Teaching Online

Reflecting on the use of my teaching plan in the online setting

According to Caputi & Engelmann (2005), when planning and delivering instruction, the framework to be used is the instructional design which is closely related to the nursing process framework used in nursing care. The instructional design process follows this pattern: analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate (pp. 256-257). I will follow this process for my teaching plan in the online setting according to the description given on page 256-270.

My course is about Health Promotion through Eight Natural Remedies which can be remembered using the acronym NEW START: Nutrition, Exercise, Water, Sunlight, Temperance, Air, Rest, and Trust in Devine power. We all know that Heath care delivery in our modern society is changing from hospital based care with a disease focus to community-centered care with a health promotion focus. As health care professionals we need to empower ourselves and our community with health promoting behaviors that will increase our level of well being and improve our health. This course can be taken by nursing students, nurses who need continuing education hours or anyone in the community who wants to improve their health. The use of technology wouldn’t be a problem because UTB is already established in offering online courses. I will try to minimize the challenges related to distance education that we discussed in activity 2- discussion board.

On-line courses allow people to continue their work and learn at the same time on their own schedule. One of the factors contributing to the shortage of nurses is the shortage of instructors. Training more teachers to give on-line classes will be one of the solutions of decreasing nursing shortage because On-line teaching requires fewer faculties who can reach a lot of students anywhere and anytime.

References

Caputi, L. & Engelmann, L. (2010). Internet-Based Education in Teaching nursing: The art and science (pp. 252-270) College of DuPage Press: Glen Ellyn, Illinois.