Quality and Breadth of Learning
Where we are
- Traditional curriculum/delivery model
- Accredited by Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN)
- Renewed focus on mental health and wellness
- Striving towards better work-life integration for faculty, staff and students
- Leveraging technology to provide tangible improvement in quality of learning while gaining efficiencies (Clinical Simulation Learning Centre [CSLC] and technology-enabled learning environments)
- Responding to community needs (e.g. stackable certificate in oncology, development of DN degree)
- Best-in-class resources at UCalgary around teaching and learning (Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning)
Where we are going
- Increasing use of blended learning and flexible delivery options
- Designing bold, innovative, future-focused programs (both undergraduate and graduate) where we fully utilize technology to enhance learning (CSLC and virtual learning)
- Increasing accessibility to learning (not geographically bound)
- Enhancing the education-practice connection
- Integrating experiential learning with innovative clinical placements and real-world grand challenges
- Integrating inter-professional education (IPE) more comprehensively and systematically
- Establishing a suite of global learning experiences
How we will get there
- Supporting people to mobilize resources and structures to optimize learning (e.g. faculty development, learning technology)
- Renewing our graduate and undergraduate programs to be flexible and to meet the needs of our learners, our communities and the discipline
- Building resilience at all levels (individual, organizational, community)
- Exploring novel pathways to attract diverse types of learners
- Establishing robust mechanisms for program evaluation that enables continuous improvement in our educational programs
- Fostering reciprocal relationships with the community that inform our programs and support our learners and in turn, enhance community health and wellbeing
Living the Plan - Quality and Breadth of Learning
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