Second Quarter Performance Monitoring Support

General WisTech Open updates, as well as updates from each of their respective editors, for the second quarter can be found below. Note that the Open RN brand, textbooks, and related resources will all be maintained and sustained through WisTech Open. If you’d like to get involved or propose a new project, visit www.cvtc.edu/WisTech.

General Updates

• 📘 Nursing Pharmacology OER Textbook:
  The e-book was published in June 2020, with a free edited PDF and an affordable print version released by XanEdu in August 2020. Print versions are available in college bookstores and on Amazon. To date, there are almost 4,000 users of the e-book nationally and internationally, and over 300 downloads by 200 institutions of the free PDF version.
• 🕶️ Virtual Reality Scenario Development:
  Development has begun, and five VR centers are being established at CVTC, Gateway, Madison, MPTC, and NWTC.
• 🎬 ARISE Simulation OER Videos:
  There have been almost 13,000 views of the ARISE simulation OER videos uploaded to the Open RN YouTube channel. These videos have been incorporated into 12 online OER virtual simulations using H5P branching scenarios. Faculty also have the option to incorporate these videos into their own learning activities for remote online learning during the COVID pandemic.
• 🛠️ Development of Nursing Fundamentals and Skills OER Textbooks:
  Development has continued despite the COVID pandemic, with anticipated national peer review in early Spring 2021 semester.