Graduate education in nursing leadership through distance technologies: The Canada-Norway nursing connection

The Canada-Norway Nursing Connection was a collaborative project designed t o provide an international educational experience for graduate students in nursing via distance technology. Computer-conferencing and video-teleconfer encing were used to address nursing leadership content through case studies . The same technologies were employed to develop the project. The processes of planning and implementing the international linkage are described. Agre ement about goals, content, context for online discussion, delivery methods , academic expectations, language support, and logistics was essential. The media proved to be effective for students to gain understandings about nur sing leadership, health care, and the forces influencing the nursing profes sion globally. Insights from the project provided a basis for the developme nt of a model for interactive, international graduate education that will b e of value to educators dedicated to helping students gain a global underst anding of nursing and health care issues.