Nurses as Co-Designers: Shaping AI to Transform Nursing Education
Webinar Details
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) rapidly enters educational spaces, nurse educators are uniquely positioned to shape its integration in ways that amplify, not replace, clinical reasoning, reflective learning, and systems-level insight. This webinar reframes AI as a tool for advancing nurse-led pedagogy aligned with the AACN Essentials. Presenters will share practical examples from Emory University and Georgia Tech. Participants will be introduced to a roadmap for initiating AI co-design efforts within their own institutions and will engage with a panel of experts to explore myths, lessons, and next steps for faculty across all levels of tech familiarity. Action pathways and resources will support immediate implementation.
Outcomes:
By the end of this session, viewers will be able to:
- After attending this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Describe the role of nurse educators in ethically shaping AI integration to promote person-centered, equity-informed learning experiences.
- Map AI-supported teaching strategies to the AACN Essentials.
- Apply a co-design model to evaluate and improve digital learning strategies within a course or program.
- Identify opportunities to build interdisciplinary partnerships that support population-focused and scalable innovation.
- Evaluate how progression indicators can be used to assess learner growth and guide tech-enabled curricular decisions.
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Speakers
Miranda Hawks, PhD, RN, CNL
Clinical Assistant Professor
MN Enrichment Team Lead
Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Dr. Miranda Hawks is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. She earned her PhD in Nursing from the Medical College of Georgia in 2016, following an MSN in Nursing/Clinical Nurse Leadership in 2010, and a BS in Biology from Georgia Southwest State University in 2007. Dr. Hawks is licensed as a Registered Nurse in Georgia and holds Certified Clinical Nurse Leader credentials. Additionally, she has completed Graduate Certificates in eLearning Design and Online Teaching from the University of Georgia. Dr. Hawks has served as an Assistant Professor at Kennesaw State University’s Wellstar School of Nursing and as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Georgia State University’s Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions. Her teaching interests span nursing ethics, pathophysiology, pharmacology, nursing informatics, evidence-based practice, qualitative research, and nursing research. She specializes in competency-based education, online teaching and learning, and the integration of the AACN Essentials into nursing curricula. Dr. Hawks is actively involved in eLearning design, faculty development, and mentoring. Clinically, Dr. Hawks has experience across various settings including community environments (e.g., schools), cardiac catheterization labs, and medical-surgical, operating room, emergency department, and clinic settings as a research nurse.
Rosa Arriaga, PhD
Associate Professor
Georgia Tech School of Interactive Computing
Dr. Rosa Arriaga is a Human Computer Interaction (HCI) researcher in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech. Her current research interests are in the area of chronic care management and mental health. She designs and deploys mHealth systems that address gaps in chronic care and mental health management. The computational systems she designs fosters engagement, facilitates continuity of care, promotes patient self-advocacy, and mediates communication between patient and healthcare providers.
Patti E. Landerfelt DNP, APRN, CRNA, CCRN, CEN
Senior Instructor
Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Dr. Patti Landerfelt is an assistant professor at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. Her educational background includes a BSN and DNP from Emory University and a Master of Nursing from the U.S. Army Graduate Program in Anesthesia Nursing. She served America’s Heroes at the Atlanta VA Medical Center as well as other members of the metro Atlanta community as an ER nurse, critical care nurse, IV team nurse, and nurse anesthetist for 26 years. She currently teaches in the pre-licensure nursing program at Emory’s School of Nursing. She coordinates Pathophysiology and Adult/Older Adult Health Nursing didactic courses for BSN and MN students. Her research focuses on nursing leadership and the effects of leadership on hospital acquired infections as well as nursing workload and burnout.
Dr. Landerfelt’s first career was teaching in elementary public-school classrooms across the U.S. She has a Master of Music with an emphasis in Orff-Schulwerk, a pedagogical philosophy of teaching music to children. She currently incorporates Carl Orff’s philosophy of teaching along with David Kolb’s 4 stage experiential learning model into her andragogical approach to nursing education. Dr. Landerfelt strives to provide a holistic learning experience that fosters curiosity, generates hope, enables success, and creates a sense of wonder and joy in learning the most trusted profession.
Roy L. Simpson, DNP, RN, FAAN, DPNAP, FACMI
Professor, Clinical Track, Assistant Dean for Technology Management
Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Dr. Roy L. Simpson is a distinguished leader in nursing informatics and executive nursing leadership, with over 45 years of dedicated experience in transforming healthcare through innovation. His work spans academia, corporate sectors, and multihospital systems, focusing on big data analytics, Internet of Things (IoT) applications in healthcare, workforce development, and informatics-driven decision-making to improve patient outcomes and nursing efficiency. In corporate leadership, he pioneered the HBOC Nurse Scholars Program (now McKesson), significantly advancing education in health informatics for nursing executives during the 1980s. This initiative helped disseminate over 100 scholars in nursing informatics faculty globally, fostering widespread adoption of this emerging specialty. In the 1970’s with HCA funding, Dr. Simpson created with Werley and Lang, The Nursing Minimum Data Set. Additionally, he has chaired expert panels for prominent organizations such as the American Academy of Nursing, AONL, and HIMSS, influencing policies on informatics, vendor collaboration, and technology integration in nursing practice.
Pricing and CE Credit
This webinar is free to all.
Continuing Nursing Education
One nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) credit is associated with this webinar; attendees must be present for the entire webinar and complete the evaluation to receive a certificate of completion.
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.