First Vodcast at the 24th Annual Conference

Scott Erdley and I ventured out into the hallways in between conference sessions to interview conference participants. We asked the participants (with their oral permission to post to the Internet) a simple question: "How do you see what you have learned at the conference influencing your professional goals?"

You will need to have Quicktime to view the vodcast. It is a free download if you do not already have the program on your computer. Google Quicktime and download the program.

Stay tuned for more vodcasts! Scott and I will be producing more vodcasts at the NI2006 conference in a few weeks! Let us know what type of questions you may want us to ask participants attending the conference in Seoul, Korea.

Cheers, Margaret Maag and Scott Erdley

University of Ontario Institute of Technology and Karl Oyri sings the blues!

Faculty members at the University of Ontario, Institute of Technology, graciously provided an interactive pre-conference workshop about the use of human simulations as a learning experience for Millenial nursing students. We were able to actively engage in simulation case studies while marveling at the unique human simulators. The manequins actually "breathe" and may experience adventitious breath sounds. Students came in from their summer vacation to demonstrate the hands-on use of the manequins living in the state-of-the-art simulation lab. These students shared their creative learning experiences in the simulation lab. The "high-touch - high-tech" learning environment is supported by Jean Watson's theory of human caring. The caring philosophy is a thread that is stitched throughout the learning curriculum at school of health sciences. It was a very enjoyable day! The faculty were great hosts and we were able to share stories about teaching and learning while using technology as a wonderful tool!

Welcome to the 24th Annual International Nursing Computer Conference

Hello, Everyone-

Here is a brief synopsis of this year's 24th International Nursing Computer Conference being held this week in lovely Toronto, Ontario, Canada!

Enjoy and stay tuned for upcoming podcasts and vodcasts!

Margaret Maag