Module 3 Assignment: Educational Design for Nurse Educators Whether teaching pre

Module 3 Assignment: Educational Design for Nurse Educators
Whether teaching preschoolers their ABCs or advanced practice nurses a new concept in patient care, education is always designed to fulfill a need or change a behavior to get to a desired state. In professional nursing practice, learning is designed to address a practice gap or correct a problem. Before you can develop outcomes that inform professional development activities for practicing nurses, you first have to know what that problem is. Thus, the first step of the educational design process for the NPD Practitioner is assessment of a practice gap. The second step is identification of learning needs to address the practice gap. As mentioned earlier, learning needs in academic settings are defined by internal and external factors influencing the curriculum and will be explored further in another course.
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The third step of the educational design process for all nurse educators is developing learning outcomes based on learning needs. We then articulate the path to achieving these learning outcomes by identifying cognitive, behavioral, and emotional tasks in the form of learning objectives. These learning objectives provide a structure for planning educational activities and inform students of what they will actually be doing.
Learning outcomes and objectives must be measurable because they serve as the basis for developing evaluations of learning, the final step of the educational design process. While the actual methods of evaluating learning for nursing students and practicing nurses often differs, approaches to identifying appropriate evaluations are similar. Evaluations must align to learning objectives or learning outcomes for a learning experience to be cohesive.
For this Module 3 Assignment, you will assume the role of the Nursing Professional Development Practitioner for all three stages of the educational design process. The assignment consists of three parts, which you will complete over the next 3 weeks. Below are the details of each part of the Module 3 Assignment. For this week, you will complete Part 1.
Assignment (6–8 pages, not including title and reference pages)
Part 1: Gap Analysis and Learning Needs Assessment
Note: You will submit all 3 parts of this Module 3 Assignment by Day 7 of Week 7. You should begin working on Part 1 of the Assignment this week. All 3 parts of this Module 3 Assignment should be submitted as one cohesive, 6-8 page paper by Day 7 of Week 7.
For Part 1 of the Module 3 Assignment, you will analyze the practice gap, or area for improvement, that you identified in the Week 5 Discussion using the Hospital Compare website. You will identify the potential learning need to address this practice gap and explain approaches that could be used to analyze the identified gap and assess the learning need(s).
To prepare:
Review the Resources about gap analysis and learning needs assessment as they relate to practice settings.
Review the Educational Plan Exemplars found in the Resources for this week and consider how these plans might inform your Educational Plan.
Review the gap you identified in this week’s Discussion and use this gap to complete Part 1 of your Module 3 Assignment.
Review the Educational Plan Template and use the areas of the template designated for Week 5 to complete Part 1 of your Module 3 Assignment.
Assignment: (1–2 pages not including title and reference pages)
Module 3 Assignment: Educational Design for Nurse Educators
Think of learning outcomes and objectives as the glue that holds together all of the aspects of educational planning. You have to know what you are going to teach, how you are going to teach it, what activities you will design for your students to engage with the topic, and how you will evaluate their learning. For this reason, it is essential to consider what you have learned about writing good learning outcomes and objectives. Your outcome must address the learning need, and, in turn, your objectives must support your learning outcome. Outcomes and objectives must align to the stated domain of learning, and verb selection must be considered to ensure alignment of objectives to the stated Bloom’s level. While you will not examine the evaluation process until next week in Part 3 of the Module 3 Assignment, you must ensure that the learning outcomes and objectives you create this week are measurable in order to be successful in Part 3.
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For Part 2 of the Module 3 Assignment, you will refine your learning outcomes as needed based on feedback received from your colleagues in this week’s Discussion. Then, you will further refine your learning objectives to address a higher Bloom’s level and explain how you would use these learning objectives to organize content and plan activities.
Part 2: Writing Outcomes and Objectives to Plan Activities
Note: You will submit all 3 parts of this Module 3 Assignment by Day 7 of Week 7. You should begin working on Part 2 of the Assignment this week. All 3 parts of this Module 3 Assignment should be submitted as one cohesive, 6-8 page paper by Day 7 of Week 7.
To prepare:
Review the Educational Plan Template you began in Part 1 of your Module 3 Assignment and use the areas of the template designated for Week 6 to complete Part 2 of your Module 3 Assignment.
Based on your Discussion this week and your identified learning outcome and objectives, consider how you will need to refine them in order to meet the learning needs.
Consider how learning objectives are used to organize and scaffold content and plan activities.
Assignment (2–3 pages not including title and reference pages)
Update your Educational Plan Template by completing the following:
Rewrite the learning objective for each of the three domains of learning to address the learning outcome at a higher level (i.e., level 2 and above) based on the feedback received from your colleagues.
Identify the level within Bloom’s Taxonomy for each learning objective.
List 3 topics you would teach to address each objective.
The Educational Plan Template will serve as the basis for completing a 2- to 3-page paper in which you will respond to the following:
Explain how the desired learning outcome you developed addresses the learning need.
Explain how each learning objective addresses the learning outcome.
Explain how each learning objective addresses the identified domain of learning and level within Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Explain how you can use learning objectives to organize the content topics you identified and plan activities.
Use your Resources to support your explanations. Use proper APA formatting and references.
Reminder: The College of Nursing requires that all papers submitted include a title page, introduction, summary, and references. The Sample Paper provided at the Walden Writing Center provides an example of those required elements (available at https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/templates). All papers submitted must use this formatting.
You will submit Part 2 of your Assignment along with Part 1 and Part 3 in Week 7 in one cohesive pa
Module 3 Assignment: Educational Design for Nurse Educators
For Part 3 of your Module 3 Assignment, you will see your educational plan come together in its entirety. You will apply the feedback you received from your colleagues in this week’s Discussion to craft evaluation approaches across Kirkpatrick’s four levels of evaluation that address your learning outcome and other learning objectives. As you review your Educational Plan Template, note how it is organized to allow you to visualize alignment among your outcomes, objectives, content organization, and evaluation approaches. Also, take note of the domains of learning indicated in your outcomes and objectives, which will also require consideration when developing evaluation approaches across Kirkpatrick’s four levels of evaluation. If something looks out of alignment, take the time to adjust it before you continue with your analysis.
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Part 3: Evaluation for Nurse Educators
Note: You will submit all 3 parts of this Module 3 Assignment by Day 7 of Week 7. You should complete working on Part 3 of the Assignment this week. All 3 parts of this Module 3 Assignment should be submitted as one cohesive, 6-8 page paper by Day 7 of Week 7.
To Prepare:
Review the Resources for this week related to alignment of evaluation to learning objectives/outcomes and Kirkpatrick’s Levels of Evaluation.
Review your colleagues’ feedback about your evaluation approaches from the Week 7 Discussion.
Consider ways to apply your colleagues’ feedback to evaluation methods for your other learning objectives and your learning outcome.
Review the Educational Plan Template and use the areas of the template designated for Weeks 7 to complete Part 3 of your Module 3 Assignment.
Assignment (2–3 pages not including title and reference pages)
Complete the Educational Plan Template by including:
An evaluation method for levels 1–3 of Kirkpatrick’s levels of evaluation for either of your two remaining learning objectives. (Note: The three evaluations you describe do not necessarily have to address the same learning objective.)
An evaluation method for level 4 of Kirkpatrick’s levels of evaluation for your learning outcome.
Use the Educational Plan Template to complete 2–3 pages, which include the following:
Explain how each of the evaluation methods you described addresses a particular level of evaluation.
Explain how each of the evaluation methods you described addresses the respective domain of learning in your learning objectives.
Explain how alignment of evaluation methods to learning objectives and learning outcomes ensures cohesive educational design.
Use your Resources to support your explanations. Use proper APA formatting and references.
Also remember I need at least 3 references please