title: Reusable learning units: an innovative teaching strategy for online nursing education.
abstract: Constructivist and adult learning theory provided the theoretical framework for reusable learning units (RLUs) developed for a Southeastern University's family nurse-practitioner and nurse-midwifery distance educational programs. Reusable learning units are an organized series of learning events that satisfy one or more interrelated learning objectives that cannot be broken down to component parts without losing semantic and pragmatic meaning. This paper describes the conceptual framework, background and history of RLUs, and collaborative efforts for development and implementation.
authors.affiliation: East Carolina University, School of Nursing, USA. jessed@ecu.edu
authors.forename: D Elizabeth
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Jesse
authors.forename: Janice
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Taleff
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Payne
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: Linda L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Steele
mesh_terms: D020375:Education, Distance / Q000379:methods*; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D009721:Nurse Midwives / Q000193:education; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education; D009936:Organizational Innovation