Teaching becomes learning. Our lived experience.

Two teachers involved in the curriculum transformation process describe how they created and implemented a new learning environment with first-year nursing students in a basic baccalaureate nursing program. The authors have taught the introductory nursing course within this paradigm shift and describe the process of developing ends-in-view and relevant student experiences. They also reflect on the new meaning of the teaching-learning process within this paradigm.

Focus groups in distance nursing education.

This paper describes an educator's experience using focus groups with post-RN nursing students in a course offered by audio teleconferencing. The purposes of implementing focus groups included: to increase involvement of students located in the distance education settings, to implement principles of adult learning, to increase opportunities for drawing on the experience of the students, and to improve the quality of learning experience offered by distance education. An example is given to demonstrate how the process was used to integrate the focus group experience into the distance education classroom.