The production and deployment of an on-line video learning bank in a skills training environment
Cannon, Gerald and Kelly, Mary and Lyng, Colette and McGrath, Mary (2009) The production and deployment of an on-line video learning bank in a skills training environment. AISHE-J: The All Ireland Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 1 (1). 3.1-3.11.
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This paper describes the introduction of videos as aids in clinical skills teaching. Although the process explored focuses on a nursing clinical skills environment it is relevant to many other disciplines.
With the introduction of the pre-registration degree in nursing in Ireland in 2002, the formerly hospital-based schools of nursing amalgamated into larger programmes with their affiliated higher education institutes (HEIs). The result was a considerable increase in class sizes. The current average annual cohort in the School of Nursing, Dublin City University (DCU) is 240 students. This has resulted in a need to review the way we teach clinical skills on campus. These skills form a large part of the programme and are taught to students in the school-based simulated nursing environment to prepare them for their practical experience in the clinical environment. Until 2006 the skills had been taught to groups of 25-30 students using a demonstration and practice technique. This teaching method has posed a number of problems:
•Learning experiences vary depending on the mix of demonstration and practice in each session.
•It can be difficult for students to absorb all of the information presented in a single demonstration.
•It is highly resource intensive.
It was decided that video technology incorporating a large scale deployment of skills videos over a video web server, in conjunction with a shift in emphasis in the teaching contact sessions could offer a useful tool to aid the teaching process. This paper will discuss the production process, the implementation of the project in the teaching environment and the evaluation findings.
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