Active Learning for Nurse Educators

Exploring how we can improve nursing education together! Practical active learning ideas and interesting thoughts about nursing education.

Apr 20 • 2 min read

🤖 could AI be "finishing" your course?


We just got back from a few days in Chicago. The kids had a break from school, and it happened to be my daughter's birthday, so we decided to make a little adventure of it. We took the train, walked everywhere, and tried lots of new foods.

I have been continuing to experiment with AI tools, most recently it is Claude Skills, and I am curious what working with AI looks like for you right now.

Hit reply and let me know! I genuinely am curious how our profession is using (or not using!) AI.

Here is what I am sitting with as I explore it myself. There is a part of me that feels a little uncomfortable when something comes together too easily. Like, I did not earn it or work hard enough for it. Like the struggle was supposed to be the point or the learning. I have a hunch some of you feel that too. I love the messy process of learning, and some of the tools really do eliminate the "struggle."

But I am also starting to wonder if that belief has quietly attached itself to tasks that also weigh us down. The administrative weight and emails. The repetitive tasks. The things that drain your energy before you ever get to the part of the work you actually love. Does AI help us there? In order to make more room for the work that actually needs your unique human qualities?

I do not have this figured out. But I am also sitting in the uncertainty that AI has brought as well, and I think it is worth talking about. So let me know how you are using AI and how you are feeling about it lately.

Alright, on to this week's articles!

p.s. There is a demo of the *NEW* Worksheet Magic 🪄 tool in that first link. I will be sharing more about it later this week!


🧭 Active Learning Tool

-a teaching technique to engage students

You're tired of students using pattern recognition to pass your exams while failing to grasp nursing care at the bedside. Try this active learning tool to help students build clinical judgment.

💡 Inspiring Resource

-a link worth clicking

New AI tools can now log into Canvas to watch lectures and submit coursework for your students while they sleep. A student developed it to start an interesting conversation about "busy work."

🗂️ Research Snapshot

-an actionable research finding

Discover how a single undergraduate research project in a rural school turned theory into 'actual nursing work' while uncovering critical health risks in their community.

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Unfolding Case Study Decks

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Teaching Tools and Templates

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Learn your Active Learning Roadblock

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Exploring how we can improve nursing education together! Practical active learning ideas and interesting thoughts about nursing education.


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