This document discusses the online learning activities of the Nursing & Midwifery department, including online Masters courses in Midwifery and Advanced Nursing. It describes updating course content and materials, transitioning to a new learning management system, and using technologies like Echo360, Articulate Presenter and Smart Sympodium. It also mentions study days on topics like injections and prescribing, workbooks on dementia and palliative care, and developing more blended learning routes and sharing best practices across the university.

1. Nursing & Midwifery
Mr. James Little
Learning Technologist

2. Main areas of activity
 Online Masters courses:
 Master of Midwifery
 Advanced Nursing Masters
 Study days
 Intra-muscular injections
 Non-medical prescribing updates
 Workbooks
 Dementia Resource
 Palliative Care
 Blended
 Echo360
 Articulate Presenter
 Smart Sympodium

3. Masters – Distance Learning
 Master of Midwifery programme launched in 2004
 3 existing cohorts
 Re-designed in 2008 and 2 more masters courses
launched.

4. Masters – Distance Learning
 Updating of graphics to contemporary style:

5. Masters – Distance Learning
 Simplification of course structure
 Flattening of inconsistent and deep structure to 3 max.
levels
Programme Programme
Unit Unit
Session Session
Assets
…

6. Learning Activities & Resources
 Existing activities updated where appropriate
 Addition of new activities and resources:
 Guided PowerPoints using Articulate Presenter
 Videoclips
 Interactive games
 Podcasts by lecturers
 More links to third party services and resources

7. 2011-2012
 Transition to MOLE2
 Re-evaluation of content in 2011-2012 for next
academic year

8. Study Days/Workbooks
 Moodle
 Rapid Development

9. Developments
 School
 Further blended learning and bespoke work
 Distance-learning routes to accompany existing f2f
programmes
 Faculty/UoS Stratergy
 Sharing good practice
 Strategy should be proactive in setting out pedagogical
aims, rather than just reacting to continuous short-term
events.
 Shift in LeTS/CiCS strategies to promote 2 way flow of
information, requirements, ideas between Schools/Depts
and central resources.