Our nursing courses are complex to run. This is partly due to the numbers of students involved, the number of groups they are divided into and the amount of programme and practice information that needs to be shared. In the child field we have it relatively easy only 2 groups and 50 students, things tend to get complicated when the module is accessed by all nursing students, and sometimes the social workers and midwives too. The area for improvement that students feedback on most often is around communication.
In some instances it is clear where information will be for example assignment details and timetables will be in module handbooks, information about referencing and academic writing will be at skills@library for example (which as an aside is an amazing resource for students, researchers and academics). With other things it is not as obvious as to how the message can be shared. I have an example.
On Friday October 14 there is the second Leeds Children's Hospital Conference run in partnership with the child team in the School of Healthcare. This is an excellent conference to attend as it showcases the research studies, practice improvement projects and partnerships that are happening in Leeds. As a team we wanted to encourage our third year students to attend. The year 3 students have a module that I run timetabled on a Friday so within the timetable I gave this as study time. I emailed all of the students with the information about the conference and suggested they might like to register. When our Twitter account @UoLchild nursing was established we tweeted about the conference and I emailed them all again with information reminding them they needed to register this week if they wanted to go. There are also posters about the conference on display in the Children's Hospital. Now I don't know how many have registered but from questions that I've been asked somehow the message isn't reaching everyone. What I need to understand is:
I feel this needs further consideration as engagement can only occur if people know there is something to engage with.
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AuthorKirsten Huby Lecturer Child Nursing interested in blended learning, educational technology and improving student engagement. Archives
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