Course Hero Unites Innovative Nurse Educators at Collaborative Summit

Full-day event designed to foster connections and collaboration within the subdiscipline

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Mar 18, 2019, 15:03 ET

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- On March 22, a select group of nurse educators will convene for a day of talks, workshops, and hands-on learning at the Bay Area headquarters of Course Hero, an online learning platform curating over 25 million course-specific study resources.

"We believe knowledge and resource sharing between those who teach the same or similar courses can help create better learning outcomes," said Andrew Grauer, cofounder and CEO of Course Hero. "Bringing these incredible educators together for a day of collaboration, sharing, and active learning is a clear next step in Course Hero's efforts to support the great teaching happening in classrooms around the country. We hope that the nurse educators attending will walk away with new ways to bring their subjects to life and an expanded library of teaching resources to access on Course Hero to aid in their course design and execution."

As an extension of Course Hero's annual cross-discipline Educator Summit held each summer, the Nurse Educator Summit is a full-day event that brings together educators from around the country to learn from each other and share experiences, resources, pedagogies, and teaching approaches. This Summit focuses specifically on the principles of active learning in nurse education and is designed to help attendees uncover and implement innovative active learning approaches to instruction, both inside and outside the classroom. In addition to attending a variety of interactive workshops, attendees will receive a "flipped-learning toolkit," resources to create a high-quality instructional video on site, access to the Course Hero library of teaching and learning resources, and complimentary meals and transportation.

"The field of nursing is richly represented on Course Hero's platform," said Alex Witkowski, Course Hero Educator Community Manager. "Over the last few months, I have been extremely fortunate to get to know the inspiring educators attending this event. They are passionate about creating meaningful learning experiences for students, and I'm excited to bring them together so they can share their best practices and bring diverse perspectives back to their respective campuses."

Attendees include:

Joy Don Baker, University of Texas, Arlington
Sharon Bigger, Mars Hill College
Marsha Butler, Lees-McRae College
Teresa Darnall, Lees-McRae College
Rebecca Newton, University of Southern Mississippi
Amber Pyatt, Missouri Baptist University
Kristen Rawlett, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Rachel Rogers, University of Denver

After the Nurse Educator Summit, attendees are invited to continue their idea sharing and mutual support via the Course Hero website, which is open to all professors of nursing.

Educators interested in learning more can reach out at [email protected]. The Course Hero Educator Community team is available to provide any educator with information on opportunities for content creation, a feature article in the Faculty Club series, and Course Hero's upcoming 2019 Education Summit in San Francisco, CA.

About Course Hero
Course Hero is an online learning platform where members can access over 25 million course-specific study resources contributed by a community of students and educators. The platform includes practice problems, study guides, videos, class notes, and step-by-step explanations to help with every college class—from mathematics to literature, biology to history, accounting to psychology, and everything in between. Course Hero has been recognized as one of the 2018 Technology Fast 500 by Deloitte and named a 2018 Best Place to Work in the Bay Area by San Francisco Business Times and Silicon Valley Business Journal.

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