In recent years, technology has
merged with education to enhance the health care system. The role of nursing
educator in the age of technology has changed. Nursing educators’ role is to
facilitate, mentor, guide, and advice students during their learning
experience. In the age of technology, nursing educators must encourage the
students to be active learners who think critically and participate in deep
learning. The focus of learning is shifted from teacher-centered to
student-centered. The class time must be used efficiently by engaging students
in learning activities to stimulate their active learning. I believe that some
of the content required lecturing, yet that does not mean following traditional
teaching style. For instance, the idea of flipped classroom can be used when
the educator want to introduce new information to the students and when the
educator sees that a lecture is required. Here is a link to an interested
webpage about flipped classroom.
The nursing classroom in the age of
technology includes an educator who is using technology properly to enhance the
students’ learning experience and prepare students to be ready to challenge themselves
and use technology in order to maximize their benefit of attending that class. Each
technology method must be used in a reasonable way to let the students focus on their
main goal and objectives. The nursing educators who are able to teach in a
technology friendly environment are inspiring their students to be competent in
using technology in their professional role as nurses. There are many resources
that the educator and the nursing students can use to get the benefit of
technology. One of these resources is this webpage which is about the Gorge Washington
University School of Nursing’s Teaching and Transforming through Technology (T3)
Program. This program is designed to improve the quality of nursing education
through the integration of technology-based and online teaching strategies.
I envision a technological enhanced
nursing classroom to be an educational setting where the educator is utilizing technology
to engage students. This picture illustrates how do I envision nursing classroom
in the age of technology.
Ohoud,
ReplyDeleteAwesome job! Your blog is very engaging. You are going to be an awesome 21st century educator!