LEAP Online Using Learning Technology to embed Professionalism

Why Professionalism? Suggestion from Faculty of Health and Wellbeing academics to develop a section on Professionalism. Overall aim to improve professional standards, values and behaviours amongst nursing students.

Engagement – Story so far. . October 2019

Engagement – Update 30/10/2019 Total badges issued since site launch in excess of: 25, 000

Case Study: LEAP Online Professionalism section First Steps • Academic collaboration to develop section content • Developed as part of an action research project Content Development • Direct liaison between e. Learning developer and academic lead • Discussion of ideas for section contents, activity and badged assessment • New and unique ‘Professionalism’ digital badge

Case Study: LEAP Online Professionalism section Section Activity Design • Scenario based activity • Initial ideas presented in the form of a mind map document • Draft activity produced • Regular meetings with academic to refine activity • Professionalism section launched July 2019 at TIRI. Included Nursing specific content and a Professionalism for All section aimed at all students. • Teacher Training section added September 2019

Future Plans Academic Development • Involve Service Users and Stakeholders • Student engagement & involvement • Involve wider academic team • Engagement across programmes • Development of Level 2 and 3 sections • Continue the Action Research Cycle • Publication Librarian Liaison Development • Identify academic leads in other subject areas to develop subject specific content • Share collaborative work with sector networks such as Health Education England, CILIP etc. • GAME/#Uni. As. It. Should. Be

LEAP Online - Further Reading Nursing and Professionalism • Francis, R. (2013) Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry. London: The Stationary Office. • Health Education England (HEE) (2016) Building capacity to care and building capability to treat: a new team member for health and social care in England: consultation. London: HEE • Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2018) The Code: Professional Standards for Practice and Behaviour for Nurses, Midwives and Nursing Associates, NMC, London. LEAP Online • Barden, Mary & Mc. Intosh, Emily. (2019) The LEAP (Learning Excellence Achievement Pathway) Framework: A Model for Student Learning Development in Higher Education. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education. (14). ISSN 1759 -667 X • Barden, Mary and Grundy, Dawn (2017) LEAP Online - beyond academic skills. In: University of Bolton TIRI Conference, 5 th and 6 th July 2017, University of Bolton. • Barden, Mary, Grundy, Dawn and Prescott, Graeme (2014) Embedding information literacy into the curriculum. In: Annual Learning and Teaching Conference 2014, 23 June 2014, University of Bolton. • Grundy, Dawn , Barden, Mary , Mc. Intosh, Emily Alice and Prescott, Graeme (2018) Leap Online #theboltonway #theboltondifference. ALISS Quarterly, 14 (1). ISSN 1749258 • Grundy, Dawn , Barden, Mary and Prescott, Graeme (2015) BISSTO : Developing Information Literacy and Digital Literacy Skills. In: TIRI Conference, 7 th - 9 th July 2015, University of Bolton. • Grundy, Dawn , Lord, Helen, Doolan, Siobhan and Day, Louise (2018) Enhancing the student journey: Let's LEAP Online! In: TIRI Conference, 4 th - 5 th July, 2018, University of Bolton.

Dawn Grundy Academic Librarian, Faculty of Health and Wellbeing University of Bolton Email: d. grundy@bolton. ac. uk Telephone: 01204 903597 Graeme Prescott Learning Technologist University of Bolton Email: g. prescott@bolton. ac. uk Telephone: 01204 903329