Response 1: Some of the implications of the power of the VC to education would be:
• On-line classes that are 3 dimensional. For example using the adobe connects to learn in this class.
• Educators can share tools and ideas.
• Educators like myself that may not be contributors can take chances and ask questions without the fear of ridicule and can build confidence.
• Educators and learners can network to build relationships and knowledge.
Response 2: I don’t know about “experts”, but it definitely makes learning more dynamic and presents many different perspectives.
Response 3: For the future of nursing it means educators and learners don’t have as many barriers as they did in the past. For example it was costly and time consuming to send your staff to a conference for them to stay up with best practice or to obtain their required continuing education. Now it is relatively inexpensive and you don’t have to leave or travel, you can go sign on at your home or work and participate. Best practice or evidence based practice is so important to nursing right now. St. John Medical Center in Tulsa just received Magnet Status which in the nursing community is as high as you can go. Nurses want to work in a Magnet hospital and because those types of hospitals are so limited in numbers it is very competitive. The nurses have to be engaged in higher learning and very active in their nursing community in order to stay up with the changing and advancing practices. The VC aid them in this and it would be challenging to work as a nurse in this day without being involved in VC and internet learning and networking. Truly staying active in VC is an expectation of nursing. It used to be just for academics but now the bedside nurse is expected to be just as involved. Because of shared governance they bedside nurse plays the largest role in advocating to change and implementing best practice.
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I think that hyper-connectedness will positively change the way education in America. I love being able to take these classes from home, without having to drive the 3 hour round way trip to Norman from Weatherford and back again on a weekly basis. By using the blogs and the online class format, I feel that I am getting just as much out of the class as if we were all sitting together in one classroom. I love the new technology!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree. The VC are changing the field of nursing just as much as the field of education. It does make continuing education easier and more accessible. The future of nursing is moving into the technological age.
ReplyDeleteI worked at Mercy Health Center in OKC when it was awarded the Magnet Status. Before and after the award, they were pushing for nurses to go back to school. LPN to RN and ADN to BSN. Also, it was a hospital wide push to get more nurses to participate in the clinical ladder program. Before magnet status, 26 nurses participated. After magnet, it was well over 100. Great increase. For their magnet review, those numbers helped their renewal application look great.
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