Transition to a Web-supported curriculum.
Stimulating faculty to adopt an innovation of online learning in a registered nurse (RN) completion program was the focus of a faculty retreat seminar to launch a transition to a Web-supported curriculum. This article follows the planning and implementation that initiated curriculum transition to a Web-supported format using Roger's innovation-diffusion framework. Web-supported courses include an online component in combination with face-to-face instruction. The factors that influence innovation adoption, specifically relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, and observability, framed the discussion of principles. Approaches used to garner faculty involvement in the curriculum transition are discussed, and highlighted are considerations for teaching the utilization of course management software, along with faculty preparation for initiating online learning for the first time.
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, 415 Victoria Bldg, 3500 Victoria St, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. sakraida@pitt.edu
Teresa J
TJ
Sakraida
Peter J
PJ
Draus
D001292:Attitude to Computers; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D020375:Education, Distance / Q000379:methods*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D014481:United States