UCLA Health Sciences: IDTU

OBJECTIVES

IDTU's responsibilities reflect a rich spectrum of instructional technology support, as described in the following objectives:

IDTU OBJECTIVES

Providing design and development support to faculty

Consult with faculty in identifying problems with instructional delivery.
Assist faculty in conceptualizing, designing and developing instructional technology solutions to identified problems.
Foment consensus and collaboration among faculty involved in all projects.
Devise and participate in effective implementation strategies for the diffusion of interactive applications.

Developing interactive applications for web base, handheld or hybrid technologies

Produce digital media required for integration in interactive tools- e.g., audio, video, slides, photos, images.
Review all available commercial or web based products on the topic under consideration, including similar products developed by other institutions.
Identify the most efficient, cost effective and sustainable development platform for the creation of interactive tools.
Gain expertise in the identified platform if required.
Develop and evaluate a prototype based on the instructional design blueprint.
Incorporate feedback from faculty (and students), and deliver the final product.

Teaching students and faculty

Co-teach in the Medical Education Fellowship offered to all faculty interested in undergraduate or postgraduate training in medicine.
Teach faculty development workshops on creating effective assessments.
Offer electives on web based instruction/ANGEL course management system during Orientation.
Facilitate the CABS (Clinical Applications of Basic Sciences) course during incoming students orientation as well as during regular course offering.

Evaluating new technologies

Review forthcoming technologies which may be of interest to medical education, e.g., handheld technologies, simulators, next generation internet, authoring software for exams and cases, course management systems, audience response system.
Inform and train relevant faculty on new technologies.
Develop and extend these technologies for appropriate use at the School of Medicine.

Hosting and maintaining the School of Medicine web based curriculum

Host all web based medical school curriculum content on a designated IDTU server.
Install relevant server tools and applications for multimedia, database, handheld tools delivery, while maintaining technical integrity of all servers.
Maintain six servers used by IDTU for efficient, error free functioning.
Design and implement effective strategies for categorizing, disseminating and archiving web based curriculum.
Conceptualize and write policy statements for faculty, staff and designated users.
Maintain a stable, secure, and HIPAA compliant environment for educational transactions.
Implement measures preventing security breaches and other inappropriate uses.
Make regular backups of all curriculum materials.
Update lecture notes, schedules, calendars, announcements, web sites related to curricular resources.
Archive all curriculum materials on a regular basis.
Ensure transparent access to users of multiple applications.

Organizing and delivering Faculty Development activities

Organize symposia to allow faculty showcasing of projects and encourage networking.
Deliver training to faculty and staff on specialized applications, e.g., case authoring tools, ANGEL course management system
Provide one on one consultation in multimedia production, PowerPoint use, other software of interest to faculty.

Evaluating and research on instructional innovations developed at IDTU

Assist faculty in the design, implementation, analysis and reporting of evaluation studies.
Incorporate the results of the evaluation to enhance quality and efficiency of projects.
Design qualitative, quasi experimental or descriptive research studies in collaboration with faculty.

Writing grants and producing other scholarly work

Prepare grant applications to support the development and diffusion of instructional technology in the School of Medicine.
Participate in collaborative grants initiated by other medical schools.
Generate individual and collaborative research and evaluation studies.
Present the results of empirical work, evaluations and project development at professional fora.