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Peter J Draus

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Quality handout development and use.

Handouts have been a mainstay of teaching for many years. Even as content moves to electronic delivery and dissemination, well-crafted handouts are often printed for future use. In this article, we examine appropriate handout use and provide specific guidelines for improving handout quality. A section focused on professional elements important during handout construction emphasizes the creation of handouts that become more functional, so they can be used outside of the classroom experience.

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Transition to a Web-supported curriculum.

Stimulating faculty to adopt an innovation of online learning in a registered nurse (RN) completion program was the focus of a faculty retreat seminar to launch a transition to a Web-supported curriculum. This article follows the planning and implementation that initiated curriculum transition to a Web-supported format using Roger's innovation-diffusion framework. Web-supported courses include an online component in combination with face-to-face instruction. The factors that influence innovation adoption, specifically relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, and observability, framed the discussion of principles. Approaches used to garner faculty involvement in the curriculum transition are discussed, and highlighted are considerations for teaching the utilization of course management software, along with faculty preparation for initiating online learning for the first time.

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