iLead
Innovative Learning Environment Accelerating Discovery
Apple Distinguished School
We are proud to be recognized as an Apple Distinguished School from 2021-2024, and 2024-2027 for our use of innovation in learning, teaching, and leading with technology in the classroom.
They demonstrate Apple's vision for
learning with technology - using Apple products to connect students to the world, fuel creativity, deepen collaboration, and make
learning personal.
(Apple, ADS Program Overview)
The Apple Distinguished Schools program supports forward-thinking education leaders and their communities who are using Apple
technology to inspire, imagine, and impact teaching and learning.
Leading the way Forward
In 1998, UTMB School of Nursing pioneered the first online graduate nursing education program in Texas. With that tradition of embracing technology, we are exploring ways of expanding iLead and investigating innovative ideas as we adapt to new ways of learning using the iPad. These include more student collaborations on projects, poster presentations, class assignments, research, and other activities. Through Interprofessional Education (IPE) we have been able to bring in other disciplines to engage with our students that adds value to their experience. We anticipate reaching out to our Health System with student demonstrations and quality improvement projects and adding even more IPE learning activities with the Schools of Medicine and Health Professions.
UTMB successfully launched the iLead program with the Summer 2019 BSN Traditional Undergraduate program's incoming cohort. This cohort was the first to use the iPad as a tool throughout the entirety of their program to ensure an engaging and interactive learning experience.
iLead Today
UTMB School of Nursing has successfully integrated Apple technology into our classrooms within the Department of Undergraduate Studies, and several Graduate programs. Our experience shows that the 1:1 iPad implementation facilitates students' active learning and empowers innovative pedagogy for educating future nurses. The power and immediacy of the iPad technology facilitates students' engagement and encourages critical thinking in a manner equally accessible to novice and tech-savvy students.
To date, 91% of our BSN Faculty and 63% of our Graduate Faculty are Certified Apple Teachers, and 88% of students that have graduated since iLead began have reported that the iPad has been a positive addition to their curriculum.
iLead Training, Support, & Processes
iLead in Action
iLead Launch 2019
Student Simulation
BSN Faculty
Graduate Faculty
Student Simulation
Interprofessional Simulation
iLead Launch 2019
Video Production
Podcast Production
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iLead Launch 2019
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iLead Launch 2019
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iLead Success Stories
Students were very engaged. Many of them seemed to have 'a-ha' moments while using their iPad devices during case studies and creating a plan of care for a patient.
— Morgan Cangelosi, MSN, RN, FNP-C, CCRN, Apple Distinguished Educator, BSN Assistant Professor
Having access to the iPad helped me better organize my notes and textbooks onto one device, saved me money by purchasing eversions of the textbooks instead of paper copies, and really transformed how I utilize technology for learning. Before coming to school here, I had never used an iPad or tablet. I appreciate the efforts that everyone at UTMB has put into implementing this technology initiative.
— Daniel Frost, BSN Class of 2021
Thank you so much for the administration of the iPad.
My studying habits have improved significantly.
I am very accustomed to whiteboards and markers
which has shaped the way I study and tutor other students.
Being a visual/artistic person, the iPad has made studying
easier, more comfortable, and so much more fun for me than
pencil and paper notes. Again, I can't thank you enough for
allowing us such resourceful tools to help us through our nursing journey
— Jose Garcia, BSN Student
The introduction of iLead represents a giant leap forward in encouraging learning.
One of the things that excites me about teaching future nurses is engaging them in
active learning. When you are an involved participant in your own learning, you
get so much more out of it.
— Laura King, DNP, MSN, RN, CNE, BSN Clinical Instructor
This format can be extremely engaging and has the potential to apply as much,
or even more, critical thinking and prioritization skills. We are continuing
to discover that, when both faculty and students are engaged with the experience,
critical skills can be taught just as effectively.
— Jacquelyn Svoboda, DNP, APRN, WHNP-C, Director of Educational Innovations, BSN Associate Professor
From vision to reality, the iLead initiative has been an exciting venture
to bring iPad technology to faculty, students and staff to facilitate
active learning. I am proud of the way our school has actively engaged
using the iPad in classroom, laboratories and virtual settings. I look
forward to the exciting ways we will integrate the iPad at all levels of
nursing education in the future to assist students in developing knowledge
acquisition, discovery and clinical judgment skills.
— Trish Richard, PhD, RN, Department Chair for Undergraduate Studies, BSN Professor
