Online Journal of Nursing Informatics http://ojni.org
Dr Dee McGonigle - Editor in Chief Dee is our Queen Bee - in charge of the entire Journal
Dee McGonigle received her baccalaureate degree in nursing from Penn State University, a master's degree in nursing from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and her doctorate in Foundations of Education from the University of Pittsburgh. She is a Professor of Nursing in the MSN Online Program at Chamberlain College of Nursing, a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and the Editor-in-Chief of the Online Journal of Nursing Informatics (OJNI). She is actively involved in integrating active and collaborative learning strategies into traditional as well as on-line courses. Dr. McGonigle is interested in the educational impact of the human-technology interface. She is committed to the insightful analysis of ethical dilemmas brought on by this volatile information age.
Dr. McGonigle has co-authored a textbook, Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge that was published by Jones and Bartlett in August of 2008 and a second text on teaching with technology is in progress. She is a consultant to the Hartford Center grant at University Park and has developed a doctoral level course on teaching with technology, assisted with the recruitment videos and moderates the Hartford Center Radio Shows. She is searching for a way to facilitate translation by helping those who know (researchers) and those who do (clinicians) communicate and share. Dr. McGonigle's current area of interest is in the diffusion of innovative technologies, especially those impacting learning. .
Dr Jack Yensen - Chief Senior Editor Jack is in Charge of the Editorial Team
Jack Yensen has been involved in online education ever since 1970, when he first experimented with simulations on mainframes. When personal computers arrived he abandoned (almost) mainframes and time sharing and immersed himself in programming and databases. When networking started to happen, he got involved in very early email and telnet applications, and then realized in 1992 that he could enhance classroom courses and reach students globally using an FTP server to simulate a Web server, when the web first started. Now he has courses and servers and websites all over the place. Every year he visits many campuses and gives presentations and workshops on online or eLearning and shows faculty and staff how to extend courseware functionality (like WebCT and Blackboard), using Java, Flash, HotMedia, streaming audio and video and collaboration or groupware like Teamwave, Webex, & Placeware. He is also a management consultant in healthcare, assisting corporate clients to design and implement virtual universities. Jack has been involved in health and nursing informatics since 1975.
June Kaminski, MSN PhD Candidate - Chief Senior Editor June is in Charge of the Website and Edition Publishing
June received her Bachelors and
Masters of Science in Nursing at the University of BC and supplemented these with upper level and graduate courses in Computer Programming and Applications in Education. She became interested in nursing informatics in 1986 as the Medical-Surgical ward trainer for nurses being orientated to the new Hospital Information System in Vancouver. Helping nurses learn to integrate computer use into their nursing practice became a fascination of which June has dedicated many hours towards ever since.
Since 1989, June has worked as Nursing Faculty and past Curriculum Coordinator at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in British Columbia. She is also a PhD Candidate in the Faculty of Curriculum and Pedagogy Studies with a focus on Technology Education at the University of British Columbia. Her doctoral dissertation is focused on how nursing faculty perceive the dis/allowing of a cuilture for nursing informatics within nursing education.
June developed integrated curriculum for Nursing Informatics for all BSN students at Kwantlen in the early 1990s and continues to update it at http://nursing-informatics.com/kwantlen. June is also Editor in Chief and Designer of the Canadian Journal of Nursing Informatics. and the Past President of the Canadian Nursing Informatics Association as well as Director of Communications. She is also Vice President and Research/Global Health Chair for the Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing, Xi Eta Chapter As well, June developed a web environment to promote professional development through accredited CE courses and other tools for nursing informatics competency for practicing nurses, viewable at Nursng Iinformatics Learning Center She engages in freelance web design work - Hygeia Design and research and curriculum design in First Nations Pedagogy.
Dr Kathleen Mastrian - Senior Managing Editor Kathleen is in Charge of the Journal Submissions and Reviews
Dr. Kathleen Mastrian is an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator for Nursing at Penn State Shenango. She earned as BS in Nursing at Penn State, a Master's in Nursing From Pitt and a PhD in Medical Sociology from Kent State University. Dr. Mastrian is the campus coordinator for the nursing program and teaches two nursing informatics courses. In addition, Dr. Mastrian teaches a Freshman Year Seminar (FYS) in Social Problems, serves as coordinator of the FYS courses for the campus, and teaches INSYS 200 (Technology as a Teaching Tool) to adult students.
She has been involved in the education of non-traditional aged students for over 20 years in the RN nursing program. The average age of the students is early to mid 40's. She pioneered the use of Credit by Portfolio Assessment to award advanced standing nursing credit for registered nurses. She has also been active in the development of technology enhanced courses for registered nurses facilitating asynchronous participation. Dr. Mastrian has co-authored a textbook, Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge that was published by Jones and Bartlett in August of 2008
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