Dates:
May 2018

Module Competencies:

By the end of this module, participants will have developed the following educator competencies:

1. Employs strategies to engage learners in diverse settings
2. Uses a variety of approaches to provide constructive, thoughtful, timely feedback to learners
3. Shares teaching expertise with colleagues and others
4. Creates learning opportunities for diverse learners and learning styles
5. Develops a variety of  assessment instruments to evaluate outcomes
6. Implements learner-focused formative evaluation strategies
7. Implements learner-focused summative evaluation strategies
8. Implements a variety of learner-centered teaching strategies
9. Uses a variety of strategies to evaluate learners across multiple domains
10. Distinguishes between scholarship and scholarly activities
11. Critically appraises scholarly work on teaching and learning
12. Demonstrates rigorous and reflective thinking related to teaching and learning
13. Generates meaningful insights regarding teaching and learning through the synthesis of existing knowledge
14. Articulates a plan for public dissemination of scholarly work
15. Recognizes the ethical dimensions of the teacher-learner relationship

Audience:

Nurse educators teaching in baccalaureate and/or graduate nursing education programs in Canada, and graduate students interested in pursuing an academic career.

Delivery: Online (Go-to-Webinar, Moodle & teleconferencing).

Timeframe: 7 weeks total;

Course requirements include:

1) participation in the live module webinars;
2) module discussion forums;
3) submission of an electronic portfolio; and
4) successful completion of the final online examination.

Please note: to complete the course requirements, you will require access to an online academic library system to retrieve required course readings.

This module is one of three modules making up the CASN Nurse Educator Program. Participants who complete all three modules in the program and pass the comprehensive exam covering the content of the three modules will be awarded a CASN Nurse Educator Program Certificate. Participants who successfully fulfill the requirements for this module will receive a document recognizing that they have completed module 3 of the program.

*Please note: the course is being offered in English, and registration is limited. The registration fee does not include the cost of the required course textbook. Participants are responsible for purchasing the required course textbook.

Required Course Textbook:

Oermann, M.H. (Ed). (2013). Teaching in nursing and role of the educator: The complete guide to best practice in teaching, evaluation and curriculum development. New York, NY: Springer Publishing. (ISBN-13: 978-0826195531        ISBN-10: 0826195539)