Category results for: Education

The Principles of Alignment in Course Design: Aligning MO’s with CO’s

What the heck are COs vs MOs? And why does they matter?  Well, you’ve already encountered COs-the acronym stands for Course Outcomes and they are on the short syllabi of the SON Courses you are assigned to teach. You’ve probably also heard them as Learning Outcomes, Course Learning Objectives, and a couple of different variations-they […]

Tweeting for a Grade?!

If you can’t beat’em, join’em! Educators are following the technologic trend by incorporating social media into the classroom. A recent study (Chapman 2017) was conducted to help first-semester associate degree nursing students identify and absorb health literacy content that’s then used to teach patients. The social media platform of choice? Twitter. Professors assigned readings prior […]