Preparedness presentation on blended learning strategies given at the 2008 Public Health Preparedness Summit in Atlanta, Georgia to members of the National Association of City and County Health Officials (NACCHO).
1. “ Embracing the Distance: Blended Learning Challenges & Solutions in Preparedness” Sharon A. R. Stanley, Ph.D., RN, RS, OCPHP Program Director Cheryl L. Engle, M.A., Learning Environment Manager
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11. Contacts Sharon A. R. Stanley, PhD, RN, RS Program Director Ohio Center for Public Health Preparedness College of Public Health, The Ohio State University 1212 Kinnear Road Columbus, OH 43212 Office: 614.292.5524 Email: sstanley@cph.osu.edu Cheryl L. Engle, MA, PhD Candidate Learning Environment Manager Office of Workforce Development College of Public Health, The Ohio State University 1212 Kinnear Road Columbus, OH 43212 Office: 614.688.4493 Email: cengle@cph.osu.edu
The Public Health Nursing (PHN) Surge Curriculum is an established competency-based curriculum using blended learning strategies. It uses F2F learning systems and teleconferencing in order to engage the adult learner in learner-content and learner-teacher interactions. The curriculum blends distance education with the ability to enhance internal didactic conversations (Holmberg, 1986), critical thinking (Garrison, Anderson, and Archer, 2001), and computer-mediated learning (Moore, 1997) of an already busy adult learner in the public health workforce, in this case Public Health Nurses. The 2007 initial phase of the course enrolled over 200 PHNs throughout Ohio. We are in the next phase of development: full blown capacity to deliver the course nationally through distance-based Train the Trainer methodologies and VODcasting (video-on-demand) of the interactive content with individualized coaching. Presentation objectives: Discuss the collaboration necessary to grow a program to the national level. Delineate key actions that enable a PHN population to take courses/train courses Define blended learning in a Train the Trainer environment Determine steps necessary for program based-evaluation in conjunction with competency-based curriculums delivered in a blended learning environment.