{"id":68,"date":"2023-11-29T03:05:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T03:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.odu.edu\/fall2016-pff-template\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2024-10-20T13:43:29","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T13:43:29","slug":"professional-development-activity-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/urbanopff\/professional-development-activity-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond & Paper: Strategies for Unique Student Engagement and Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n

This session was one of the best professional development seminars I’ve ever attended because its utilization goes beyond the classroom.\u00a0 As a health care professional and current clinic manager, communication is a critical leadership skill.\u00a0 PowerPoint Presentations are the standard communicative delivery aid, but with the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve become desensitized to PowerPoints.\u00a0 The tools provided in this presentation will enhance and keep listeners engaged.<\/p>\n

Three Lessons\/Key Points<\/strong><\/p>\n

One key point the presentation discussed was collaborative learning, where students work in groups to “pursue mutual learning goals,” share ideas, and synthesize inputs to a common product.\u00a0 This is a great opportunity, especially when interprofessional collaboration is involved.\u00a0 Healthcare is a team sport, therefore, the varying perspectives are crucial to optimizing patient care.\u00a0 Collaborating with the other health professions fosters critical thinking and challenges one’s viewpoints; not one discipline can do it all, so the networking is invaluable. There are competencies associated with interprofessional collaboration and affords opportunities for leadership, advocacy, and role clarification.<\/p>\n

In the realm of collaborative learning, this lecture provided many engaging learning activity examples.\u00a0 One such strategy is the multimedia discussion board.\u00a0 Because of our ever evolving society, many students are pursuing their education in a distance learning or online format.\u00a0 Whether it be job, family life, or other goals, the COVID-19 pandemic engrained and reinforced tele-“everything,” e.g., telework, telehealth, etc.\u00a0 There is a degree of informality with standard discussion boards.\u00a0 By recording one’s responses to another post, we can quickly deliver or response and communicate with the spoken work like would normally do in the classroom.\u00a0 It’s underutilized and I anticipate using this in the future, especially if teaching ethics or nursing leadership.<\/p>\n

Lastly, one lesson learned from the presentation is the myriad of learning tools available to us within existing platforms.\u00a0 The learning management system, i.e. Canvas, Blackboard, etc., has tools that can enhance learning such as attendance management, course collaboration tools, lucid whiteboard, media gallery, rubrics, and Yuja accessibility.\u00a0 This requires a lot of preparation and deliberateness on the professor, however, if done well, it improves the “classroom.”\u00a0 Apparently, I am also underutilizing Zoom.\u00a0 I’ve traditionally only used these meeting applications for just the meeting.\u00a0 However, I can get better with breakout rooms, pools, and the whiteboard.\u00a0 This too will take practice, but again, if it will cover every student’s learning style, the investment is worth it.<\/p>\n

Unanswered Question or One Piece of Advice<\/strong><\/p>\n

One piece of advice I have regarding these student engagement techniques is to gauge the audience prior to using a specific strategy.\u00a0 What I mean is not everyone learns from a video, (multimedia) discussion board, game, or reflection.\u00a0 Therefore, administering a learning styles assessment at the beginning of the semester allows me to pivot my lesson plans to capture the majority.\u00a0 I learned early on that I am a kinesthetic learner and nursing (or any health profession for that matter) requires hands-on practice.\u00a0 I struggled in the theory courses, but did just fine in clinical because I got to “do” the thing we learned in class.\u00a0 This will be the challenge in distance-based classes, but it can be done with intentionality, planning, and creativity.<\/p>\n

Faculty Preparation<\/strong><\/p>\n

This event was incredibly helpful, so much that I requested from the Center for Faculty Development to a copy of the slides.\u00a0 Reason being, I foresee myself referencing the presentation tools in the future to change my approach.\u00a0 Our current generation of students is changing.\u00a0 Gone are the days of traditional lecture-style, classroom-based learning.\u00a0 Students are wanting interesting, engaging, and dynamic lectures.\u00a0 Not one to underdeliver, I will use Poll Everywhere in the future as a way to see if I’m reaching the students.\u00a0 It’s a great way to retain everyone’s attention, but also not embarrass anyone if they get the wrong answer.<\/p>\n

Date Attended:\u00a0 Sep 24, 2024 as part of the Old Dominion University Center for Faculty Development’s “Day of Teaching”<\/em><\/p>\n

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