How to Keep Scholarly Productivity Flowing
As scholars, we know that writing productivity is highest when we have several projects in the pipeline at different stages of the writing process. When one has three or more projects at different phases, somewhere between “idea” and “in press,”…
14 Tips to Strengthen Online Exam Integrity
As you move your instruction to the virtual environment, you may have concerns about online exam integrity. Faculty Focus has published 14 tips to reduce cheating on online exams. All of the tips can be implemented in Carmen using the…
QSEN Teaching Strategy Repository
Are you looking for creative approaches to delivering course content and assessing student learning outcomes? Browse the QSEN Teaching Strategy repository to find peer-reviewed instructional ideas. The teaching strategies described in the repository can be tailored to fit traditional and…
How to Select a Journal for Your Manuscript
If you’ve worked long and hard on a manuscript and you submit it to a journal that isn’t a good fit for your work, you are bound to have a discouraging and time-consuming experience. (Ask your TIES Academy directors how…
Student-to-Student Peer Review for Engagement, Active Learning, and Diverse Feedback
Maintaining student-to-student interaction in our classrooms is more important than ever, now that we’ve moved our instruction to the virtual environment. The literature supports peer review among students in nursing education classrooms as a sound instructional strategy that results in…
Innovation in Assessment: Public Service Announcement
In response to a quick move to virtual instruction, College of Nursing faculty member Christa Newtz revised her in-class group assignment in her Therapeutic Communications course to assess student skills in “plain language” communication about health topics. She asked students…
Replace Standard Multiple-Choice Exams with Student-Written Exams
If you’ve moved your exams online and are concerned about exam integrity, now might be a good time to consider a different approach. One study shows that student-written exams: Are as challenging or more challenging than traditional exams Engage adult…
Virtual Teaching Strategies that Reflect Quality Instruction
Are you ready to learn more about virtual teaching strategies that keep your students engaged and support their academic success? OSU’s Office of Distance Education and eLearning has compiled an easy-to-read list of evidence-based teaching strategies that support student success…
Creative Inspiration to Enhance Learning
The literature describes some wonderful examples of how allowing students to express themselves creatively through media such as art, dance, or poetry in the classroom enhances learning outcomes, and we have some innovative examples of assignments that require creative expression…
A Writing Checklist
Two nurse faculty recently published a “writing checklist” that they used in a DNP writing course to provide guidance around basic requirements for scholarly writing. Topics covered include Content, Paragraphs, Sentences, and Words, and example checklist items include “Can you…
