Videoconferencing in Nurse Education

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Videoconferencing in Nurse Education

• Heather Wharrad
• School of Nursing
• University of Nottingham

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The University of Nottingham, School of Nursing
East Midlands, England
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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)

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SONET Applied Research Centre CETL base
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SONET Applied Research Centre

• Reusable Learning Objects RLOs
• Centre for Excellence in Teaching Learning
  (CETL)
• Reusable learning designs
• Sustainable approaches communities of practice
• Rapid development and course builder tools for
  e-learning
• Web CT and online discussion
• Teaching and Learning Observatory
  (Videoconferencing)
• Social networking tools
• Facebook, Second life
• Social Learning Hubs

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Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Collaboration
httpwww.rlo-cetl.ac.uk
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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
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Reasons

• Pragmatic
• Old VC equipment replaced and expensive (BT phone
  line rental)
• Integration with e-learning initiatives eg RLOs,
  electronic whiteboards
• Reduce time and costs travelling between centres
• Capital funding from RLO-CETL
• Pedagogical advantages
• Extend learning communities
• Synchronous communication
• Access to specialists local and world wide for
  teaching and research
• Widening practice opportunities

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Travel costs (2006-2007)

• Last year we spent 157,000 on student travel.
  Across the centres this was split
• Boston - 86,000
• Lincoln - 14,000
• Derby - 19,000
• Mansfield - 17,000
• Nottingham - 7,000
• Midwifery - 14,000
• Staff costs on travel - 110,000

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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)
• Remote management system
• Training package

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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 issues and 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

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SoN Videoconferencing Project

• VC equipment installed in all centres (7 units)
  and projectors and classrooms upgraded
• Tandberg (First Connections)

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KEY
School of Nursing Education Centre
USER CARERS HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
EVALUATION
Interactive teaching learning
Nottingham
Derby
Boston
Lincoln
Mansfield
Virtual Learning Laboratory
Reusable Learning Objects
CURRICULUM MAPPING
STAFF DEVELOPMENT
INTERPROFESSIONAL LEARNING
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Visual Learning Lab CETL Teaching Learning
Observatory

• VLL CETL funded 2 year project
• Identify target areas of the curriculum for VC
  delivery
• Evaluate the implementation and disseminate
  findings
• Feasibility of establishing a TLO in a nursing
  practice setting

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Outcomes Progress

• Literature review
• Open day (Feb 2007) with talks and hands-on
• Cross school/course working group and ToR
• Website good practice and etiquette guidelines
• http//www.nottingham.ac.uk/nursing/sonet/projects
  /vc.html
• Monitoring usage and trends
• Case studies of use of VC in selected modules
• Evaluation
• Scoping TLO

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Usage (TCM stats)
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VC in Teaching

• Third year Diploma in Nursing students
• module Personal and Professional Development
• hosted at Grantham with link to Mansfield.
• Mental Health Diploma in Nursing students
• Lincoln to Duncan MacMillan House

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Evaluation Grantham(n25)-Mansfield (n21)
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Evaluation Grantham(n25)-Mansfield (n21)
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Evaluation Grantham(n25)-Mansfield (n21)
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Evaluation Grantham(n25)-Mansfield (n21)
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Evaluation Grantham(n25)-Mansfield (n21)

• 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 QA 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)

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EvaluationLincoln-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

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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
• familiarity with the technology
• pioneers at each centre in using VC in TL
• support and strategic role out from project
  researcher
• TLO probably in a mental health practice setting

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Videoconferencing Open Day 1st 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 and Learning 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 in teaching and learning