Hands-on Courses

Gloving techniquedHands-on courses are the most challenging to move online by their very nature. When work must be done kinesthetically, particularly if that work must be observed and verified, such as would be necessary for clinical skills, moving online is a challenge. It's not insurmountable, but it requires creativity and thought to implement effectively.

Suggestions

  • Search repositories such as MERLOT, Open Educational Resources, or YouTube to see if alternate activities can be found.
  • Film someone completing the activity and record a voice-over of the key components.
  • Virtual reality has come a long way, and it may be an alternate source for some activities. For example Elsevier has the Virtual Clinical Excursions that allows learners to work in a virtual hospital. Shadow Health is another virtual clinical environment that allows students to assess patients who react in different ways depending on the actions of the learner.
  • If you have programming assistance available, you can create simulated activities. For example, some institutions may have access to software that would allow the learner to drag and drop or do other online activities to simulate the steps in a particular skill or process. 
  • Students in one fundamentals class record one another performing skills.  (Please note: this video may not play on tablets or similar devices.)

    BSN Student Performs Gloving Skill

    Video used with permission.

Next we'll begin thinking about the actual move!