- 1. Videoconferencing in Nurse Education
2. The University of Nottingham,School of Nursing East Midlands,
England 3. Courses
- 4000 students (pre and post registration, undergraduate and
postgraduate); 200+ staff
- Pre-registration diploma 300 students (2 intakes/year)
- 120 LBR modules NB one core module run 17 times/academic
year
- Academic and professional practice competence assessed
- Mature students (100% LBR; 65% pre-reg diploma; 4%
undergraduate Masters)
4. SONET Applied Research Centre & CETL base 5. SONET
Applied Research Centre
- Reusable Learning Objects RLOs
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- Centre for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (CETL)
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- Reusable learning designs
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- Sustainable approaches communities of practice
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- Rapid development and course builder tools for e-learning
- Web CT and online discussion
- Teaching and Learning Observatory (Videoconferencing)
6. http:www.rlo-cetl.ac.uk Centre of Excellence in Teaching and
Learning Collaboration EB Practice Pharmacology Clinical skills
Study skills Genetics Applied Maths Engineering Study skills Sports
science Study skills Business studies Languages 7. The RLO-CETL is
concerned with: Developing RLOs for Health Sciences Evaluating the
use of RLOs Helping lecturers to develop and use RLOs Developing
tools and templates for RLO use Integrating RLO use with other
technologies eg mobile phones, white boards, videoconferencing
Research and advancing RLO pedagogy 8. 9. Reasons
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- Old VC equipment replaced and expensive (BT phone line
rental)
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- Integration with e-learning initiatives eg RLOs, electronic
whiteboards
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- Reduce time and costs travelling between centres
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- Capital funding from RLO-CETL
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- Extend learning communities
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- Synchronous communication
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- Access to specialists local and world wide for teaching and
research
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- Widening practice opportunities
10. Travel costs (2006-2007)
- Last year we spent 157,000 on student travel. Across the
centres this was split:
- Staff costs on travel - 110,000
11. VC Specification
- 42 inch plasma screens with speakers
- Portable small/medium meeting rooms and medium/large
classrooms
- Link to existing AV (projectors) in classrooms
- Join up to 8 sites in conference (multipoint)
- Supports network and video equipment from multiple vendors
- Simultaneous display of presenter and presentation
material
- Manages calls made on multiple protocols (IP, ISDN )
- Complies with standards policies (JANET acceptable policy; UoN
IS security policy)
12. Stages in Installation
- procurement process - Tender & Shortlist 3 companies
(delayed us by four months)
- VC solution selected and contracts signed
- Getting the Video Conference units to work correctly with
existing AV Infrastructure i.e. Lecterns already installed in the
Classrooms
- Bandwidth issuesand Quality of Service on those points, i.e.
enough network bandwidth available to give good video & audio
quality
- Finding suitable rooms at each centre (QoS)
- Registration with the University of Nottingham's Gatekeeper and
JANET (to allow ISDN as well as IP)
- Tandberg management software installed onto a server and get
all the VC units registered with this software so that the MCU
& VC units could make multi-sited calls.
- Staff development for SoN AV Technicians
13. SoN Videoconferencing Project
- VC equipment installed in all centres (7 units) and projectors
and classrooms upgraded
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- Tandberg (First Connections)
14. School of Nursing Education Centre KEY Interactive teaching
& learning Virtual Learning Laboratory Reusable Learning
Objects STAFF DEVELOPMENT EVALUATION Nottingham USER CARERS &
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS CURRICULUM MAPPING INTERPROFESSIONAL
LEARNINGDerby Boston Lincoln Mansfield EDUCATIONAL VIDEO
CONDERENCING TEACHING & LEARNING OBSERVATORY EDUCATIONAL VIDEO
CONDERENCING TEACHING & LEARNING OBSERVATORY EDUCATIONAL VIDEO
CONDERENCING TEACHING & LEARNING OBSERVATORY EDUCATIONAL VIDEO
CONDERENCING TEACHING & LEARNING OBSERVATORY EDUCATIONAL VIDEO
CONDERENCING TEACHING & LEARNING OBSERVATORY 15. Visual
Learning Lab CETLTeaching & Learning Observatory
- VLL CETL funded 2 year project
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- Identify target areas of the curriculum for VC delivery
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- Evaluate the implementation and disseminate findings
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- Feasibility of establishing a TLO in a nursing practice
setting
16. Outcomes & Progress
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- Open day (Feb 2007) with talks and hands-on
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- Cross school/course working group and ToR
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- Website good practice and etiquette guidelines
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- http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nursing/sonet/projects/vc.html
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- Monitoring usage and trends
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- Case studies of use of VC in selected modules
17. Usage (TCM stats) 18. VC in Teaching
- Third year Diploma in Nursing students
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- module Personal and Professional Development
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- hosted at Grantham with link to Mansfield.
- Mental Health Diploma in Nursing students
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- Lincoln to Duncan MacMillan House
19. EvaluationGrantham(n=25)-Mansfield (n=21) 20.
EvaluationGrantham(n=25)-Mansfield (n=21) 21.
EvaluationGrantham(n=25)-Mansfield (n=21) 22.
EvaluationGrantham(n=25)-Mansfield (n=21) 23.
EvaluationGrantham(n=25)-Mansfield (n=21)
- enjoyed the session although would have liked to be told about
the videolink so I could be more prepared (G)
- if we were prepared it would have been better as it took a
while to relax (G)
- I found it intimidating (G)
- Found questioning stilted videoconferencing is good for
lectures not for Q&A sessions (G)
- very good session - it worked a lot better than expected
(M)
- I really enjoyed it, it was a lot better than I thought it was
going to be (M)
- I really enjoyed this method of learning and think it is really
good, especially when the teacher is not present as we can still
have a lesson Thankyou (M)
- mansfield cohort too large, perhaps 2 sessions would be better
than large one (M)
- at first felt too shy to speak but got used to it by the end of
the day (M)
- I did not feel I could ask the questions I normally would
ask(G)
24. Evaluation Lincoln-DM Nottingham
- Video-conferencing proved effective good to share learning with
another centre
- Good video-conference, nice to interact with Nottingham
- Enjoyed the video-conferencing and news of other students from
another centre
- I found the video-conferencing to be a useful component.It was
interesting to have opinions from another cohort
- Good method of teaching and combining two sites
- The room was far too small for 40 odd people in Nottingham.It
was hot and scruffy and the sound at times was too quiet to
hear.Very hard to concentrate at times and that made interest hard
to keep
- Personally feel that video conferencing is a waste of tutor
resource
25. Conclusions
- Procurement and installation across sites more time than
planned
- Early indications that students are positive about the use of
VC in teaching
- VC use across school is increasing for curriculum/research
meetings
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- familiarity with the technology
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- pioneers at each centre in using VC in T&L
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- support and strategic role out from project researcher
- TLO probably in a mental health practice setting
26. Videoconferencing Open Day1st February 11.00-15.00 hours
Programme 11.00-12.00 Welcome and Introductions Brief presentations
from First Connections and School staff 'Using the
Videoconferencing system' 'Videoconferencing tips and etiquette'
'How to book the VC facilities and how to get support From Visual
Learning Lab CETL 'Videoconferencing in the School of Education-
the Teaching andLearning Observatory' 12.00-15.00 Demonstrations,
activities and questions (Between 12 and 3pm) ALSO: From University
of Ulster and RCN via videoconference links Question and answer
session on using videoconferencing inteaching and learning