An Evaluation of Audiovisual Discussion Boards in a Graduate-Level Nursing Course: Innovation During the Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic challenged nurse educators to develop and implement effective learning environments at a distance and refine distance education instructional strategies that were used in the past. A quality improvement project implemented in a graduate-level nursing course incorporated audiovisual discussions as an innovative pedagogy. Students chose whether to participate in class discussions by either a narrative discussion board or an audiovisual discussion method with faculty feedback in the same format. Students who chose the audiovisual discussion board found the ability to see and hear others to be helpful, suggesting audiovisual methods may improve student satisfaction and learning outcomes.