2015 Professional Nurse Educators Group conference

Last weekend, I attended the Professional Nurse Educators Group (PNEG) conference in Indianapolis with my colleagues, Carolyn Schubert, Wendy Bowles, and Lizzie Fitzgerald. Lizzie and I had the privilege of presenting our experiences with student peer-to-peer review for an enthusiastic and supportive audience. I really enjoyed this conference from the perspective of a nurse educator! I am happy to tell you that next year’s 43rd annual PNEG conference will be October 21-23 right here in Columbus at the Easton Hilton! Please consider which aspect of your work with students you would like to present, and I’ll be happy to work with you to prepare your conference proposal.

Carolyn Schubert, Joni Tornwall, Lizzie Fitzgerald, Wendy Bowles at the 2015 PNEG conference in Indianapolis

Carolyn Schubert, Joni Tornwall, Lizzie Fitzgerald, Wendy Bowles at the 2015 PNEG conference in Indianapolis

Have a look at the 2015 PNEG conference schedule to find out more about the types of presentations you’ll see at this conference. I’ll keep you posted on the details, and I’ll let you know when the call for proposals is posted. If you would like more information, please feel free to contact me.

Don’t wait until end-of-semester; survey your students now!

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Mid-semester is a great time to check in with students to gauge their perceptions of what is working in our courses and what isn’t. Whether you teach face-to-face or online, a midterm survey in Carmen is a good way to find out if your students are struggling with any of the course content.

Margie Neidecker has an excellent midterm survey for her MACPR online program, and she has graciously agreed to share it her CON colleagues. If you are interested in adding a midterm survey to your Carmen course, just let us know. The results of the survey will be available in Carmen only to you and any other person who has the role of instructor in your course.

To get a midterm survey in your course:

  1. Email CON-InformationTechnology@osu.edu.
  2. Tell us which course(s) to which you want the survey added. Include the course name and class number as it appears in Carmen.
  3. Tell us what date the survey should open and what date it should close.
  4. Tell us if you want any questions added, edited, or deleted from the survey.

We will:

  1. Put a midterm survey in your Carmen course.
  2. Set it to open and close for students on the dates you specify.
  3. Post an announcement on your course home page asking the students to complete the survey.

Take advantage of this simple strategy and instructional best practice, and aim toward better end-of-term evaluations!


The questions on the survey template are below. You are welcome to edit the survey to fit your own needs after it is imported into your course.

Question 1

For each of the following statements, please select the answer that best corresponds to your opinion about the course.

(Students will respond to the following questions on a scale of Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree.)

1

  The course materials are well organized and easy to navigate.

2

  The lectures are presented in a clear and effective manner.

3

  The readings complement the topic for that module and help me understand lecture material.

4

  I am learning what I expected to learn from this class.

5

  I am getting the feedback and/or support I need to be successful in this course.

6

  I find the class very difficult.

7

  I would recommend this class to someone else.

Question 2

Approximately how many hours per week do you spend on this class?

A) 1-3 hours
B) 4-6 hours
C) 7-9 hours
D) 10-12 hours
E) More than 12 hours

Question 3

Approximately how much of the reading that has been assigned so far have you completed?

A) 100%
B) 90%
C) 75%
D) 50%
E) Less than 50%

Question 4

What do you like or find most useful about this course? What is the best thing about it for you?

Question 5

How could this course be improved?

Question 6

What concerns or questions do you have related to this course that you have not already expressed? Please provide any additional comments you would like to make here.

Request upload of articles to your Carmen course

College of Nursing instructors, be sure your students can access the articles you want them to read for your course by requesting assistance from our librarian in the Health Sciences Library with upload of articles to Carmen. This service can relieve some of the burden on you to make sure copyright regulations are followed and articles are accessible and available all semester to students. Use this Reserve Request Form to request that materials be placed in your Carmen course by a librarian. If you have more than one article, compile a list of articles with all required information in a Word document and include it as an attachment to the form. If you have questions, please see the helpful information on the Health Sciences Library website or contact me or an HSL librarian.

Wondering what your students see in their Carmen gradebook?

Do you ever wonder where those comments you leave for your students in the Carmen gradebook go?  Or maybe you want to know exactly what your students are seeing when they open their grades in Carmen.  The student view of the Carmen gradebook is quite different from the instructor view, but you (the instructor) can preview what an individual student sees when they open their gradebook.  This can be a very useful view if a student contacts you with questions about their grade.  You will want to open this view so that you know precisely what they are seeing and why they might have questions about it.

To see an individual student’s view of their gradebook, follow these steps:


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Our first Flash Friday!

In our first Flash Friday webinar, we covered five simple productivity tools and strategies to streamline your workflow and perhaps even make your everyday life a little easier.

View a recording of the 30-minute session in CarmenConnect, and download the handout.