Nursing and midwifery educators teaching postgraduate online courses: A cross-sectional survey

“Teaching Through Your Fingertips”: A Descriptive Study to Understand the Experiences and Needs of Online Educators in Postgraduate Nursing Education in Australia

“…The online survey, hosted in Qualtrics, consisted of 55 questions allowing for both quantitative (mostly Likert-style questions) and qualitative, optional open-ended responses. The findings from the quantitative component of the responses to this study have been published ( Author, 2021 ). The survey offered 13 opportunities for participants to leave qualitative responses as a means to expand on or explain their quantitative responses to questions about personal experiences relating to their preparedness to teach online, support provided by their employer and colleagues, perceptions about what is needed to successfully teach online, and their lessons learned from teaching online.…”

“…Notwithstanding the underestimation of academic labor required for online teaching reported internationally ( Haslam, 2021 ; Kenny & Fluck, 2021 ; Lee et al, 2022 ; Miller, 2019 ), the investment of time and effort required to engage in online teaching may not be reflected in the usual rewards of student interaction and engagement found in the traditional classroom vis-à-vis the happy, animated students leaving the classroom buoyed and challenged by their new knowledge ( Dalby et al, 2020 ; Pather et al, 2020 ). The absence of this experience has been shown to lead to adverse impacts on educator satisfaction in Australian and international studies ( Author, 2021 ; Bittner & Bechtel, 2017 ; Dalby et al, 2020 ; Elshami et al, 2021 ; Hampton et al, 2020 ; Howe et al, 2018 ; Marasi et al, 2022 ). Participants in this study reported the timeframes and estimates provided by their institution to prepare their teaching material and to teach and engage with students were not realistic or evidence based.…”

Knowledge of Diabetic Retinopathy among Primary Care Nurses Performing Fundus Photography and Agreement with Ophthalmologists on Screening

“…When screening for DR, evidence recommends specific formal training for the professionals involved in both taking and interpreting photographs [ 23 ]. One of the most important practical aspects in the assessment of fundus photography nurse training is its impact on skills acquisition, defined as the measurement of the outcomes of training activities performed over a given period [ 24 , 25 ]. Therefore, in the first part of the study, we sought to establish the DR knowledge level as a criterion for the quality of the skills acquired.…”

The implications of internet-based Chinese language courses on online classes

“…While discussing the most readily apparent modalities of Elluminate’s synchronous audio-visual environment ( Ashton, 2022 ). Elluminate is a synchronous audio-graphic environment, so throughout this post we will refer to its most evident modalities, which include: spoken word, pre-loaded text, synchronous writing (text chat), pre-loaded images, synchronously drawn images, and potentially a video image ( Xu et al, 2021 ; Ahern and Biedermann, 2022 ). Regarding that notably in the pandemic crisis, despite its related challenges, did offer enough possibilities for language educators to experiment with online learning technologies and gain essential knowledge for their future incorporation in language instruction.…”