The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA

Abstract #64052

Laura M. Lloyd, MPH, CHES, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1525 Clifton Rd., Room 109, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-3035, lmlloyd@sph.emory.edu and Peggy Hines, MA, Career MPH Program, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, 1525 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322.

The field of instructional design is quickly changing due to the demands of learners, the availability of new technologies, and the ways in which emerging technologies can be used to enhance learning. New ways of thinking about teaching, learning, research, and collaboration must be explored and supported. Within an environment of increasing faculty workload and decreasing technical support time and budget, faculty must change the way they think about instruction, recognize the increasing benefits of integrating innovative technologies such as computer-based instruction and web-based resources in their curriculum design, and learn ways to effectively and easily incorporate them into coursework. Recognizing their faculties’ need for continuing education in the field of instructional innovations, the Rollins School of Public Health (RSPH) began to offer related lectures in 1998. A year later, the RSPH initiated a formal partnership with the Emory Schools of Medicine and Nursing and the Centers for Disease Control to offer yearly series of instructional innovations lectures. In addition, during the past three years, the RSPH has offered hands-on computer training to help faculty and staff apply instructional technologies into their curriculum and now offers access to two comprehensive technology and teaching-related websites for on-line resources, links, case studies, and archived presentation materials. Each year, previous activity evaluations guide development of the next year’s offerings. This presentation will describe the development of an academic-government continuing professional education collaboration to provide a multi-faceted training and resource program for faculty and instructional staff in the field of instructional innovations.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, the participant in this session will be able to:
• Describe various approaches to increase instructors’ knowledge and use of emerging instructional innovations;
• Articulate ways to develop topics to be covered in lectures and workshops offered, and
• Discuss the advantages of academic institutions and government agencies collaborating to provide training in the area of instructional innovations.

Keywords: Collaboration, Professional Development

Related Web page: www.sph.emory.edu/CETTL/

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I have a significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.
Relationship: RSPH of Emory University employee