Game Information
| Title | NursingAP.com |
| Presenter(s) | Marjorie A. Zielke, Ph.D., Judy LeFlore, Ph.D, R.N., NNP-BC, CPNP-PC&AC |
| Session | Play the Past: Where Meaningful Play and Digital Humanities Meet to Talk |
| Time | Thursday, October 18, 11:00a-12:00p |
| Location | Gold A |
| Format | Game Exhibition |
| Description | NursingAP.com is a training simulation platform for neonatal nurse practitioner students using a Situational Learning Management System (SLMS). Game-based learning environments provide new options for learners and instructors and many DOD-related instructional designers are interested in incorporating video games and blended learning into curricula. A well-designed, web-based SLMS allows for increased distribution of learning assets and capabilities as well as architectural agility - using loosely coupled, exchangeable components, avoiding stovepipe solutions with limited functionality. However, not many platforms deliver blended learning assets in a holistic manner or provide the opportunity to study how the learning assets work together with games. Opportunities exist to study how students respond to different types of interactive media vehicles and which ones are most effective for different learning styles and topics. Studying student response to digital learning vehicles will provide refinement of technologies to enrich teaching, learning and instructional development. The SLMS we have developed lays the foundation for addressing these issues in a game-based environment. While the topic of this particular development is neonatal nurse practitioner training, the SLMS can be used for a variety of curriculum topic sets. |