title: Adult learner centered processes in an online ADRN to BSN nursing program: independent evaluator and peer self-assessments.
abstract: A five year fully online RN to BSN program was assessed by faculty and a consultant using the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Partnerships for Training (PFT) learner-centered evaluation tool. Faculty were more critical of their expertise in learner-centered online course criteria than the consultant. The consultant identified minimal use of peer support, collaborative activities, faculty preference for visual learner activities, and a tendency toward faculty ownership of learning goals and creation of activity rules and guidelines. The need to bring online discussions to a higher level of thinking was also noted. The dual evaluation perspectives helped identify strengths and weaknesses in the curriculum.
authors.affiliation: University of New Mexico, NM, USA. gshuster@salud.unm.edu <gshuster@salud.unm.edu>
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shuster
authors.forename: Gloria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Birkholz
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Petri
mesh_terms: D003253:Consultants; D003479:Curriculum; D020375:Education, Distance; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D005178:Faculty; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D009516:New Mexico; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*