Bridging the Gap- Implementing Technology to Deliver Courses Online

Dr. Dan Weberg is an expert in nursing, healthcare innovation and human-centered patient design with extensive clinical experience in emergency departments, acute in-patient hospital settings and academia. He currently serves as the Head of Clinical Innovation for Trusted Health, the staffing platform for the healthcare industry, where he helps drive product strategy and works to change the conversation around innovation in the healthcare workforce.

Prior to joining Trusted, Dan spent seven years at Kaiser Permanente, where he held executive roles in nursing innovation, research, and technology strategy across eight regions, 38 hospitals, 60,000 nurses. He was also part of the founding faculty for the new Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine.

Dan is on the faculty at The Ohio State University College of Nursing and multiple innovation fellowship programs. He previously taught on nursing innovation and leadership at Arizona State University. He is on the editorial board for Nursing Administration Quarterly and has authored two dozen peer-reviewed articles and two textbooks, including Evidence Based Innovation Leadership for Health Professions and Leadership in Nursing Practice.

Dan earned his Bachelors in Nursing, and was in the first cohort to graduate from the Masters in Healthcare Innovation program at ASU, as well as the first-ever graduate of the PhD in Healthcare Innovation Leadership program at ASU. His clinical background is in Emergency and Trauma nursing at level 1 trauma centers in California and Arizona.

Joni began her career as an operating room nurse and now assists nursing faculty with instructional design and integration of technology into learning environments. She came to Ohio State as the Education Lead in the Digital Union where she created and coordinated professional development opportunities focused on integrating technology into teaching and learning.

Joni is a Quality Matters Master Reviewer and trainer. She has taught in the online and face-to-face environments for over 10 years, including undergraduate courses in human biology, interprofessional healthcare practice, and academic learning strategies, as well as a graduate-level course that leads students through the process of designing a high-quality online course using evidence-based quality standards. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a master's degree in Higher Education Administration. She earned her PhD in Learning Technologies at The Ohio State University in December 2019.

John joined the College of Nursing in June of 2014. He works with faculty, staff, and students to support instruction through the use of technology-enhanced learning and equipment. John previously served as Distance Learning Coordinator for the Supreme Court of Ohio and Web Communications Specialist for the OSU College of Education and Human Ecology. He holds a BS in Visual Communication Technology from Bowling Green State University.