Get Your Students Hired
This is a general discussion forum for the following learning topic:
Enhancing Students' Professional Skills --> Supporting Student Professional Growth
Post what you've learned about this topic and how you intend to apply it. Feel free to post questions and comments too.
Comment on Matthew Corbin's post: Yes face to face learning is vastly different from online learning. In a brick and mortar school, students are inseat and infront of a faculty member. The faculty has the ability to speak and see each students' face and body language. In contrast, online learners have to be even more driven and disciplined to succeed. There is no teacher taking attendace; no classmate who always sits next to them. Their facial expressions are not visible on the low resolution camera. This allows online students the opportunity to hide in plain sight in thie class. This means that the faculty must employ a variety of strategies to create accountability, build community and make the online clasroom engaging and welcoming.
lifelong learning is part of enhancing professional development . Its often requires personal motivation to continue learning new things.
I loved this quote: "...success is the ability to cope with the challenges one meets and to progress in one's chosen field or area of responsibility (Beller, M., & Or, E.)." I look forward to introducing this quote to my learners and movitate them to learn beyond my classroom.
Collaboration between cohorts fosters a lifelong learning atmosphere where everyone keeps in contact and continues to learn from each other.
Cyber learning is becoming a more important part of education that ever before and it needs to be integrated into the classroom experience as appropriate.
Lifelong learning is an important element to keep abreast of current advances, technology, and changes in our ever-changing world.
Lifelong learners are also likely to be adaptable, familiar with innovation, and open to new challenges.
Self management and other lifelong learning skills are integral to professional growth
Life long learning is a forever thing and the more we learn or know makes us more productive in life and in the workplace.
Vocational Nurses are required by the Board of VN/PT to have 30 units of Continuing Education every 2 years to keep their license active. As part of the Management & Leadership class I introduce the students to NAPNES. The National Association for Practical Nurses Education & Service that provides courses, certifications, continuing education, and education standards. Student nurses can join NAPNES, memberships cost $10.00 /year for students.
I plan to encourage all my VN students to join NAPNES.
We can learn something every day, no matter how long we've been practicing. I encourage students to make it their mission to learn in any situation and that nursing is a lifelong learning profession.
I really like one of the last statements that states Online learners need to know how to learn. The class I teach is in person but is accelerated and the students are responsible for a lot of their own learning. I feel a real barrier to this is that they are just not sure how to learn in this manner. Many of them are familiar with a more traditional classroom that is highly directed by the instructor and some of the students have not even been in a classroom in awhile. This module made me think about the fact that the students I have are unsure of how to learn and this is definitely an area of stress for them.
We focus on being lifelong learners ourselves; it's important to encourage students to also be.
Supporting personal growth and development for my students is crucial for building confidence. Emphasizing lifelong learning, integrate skill development, and provide feedback with support, encourage reflection, and modeling lifelong learning. These strategies will drive students to become self-directed learners.
I appreciate that this course defines success as the ability to be flexible and cope with changes in life and in our career. Teaching the skill of being flexible and having grit often feels easier said than done. I would love more application and practical help. Hopefully, that is coming...
While the chasm between learning online and in-person is closing, there are still benefits to students having access to feedback in real time from their instructor.
Be adaptable, and increase your skill sets. Lifelong learning is a lifelong discipline. If you don't adapt, you don't grow. Success and long-term stability are the names of the game. I need to remember this not only for my students, but also for myself. I need to talk to my students and encourage them to do think professionally.
I would disagree that the "distinction" between online learning and brick-and-mortar learning is disappearing. Some might wish that there is no distinction, but learning in person is far different than learning online. This is why, I will continue to attempt to provide lessons as close to replicating in-person learning as possible.