Tools for Transformation

Funded Proposals

Three-campus BSN and Master of Nursing Distance Learning Initiative

School of Nursing

The UW School of Nursing Tools for Transformation project for a three-campus Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and Master of Nursing Distance Learning Initiative is designed to develop innovative courses for use by all three UW campuses. The process of developing these courses will permit faculty in Seattle, Bothell, and Tacoma to advance their knowledge and skills for presentation of nursing curriculum to students in any loction, at any time. As a result of this project, students in the Port Angeles area will be able to complete their BSN and MSN at any of the three UW campuses without leaving their locale. The Nursing faculty will develop skills during this project, which will help them in designing other new courses in Nursing.

Progress Report, November 2001

This Tools for Transformation funding has provided opportunities for faculty on all three UW campuses to collaborate and improve their knowledge of new and appropriate technology and teaching methods so they are better able to participate in delivering the school's degree programs to students outside the Seattle, Bothell and Tacoma region.

The funding assists with installation and implementation of an efficient 3-campus technological infrastructure. Developing and implementing a BSN completion program for nurses on the Olympic Peninsula through UW Bothell provides a pipeline to our graduate studies. Developing a technology-based Master of Nursing distance learning initiative integrates the education and administration expertise of the three UW campuses. In order to help address the significant shortage of nurse educators in this state, we concentrated our efforts on courses that provide basic information about nursing education, particularly addressing the need for graduate prepared educators in the community college system. Undergraduate and graduate students are increasingly bound by constraints of time, location, and finances. Hence, developing courses with flexible delivery mechanisms is an ideal approach. Course evaluations illustrate that students are quite satisfied with courses that had been converted. The positive response and goodwill engendered by this Tools for Transformation support has had huge dividends. Future planning includes converting additional masters-level nursing education courses to technology-based activities.

Tools for Transformation Funded Proposals

The Provost's Office
provost@u.washington.edu
Modified: November 30, 2001