Creighton University, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions

School of Pharmacy and Health Professions eLearning Committee

Committee Charge:
The eLearning Committee shall be comprised of the Executive Director of eLearning and Technology who shall be the chair; Directors and Assistant/Associate Directors of all SPAHP distance programs and pathways, and the Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs. The committee shall regularly review the eLearning Plan of the School; make recommendations to the faculty for its content, implementation and assessment. The committee shall be concerned with identifying eLearning opportunities and making recommendations to the Dean regarding these opportunities and the resources needed to adopt them.

eLearning Definition:
"eLearning in the Creighton School of Pharmacy and Health Professions is the use of technology to facilitate our students in developing the habitual and judicious use of communication, knowledge, technical skills, clinical reasoning, emotions, values, and reflection in daily practice for the benefit of the individuals and communities that we serve."
     Adapted from: Epstein RM.  Assessment in medical education.  N Engl J Med  2007;356:387-396.

Committee Members:
Al Bracciano, Ph.D., Director, Doctor of Occupational Therapy Distance Pathway
Tracy Chapman, M.Ed., Executive Director for eLearning and Academic Technologies
Robert Garis, Ph.D., Director, Non-traditional Doctor of Pharmacy Pathway
Caroline Goulet, DPT, Ph.D., Director, Transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy Pathway
Yolanda Griffiths, OTD, Director, Post-professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy Pathway
Tom Lenz, PharmD., Director, Doctor of Pharmacy Distance Pathway
Tasha Castillo, Assistant Director, Non-traditional Pathways
Rene Padilla, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Academic and Student Affairs
Renee Mixan, Assistant Buyer and Administrative Assistant (ex-officio)
William Raynovich, Ph.D., Director, Bachelor's degree in Emergency Medical Services (ex-officio)

Current Initiatives:
The eLearning Committee initiatives for the 2008-09 and 2009-10 academic years are as follows.

Assessment and Ongoing Quality Assurance
Establish and implement an ongoing quality assurance process for distance education.

Establish processes for identification of new tools for distance learning

Pedagogical Best Practices
In collaboration with the Office of Faculty Development coordinate and provide faculty and staff development for distance teaching and learning.

Establish a library and/or references to distance education publications, periodicals, and research.
 

Establish a process/structure to identify and disseminate best practices related to distance learning.

Encourage initiatives for collaboration in scholarship related to distance education. Areas of opportunity may include:

• evaluation of distance learning
• exploration of neweducational tools
• services and collaborations
• building effective shared learning spaces and measuring their impact

In concert with the Office of Faculty Development create and offer faculty development activities focused on strategies to facilitate building community of learners among online students

Learning Community Development
In collaboration with the School chaplains and OISSE create and offer faculty development activities focused on bringing Ignatian values and service learning opportunities into the online classroom

Meeting Dates:
The eLearning Committee meets approximately twice a month. If you are interested in attending a meeting please contact an eLearnig Committee member to identify meeting dates and locations.