Center for Allied Health Programs University of Minnesota Rochester – Twin Cities Charles Christiansen Director

Mission To develop leading signature academic programs in partnership with others that employ innovative, effective and sustainable educational strategies to meet Minnesota’s allied health workforce needs into the 21 st Century.

Our Partners will include: Employers in the healthcare industry –Health systems (public and private) –Government Educational Institutions –The Mayo School of Health Sciences –Other MN Colleges and Universities –Regional and global others?

Minnesota’s Health Workforce Needs Minnesota is faced with growing shortages of key healthcare workers in the years ahead.Minnesota is faced with growing shortages of key healthcare workers in the years ahead. Our current approaches toward health education are obsolete and unsustainable.Our current approaches toward health education are obsolete and unsustainable.

Current and future programs: Occupational therapy Medical Technology (Clinical Laboratory Science) Radiation Therapy Respiratory Care (Therapy) Others TBD

Other Rochester Twin Cities Short Term Strategy Others Twin Cities Rochester We expect Radiation Therapy and Respiratory Care to move to the center in Performance Sites Occupational TherapyMedical TechnologyResp/Radiation/Other

University Program JointDegree SharedCurricula College/Univ ProgramUniversity ProgramArticulationAgreement Mid-Range Strategies

Appointed new leadership in MT/CLSAppointed new leadership in MT/CLS Completed proposal to migrate faculty and endowment to Center from Medical School for consideration at next Regents MeetingCompleted proposal to migrate faculty and endowment to Center from Medical School for consideration at next Regents Meeting Hired new Student Services DirectorHired new Student Services Director Formulated Intellectual Property Agreement for faculty working in TEL materialsFormulated Intellectual Property Agreement for faculty working in TEL materials Appointing Center Advisory CouncilAppointing Center Advisory Council Current Progress

Initiated searches to hire support staff and faculty for RochesterInitiated searches to hire support staff and faculty for Rochester Reviewing (with our partners) existing BAS degree programs and proposal to create designated professional bachelors degree designations for disciplines in the centerReviewing (with our partners) existing BAS degree programs and proposal to create designated professional bachelors degree designations for disciplines in the center Developed Interim 7.12 statement for new faculty hires. Final statement will better align desired activities with promotion and tenureDeveloped Interim 7.12 statement for new faculty hires. Final statement will better align desired activities with promotion and tenure Current Progress (cont)

A key feature of the center: Technology Enhanced Learning The use of innovations in technology that increase access for learners, enhance learning quality, and increase learning productivity.

Learners Are Changing Millennials are on campus with their technologies and expectations—learner- centered, flexible, interactive, individualized, and ubiquitous learning services.

“Time magazine named “You” as its person of the year because community and collaboration, made possible by the Internet, are happening on a scale like never before. YouTube, eBay, MySpace, Digg, Wikipedia, the iPod and other personalization phenomena are examples of how users are participating in and taking control of technologies and content from those who create them. We believe that this trend will only accelerate.” Key Technology Trends StarTribune.com, Posted on Tue, Dec. 26, 2006, “10 Tech Trends of 2007,” Dean Takahashi, Mercury News From the Star Tribune :

The University of the Future: Rethinking Technology The way we organize schools and provide instruction is essentially the same as it was when our Founding Fathers went to school…We still educate our students based on an agricultural timetable, in an industrial setting, yet tell students they live in the digital age.” “The way we organize schools and provide instruction is essentially the same as it was when our Founding Fathers went to school…We still educate our students based on an agricultural timetable, in an industrial setting, yet tell students they live in the digital age.” -Roderick Paige -Roderick Paige Former U.S. Secretary of Education

Bring technologies together to meet student and teacher needs.Bring technologies together to meet student and teacher needs. Respect learning and teaching differences and provide suites of tools.Respect learning and teaching differences and provide suites of tools. Apply best practices in technology choices and uses as they evolve.Apply best practices in technology choices and uses as they evolve. Be easy, playful, useful, and flexible.Be easy, playful, useful, and flexible. Maximize eLearning Potential

State-of-the-artState-of-the-art Learner-centeredLearner-centered Competency-drivenCompetency-driven Technology-enhancedTechnology-enhanced Distributed and accessibleDistributed and accessible Collaboratively developedCollaboratively developed HybridHybrid Innovative learning platforms

The Learner is the Center Leadership Commitment: Design, planning, implementation and assessment Maximizing UMN world-class technologies Learning: The right time, the right way, the right stuff, and the right outcomes Collaboration across boundaries Core Principles

We think of a platform as a launching pad for learning. We use the term “hybrid” because it combines educational tools with the learners preferences. Our goal is to combine the right tools, in the right hands, with the right content, at the right time to get the optimum success and learner outcomes. Hybrid Platforms

1.Manage information abundance: Libraries Search Appliances, Tagging, and Tuning Just in Time and Just for You 2.Customize information 3.Allow users to personalize information 4.Be transportable 5.Support teaching and learning 6.Create secure spaces 7.Watch, listen, learn and refine…continually Example: Portal Development

Changing Education

Technology for Life

Intellectual property agreements for faculty developing educational innovations Co-Development and co-licensing of TEL Curricular Content Possible syndication beyond partnerships Creation of rational systems for statewide clinical placement of students Development of an e-institute for faculty continuing education in TEL Concurrent Strategies

Questions? (Rochester) (Twin Cities)