title: Course revision: from unidirectional knowledge to dynamic application.
abstract: There is a proliferation of educational technologies. Many nursing faculty want to incorporate new methods but lack information on best practices. The authors describe the course revision of an onsite course to move all unidirectional content transmission to an online course environment, thereby freeing up onsite course time for concept application and interactive quizzes using a classroom response system. The course revision had positive student evaluations and improved test scores. Students enjoyed being able to watch lectures when they were prepared to concentrate and felt the application of the content to patient care encouraged knowledge retention and application. This revision demonstrates effective use of a variety of teaching modalities to enhance student learning.
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, Tennessee 37240-119, USA. julia.c.phillippi@vanderbilt.edu
authors.forename: Julia C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Phillippi
authors.forename: Mavis N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Schorn
mesh_terms: D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D013714:Tennessee