-jobs.htm

I checked out this website and the last jobs listed are 2007. The website is confusing because it is so broad.

I took my Masters in Nursing Education at OU College of Nursing. It was totally online which required that I be self-disciplined. I am very disciplined and did well. Teaching at a College of Nursing is very different from any other. The students will have lives in their hands and I feel very responsible. The ones that make it through ar very prepared as a bedside nurse!

First, I think if you're going to teach nursing (be it online or live) you need nursing experience. Second, I agree with the prior poster who emphasized the pedagogy rather than the technology of online teaching. My Master's program was entirely online. Online learning is not feasible for entry level where pshycomotor skill learning assessment is required. However, the online format has a great deal to offer in the way of performance assessment. The assignments in my online graduate classes taught me so very much. I have saved all of my big assignments. I developed change projects, programs, business plans, etc.- some of them real and some of them hypothetical--but all backed by evidnece and literature. Online learning requires self-discipline and is also self driven (learning contracts adn reflective journaling are used often). Adult learning theory plays a big part. So... the technical aspect will always be there, sure--but you work with that daily and it is always changing. I agree with an earlier poster that the learning theories regardaing online learning are much more important than the technology. And agian, clinical experience is paramount.