Top Teaching Tools Awards

The Top Teaching Tools Awards were established in 2009 by SLACK Incorporated, publisher of the Journal of Nursing Education, to highlight the best educational resources of the previous year that can be adopted by nurse educators in support of the teaching-learning process, curriculum, and/or faculty development in undergraduate and graduate nursing programs. The winners are selected by a judging panel consisting of experts in the field. Winners are also announced in the January issue of the Journal.

Previous winners include:

2012 — Pathways to a Nursing Education Career: Educating the Next Generation of Nurses
By Judith A. Halstead, PhD, RN, ANEF; and Betsy Frank, PhD, RN, ANEF

2012 — EducatingNurses.com: A Faculty Development Website
By Patricia Benner, PhD, RN, FAAN

2011 — Teaching Nursing: The Art and Science
By Linda Caputi, MSN, EdD, RN, CNE

2011 — Medical Special Needs Shelter Orientation: Just-in-time online training website
By Danita Alfred, PhD, RN

2010 — Handbook of Clinical Teaching in Nursing and Health Sciences
By Marcia Gardner, PhD, RN, CPNP, CPN; and Patricia Dunphy Suplee, PhD, CS, RN-C

The purpose of Journal of Nursing Education is to enhance the teaching-learning process, promote curriculum development, and stimulate creative innovation and research in nursing education. In keeping with our mission, the Journal is calling for submissions for its annual Top Teaching Tools awards. These awards will be given to the best educational resources of the previous year that can be adopted by nurse educators in support of the teaching-learning process, curriculum, and/or faculty development in undergraduate and graduate nursing programs.

Eligible "tools" may include books, software, media, interactive Web sites, open source Web-based resources, simulation technology, or other educational resources. Relevant areas of focus include, but are not limited to, pedagogy, curriculum, faculty development, student learning support, clinical education, and technology use in nursing education. Staff development, continuing nursing education, client teaching, and clinical topics not related to teaching-learning in academic programs are not eligible, nor are standard textbooks, published articles, and credit-bearing online courses.

Only those resources published or made widely available between September 1, 2011, and August 31, 2012, will be considered for the awards. All entries must be postmarked by September 1, 2012. Please note that submissions will not be returned.

Experts in the field have been invited to serve as referees on the Award Selection Committee. Referees will select the top resource in each category. All decisions are final. The winners will be published in the January 2012 issue of Journal of Nursing Education and on the Journal's Web site. Submission does not guarantee eligibility. Upon receipt of your submission, you will be notified if it is determined to be ineligible.

Please send 5 hard copies of your submission to:

Jaime Harker, ELS, Managing Editor
Journal of Nursing Education
SLACK Incorporated
6900 Grove Road
Thorofare, NJ 08086

For information on sponsoring this award, contact kthompson@healio.com.