Creating a Wiki Textbook in an Undergraduate Nursing Course

1. Creating a Wiki Textbook in an Undergraduate Nursing Course Brenda Stutsky RN, PhD Kathy Doak RN, BN

2. Presentation Outline • About the Course/Learners • Community of Inquiry Model • Technology Used • Teaching-Learning Strategies • Lessons Learned Feel Free to Ask Questions Throughout

3. About the course & learners

4. The Course • U of M Baccalaureate Program for RNs • Teaching-Learning Process in Nursing Practice • January to April 2010 • Second time teaching the course online • Wanted to do something “different”

5. The Learners • Working professionals with busy lives • Basic computer literacy • Started with 25 students (7 VW) • Ended with 23 students (2 males) Creative Commons Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/waynemah/77745389/sizes/m/in/photostream/

6. Community of Inquiry Model

7. http://communitiesofinquiry.com/

8. Technology used

10. Teaching-learning activities

11. Assignments Health/Illness Teaching-Learning Product • Identification of topic and presentation format • Design document • Final product Collaborative Wiki Textbook • Purpose: Work together in a collaborative team to produce an online textbook via a wiki Creative Commons Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlosporto/775089650/sizes/m/in/photostream/

12. Units/Objectives UNIT 1: Role of the nurse in patient/health education UNIT 2: Theoretical perspectives/models of teaching-learning, domains of learning UNIT 3: Design of teaching-learning activities, assessment of the learner, behavioural objectives, planning process, formative & summative evaluation UNIT 4: Selection & use of teaching strategies & materials

13. Constructivist Approach

14. Guiding Through the Process

16. Orientation via ANGEL

17. Step-by-Step Screen Captures

18. Main Wiki Page

19. Sidebar • Easy access to all pages • Class list: Own page • 2 Groups • Chapters coincide with objectives • Complete annotated bib list • Backup Discussion Board

20. Pre-Set

22. Needed to: • learn how to search for articles • reference the library database it was retrieved from Creative Commons Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/thedepartment/137413905/sizes/z/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/tfrancis/539308690/sizes/m/in/photostream/

24. Bib Example

25. 140 Bibs

27. Organization Page

28. Initial Stages

30. Final Product

32. Personal Experiences

36. Lessons learned

37. Instructor • Selection of interface is key • Differing computer literacy levels • Plan for glitches • ANGEL to Wiki • Blocking of PBworks emails • Lots of confusion initially • Where are the lessons? • Need to be present all the time • Not an easy way out of teaching Creative Commons Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/eustaquio/4101603579/sizes/m/in/photostream/

38. Instructor • Just keep facilitating • Don’t worry too much about the final product • Learning is happening in all phases • Expect all learners won’t cope with the paradigm shift: VW

39. Student • Organization is key • Identify team roles/responsibilities • Clear timelines • Expect all will not abide by deadlines • Manage frustration • Expect that not all will participate on the same level • Misunderstandings with virtual communication Creative Commons Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/monkeyc/322654818/sizes/m/in/photostream/

40. Both • Need to be open to learning new things • Willing to take a different path! Creative Commons Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/timtom/5327673307/sizes/z/in/photostream/

41. b_stutsky@umanitoba.ca kdoak1@mts.net