Hands-on faculty workshop
Diagnose the learning problem, make student thinking visible, and build a 20–30 minute learning sequence with your own nursing content.
Flexible workshop path · 70% build and practice · short demonstrations · faculty-owned nursing content
Start with the editable participant workbook
Open Editable Participant Workbook (Word)Open or download the Word workbook, then use the activity map and on-page scratch space as you work.
Arrive ready to make
You will work on a real lesson in Part 1. Keep the learning outcome and student action at the center; technology comes after the design need.
Participant progress
Mark an activity complete when its deliverable is usable.
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Flexible activity map
Open any card for its purpose, task, deliverable, and debrief. Use the suggested path or adapt the order with your facilitator.
Suggested route: Anchor the problem first. Then explore the pattern, technology, accessibility, and constraint activities in any order. Finish by making, peer-testing, and reflecting.
Free technology explorer
Mini-challenge: Create a confidence scale and one-word success/friction prompt; preview the phone join experience.
Free path: Creator account required; participants normally join by code or QR in a browser without accounts. The free plan allows 50 participants per month across presentations, resetting monthly; advanced exports are paid.
Mini-challenge: Build one anonymous rating poll and one open-text pulse, then test the QR-code join.
Free path: Free Basic host account; browser participants can join anonymously. Up to 100 participants per Slido, three polls, and one quiz. Use the browser—the mobile apps were discontinued.
Free technology explorer
Mini-challenge: Turn the four categories into drag-and-drop zones and sort sample statements before discussing disagreements.
Free path: Quick & Easy mode is free, ad-supported, and needs no account; it is individual and does not save progress. A reusable Google Sheets version needs a Google account.
Mini-challenge: Create four frames and collaboratively move sticky-note statements into the best category.
Free path: No account required and real-time collaboration is free; Lite boards expire after 24 hours, so capture the result before leaving.
Free technology explorer
Mini-challenge: Annotate one browser-viewable lesson with Acquire, Practice, Feedback, Keep, Compress, or Replace tags; reply to one peer note.
Free path: Free for personal use and collaboration; each annotator needs an account and the extension or bookmarklet. It is not phone-first.
Mini-challenge: Paste a lesson outline, color-code passive and active minutes, and add a comment where learner thinking disappears.
Free path: A Google Account can create and collaborate at no separate charge; editing and external-sharing access depend on institutional settings.
Free technology explorer
Mini-challenge: Create one retrieval poll or quiz that requires an individual answer before peer comparison.
Free path: Free Starter creator account; participants can join many live or assigned sessions by code without accounts. Some configurations, including limiting homework attempts, require participant sign-in. The account stores up to 20 resources.
Mini-challenge: Run a teacher-paced clinical cue question; pause for rationale comparison before revealing feedback.
Free path: Free teacher account; participants join by room code or QR without accounts. Includes one room, five quizzes, 50 participants per activity, and 30-day report history.
Free technology explorer
Mini-challenge: Create columns for Cue, Decision, Rationale, and Revision; test posting and commenting as a visitor.
Free path: Free Neon host account; link visitors can post without accounts when Writer access is enabled and login is off. Limit: three total Boards or Sandboxes and 20 MB per upload; delete an unused padlet to free a slot.
Mini-challenge: Build one cue, two decision links, and a consequence for each choice; test it as a learner.
Free path: Free, open-source, browser or desktop, with no account. Browser work is stored locally—export it before leaving; it is best on a larger screen.
Free technology explorer
Mini-challenge: Scan one public course page; identify an error, alert, contrast issue, and item requiring human judgment.
Free path: The online evaluator needs no account; free browser extensions can inspect dynamic or protected pages. Automated findings still require manual review.
Mini-challenge: Run an Accessibility report, repeat it in a mobile viewport, and compare results with a keyboard-only check.
Free path: Built into Chrome DevTools with no separate account or extension. It detects only some barriers and cannot certify accessibility.
Free technology explorer
Mini-challenge: Build wheels for bandwidth, class size, account access, and support; generate one combined constraint.
Free path: Quick & Easy mode is free, ad-supported, and needs no account; bookmark the generated link. The persistent Google Sheets version needs a Google account.
Mini-challenge: Map Primary strategy → failure trigger → equivalent backup → evidence retained, then export the decision tree.
Free path: Free browser and desktop editor; no account required. Save locally or to your chosen storage and export as PDF or image.
Free technology explorer
Mini-challenge: Build one interaction—drag-and-drop, quiz, interactive video, or presentation—and preview the learner path offline.
Free path: The desktop editor is completely free, open-source, and needs no cloud account. Installation rights are required; online hosting or LMS delivery is separate.
Mini-challenge: Prototype a cue, visible choice, rationale prompt, feedback passage, and second attempt.
Free path: Free and open-source with no account; browser work is local and must be exported. Browser and desktop options are available; a larger screen is recommended.
Free technology explorer
Mini-challenge: Post a prototype link or screenshot; give a peer one productive-thinking observation, one friction point, one risk, and one revision.
Free path: Free Neon host account; link visitors can post without accounts when Writer access is enabled and login is off. Limit: three total Boards or Sandboxes and 20 MB per upload; delete an unused padlet to free a slot.
Mini-challenge: Recreate four peer-review fields, submit one test response, and inspect the response summary.
Free path: The creator needs a Google account; responders can often use Anyone with link without accounts. Test signed out—organizational restrictions and some settings or questions can force login.
Free technology explorer
Mini-challenge: Build the three exit prompts, share by QR code, and test an anonymous submission.
Free path: A free personal Microsoft account can create it; Anyone can respond requires no sign-in. Personal free accounts allow up to 200 responses per form.
Mini-challenge: Create a final confidence scale and one-word revision-priority cloud; preview the phone join.
Free path: Creator account required; participants normally join by code or QR in a browser without accounts. The free plan allows 50 participants per month across presentations, resetting monthly; advanced exports are paid.
Private drafting space
Write in short phrases. Your entries stay in this page unless you opt in to device-local saving. Export a copy before you leave.
01 · Diagnose before choosing
Begin with what learners must do and what evidence would make their progress visible. Name a tool only after question six.
02 · Recover the passive minutes
Mark your original artifact in three colors, then capture the diagnosis here. Do not redesign the entire course—bound one 15–20 minute target.
03 · Select an interaction pattern
04 · TEC-SAFE decision aid
Score 0 = not addressed, 1 = partly addressed, 2 = strong evidence. A zero for clinical integrity, security/privacy, or accessibility/equity blocks launch regardless of the total.
| Dimension | Question | Score |
|---|---|---|
| T · Target | Does it align to the outcome and learner action? | |
| E · Evidence + feedback | Does it reveal reasoning and enable useful, timely feedback? | |
| C · Clinical integrity | Does it preserve productive thinking and verified clinical content? | |
| S · Security + privacy | Are data, accounts, retention, and institutional approval addressed? | |
| A · Accessibility + equity | Does it support keyboard, captions/text, contrast, mobile/low-bandwidth, cost, language, and an equivalent path? | |
| F · Feasibility | Are workload, support, reliability, reuse, and backup realistic? | |
| E · Evaluation + exit | Is there useful evidence, a deletion/export path, and a plan if the tool changes? |
05 · Accessibility in action
The video is optional. Loading it connects to YouTube only after you choose the button; it never autoplays. A text alternative and direct link are always available.
CAST · captioned
Play only when directed. YouTube may set cookies or collect connection data after the player loads.
The stimulus introduces Universal Design for Learning as proactive planning for learner variability. Its three design areas are multiple ways to engage with learning, multiple ways to perceive and understand information, and multiple ways to act or express learning. For this workshop, use those ideas to remove format and access barriers while preserving the same observable nursing outcome and clinical rigor.
Text reference: CAST UDL Guidelines .
Check headings, labels, reading order, meaningful links, alt text, and accessible tables.
Offer a lightweight text path, downloadable materials, and no essential timed media dependency.
Use plain instructions, define clinical terms, provide captions/transcript, and avoid idioms.
Test narrow-screen reading, touch targets, input burden, zoom, and an offline alternative.
06 · Choose, defend, downgrade
Shared objective: Every learner must identify the most urgent cue, choose a first nursing action, and justify that priority before group discussion.
Constraint in play
Your team must preserve the learner action, visible commitment, and timely feedback.
No constraints revealed yet.
07 · Build Sprint 1
Build the smallest complete learning loop. Mark a step only when a learner could actually use it.
0 of 8 build moves ready.
08 · Usability test
Score 0 = absent, 1 = developing, 2 = ready to test. Use this to revise—not as a faculty-performance evaluation.
| Dimension | Look for | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Observable outcome | Learner-facing and measurable. | |
| Meaningful decision | Learners decide and explain, not merely click. | |
| Individual thinking | Visible before the group converges. | |
| Feedback | Timely, criterion-based, and usable on a next attempt. | |
| Clinical transfer | Supports clinical judgment or use in a new context. | |
| Access + equity | Barriers and equivalent paths are addressed. | |
| Privacy | No sensitive information is exposed or collected unnecessarily. | |
| Feasibility | Works in the actual room, LMS, time, and support context. |
09 · Close the loop
Use when the design calls for it
These are references, not a required reading list. Open external resources in a new tab and follow institutional policy for any tool you choose.
Showing all 6 resources.
Short, captioned CAST stimulus used in the accessibility activity.
Watch on YouTubeUse to anticipate learner variability in engagement, representation, and action/expression.
Open CAST guidelinesA practical first review of page titles, headings, contrast, keyboard access, and alternatives.
Open W3C Easy ChecksConnect learner actions, assessment evidence, and competency-based nursing education.
Open AACN resourcesPrimary reference for making clinical-judgment actions observable in a learning task.
Open NCSBN modelAuthoritative context for HIPAA de-identification; follow institutional policy and never improvise with real records here.
Open HHS guidanceKeep your participant copy
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