Educational Support

 Strategic directions

1. Use the Teaching and Learning Technologies Planning Group to develop strategies and build consensus on new directions and investments in educational computing.
2. Consolidate web educational content, which in the past has been distributed across as many as three web environments, into the Angel Learning System to provide a single repository of, and standard interface/template for, web-based curriculum material.  We are rapidly approaching the point where every course offered at KUMC has a web-based component.
3. Upgrade and enhance the computer-based testing environment to accommodate the requirements of the schools.
4. Support clinical skills labs, simulators, etc., from the technical perspective.
5. Support student devices (tablets, PDAs, etc.) according to the programmatic requirements of the schools.
6. Assist with the evaluation and integration of new technologies into KUMC's educational programs.
7. Plan and manage the technical and library support infrastructure for new programs (as, for example, a potential Virtual Public Health program or a doctoral program in Health Policy and Management).
8. Refine the role of the division of Teaching and Learning Technologies to focus on instructional design and development within the framework of technology-base education.

Major Objectives (an objective is ongoing if no target deadline is included)

• ES-23: Work with schools and the hospital to license and implement clinical resources including: training faculty, healthcare professionals, students, residents; working with faculty in schools to integrate them in the educational process; promoting the availability of the resources; implementing a single search application. (KC)
• ES-24: Work with programs such as Public Health, Preventive Medicine, Rural Health, and Informatics to develop technical resources (Kansas Health Online) that can be used by consumers and healthcare providers. (KC)
• ES-35:  Reviewing competencies required by accrediting agencies such as ACGME, DNP, BSN Essentials, develop a skills based curriculum including pre and post assessment, outcomes, activities to quantitatively measure student competency in information literacy outcomes by August 1, 2012 (KC)
• ES-43:  Train faculty in the use of ARES for submission and management of course reserve materials. (KC)
• ES-45:  Work with iClickers, the current vendor for our preferred audience response system, to develop a campus-wide iClickers management system, enabling us to better manage and support this growing instructional technology. (DA)
• ES-47:  Develop and implement a training program for the use of SharePoint by June 30, 2013 (KC)
• ES-49:  Implement a new learning mnagement system to replace ANGELby June 1, 2013 (DA)
• ES-52:  With librarians from other Regents Libraries take the curriculum (skills, outcomes, activities) and use it as a base for creating Regents wide program that can delivered online by August 1, 2013 (KC)
• ES-53:  All auditoriums, classrooms, and conference rooms managed by TLT-Media will be renovated during Summer 2012. This renovation includes painting and repairing walls; reconditioning or replacing ceiling, flooring, lighting, and HVAC; and, replacing desk chairs with rollable tables and chairs to provide a more flexible learning space and better accommodate student tablet computers by September 1, 2013.  (DA)

• ES-55:  Develop and offer training in the use of Outlook including basic Outlook and advanced features by July 1, 2013 (KC)