The Faculty Leadership Network provides a forum for nursing faculty to explore real world issues, pose pedagogy questions, and exchange ideas related to teaching and curriculum in professional nursing education.
The primary purpose of the FLN is to facilitate faculty networking and foster development of its members through webinars, conference sessions, and electronic communications that support the evolution of teaching and learning.
Use of health information technology to augment/support the nursing care process – includes concepts such as safety, care improvement, decision assistance/support, outcome analysis, and data analysis.
Outcomes of several grant-funded research projects sponsored by the US Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), including the Advanced Nursing Education, Geriatric Education using a Palliative Care Framework (GEPaC), and the Teaching and Transforming through Technology (T3) projects; and the National Nurse Emergency Preparedness Initiative (NNEPI), sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Scott Jaschik discusses a new study of undergraduate STEM courses finding that lectures remain dominant -- despite finding after finding questioning their effectiveness. Inside HigherEd, April 2, 2018
Psychologist, Carol Dweck researches “growth mindset” — the idea that we can grow our brain's capacity to learn and to solve problems. In this talk, she describes two ways to think about a problem that’s slightly too hard for you to solve. Are you not smart enough to solve it … or have you just not solved it yet? A great introduction to this influential field. TEDTalk. November, 2014.
What would it look like, Christopher S. Travers asks, if we celebrated the effort, growth and resiliency of black men just as much as we did their GPAs? Inside HigherEd. November 3, 2017.
According to Youki Terada, our brains are wired to forget, but there are research-backed strategies you can use to make your teaching stick. Edutopia: George Lucas Educational Foundation. September 20, 2017
