Developing Online Learning Environments in Nursing Education

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.

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.

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. Dr. O'Neil teaches online and has presented her research and experiences in teaching and learning online at both international and national conferences.

Cheryl Fisher, MSN, RN, is the Informatics/E-learning Manager for the Nursing Department at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She has over 20 years experience at NIH, including positions with the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. She works closely with nurse educators developing and delivering online educational offerings and managing the NIH Nursing Internet and Intranet Web sites. She also teaches Informatics for the University of Maryland and Nursing Theory and Nursing Research for the University of Phoenix Online. Currently she is enrolled at Towson University in Towson, Maryland as a doctoral student in instructional technology.

Susan K. Newbold, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, FHIMSS, is an Associate Professor, Nursing Informatics, Vanderbilt School of Nursing, Nashville, TN. She began teaching online in 1999 at Excelsior College, Albany, NY. She is certified in Nursing Informatics by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Dr. Newbold has made over 200 presentations on healthcare informatics in the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, Sweden, and Taiwan. She is the founder of CARING, a national nursing informatics special interest group. Dr. Newbold has numerous publications to her credit including co-editing two edition of Nursing Informatics: Where Caring and Technology Meet.