Speaker bio's

Lecturer; Strategic E-Learning Facilitator

UCOL and Massey College of Education

w.day@ucol.ac.nz; m.b.nichols@massey.ac.nz

Blended delivery within a BN programme-the challenges of getting the right blend

"Blended delivery" has been used in the Bachelor of Nursing programme at UCOL since 2003. The Centre for Education Technologies and the School of Nursing at UCOL worked in partnership to develop a piloted blended delivery course to improve delivery and gain experience with the issues of centralised course design and distributed course delivery across multiple campuses. A mix of traditional delivery methods and information technology was chosen.

Study guide templates, formative assessments, discussion boards, websites and CD-Roms were developed to meet a variety of learning needs and styles. This paper describes the progress of the project and its effect on teaching and learning within the BN programme.

Presentation notes (PDF 2.2 MB)

Wendy Day, RCpN, BN, MA (Hons), Member of the College of Nurses Aotearoa

Wendy Day is a Lecturer in the School of Nursing at UCOL Palmerston North. Her background includes coronary care, medical and surgical nursing. She has been involved in the development and teaching of Health Assessment units within the undergraduate nursing programme for the past 5 years. This includes coordinating unit delivery and resources over four campuses. She is also involved in teaching post-graduate health assessment and advanced cardiac life support.

Mark Nichols

BMS (Hons), MAODE (Distinction)

Mark is Strategic E-Learning Facilitator at the College of Education, Massey University.