Are you preparing study guides for your students?
Do study guides enhance learning and increase student performance? A recent study says, “It depends.” Faculty sometimes create study outlines with the good intention of relieving students of the burden of identifying the concepts they need to focus on while…
NLN’s Revised Hallmark of Excellence
In November, the National League for Nursing (NLN) published an updated version of their Hallmarks of Excellence, a list of 30 characteristics of excellent nursing programs. Are you looking for ideas to engage students in active learning in your classroom?…
Teaching Strategy Descriptions as a Path to Publication
We have many excellent examples of teaching innovation in the College of Nursing, but we don’t always take time to share our teaching strategies with each other and the broader academic community. At the January TIES Writing Gathering, we conducted…
How (and why?) do we estimate how many hours students are spending on our course content?
As a measure of accountability to our stakeholders, faculty are sometimes asked to estimate how many hours students will spend completing their course work, no matter whether the course is online or in face to face. Calculating a reasonable course…
