Tuesday, July 21, 2009

What are your experiences with Web 2.0?

What successes, failures, challenges, and enablers can you share?

We are in Boston, a city known for...

... its ties to revolutionary and liberating activities. What do you think about Web 2.0 - is it/can it be evolutionary, revolutionary, or a collosal waste of time?

Your perception of Web 2.0

Tell us what you think. What is this thing called "Web 2.0"?

Monday, July 13, 2009

New TiPEL SIG Officers and Meeting Update

Please join me in welcoming Jeff Cain (Kentucky) and Tracy Chapman (Creighton) as our Chair-elect and Secretary, respectively. Jeff will serve a one year term as Chair-elect from 7/09 to 7/10. He will then serve as Chair from 7/10 to 7/11. Tracy will serve as Secretary for two years (7/09 to 7/11). Both will be installed at Mondays' SIG business meeting. I look forward to their leadership.

As the Annual Meeting sneaks up, I wanted to let you know about programming that may be of interest to you.

Saturday 7/18

8:30 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Teachers Seminar: Technology in Teaching

Sunday 7/19

6:45 a.m. - 7:45 a.m.
Topical Roundtable I - E-Portfolios throughout the Pharmacy Curriculum, Innovation in Teaching: Use of Blogs as a Learning Tool, Mentoring Distance Faculty, School/College of Pharmacy Personal Computers Requirements for Professional Pharmacy Students: Necessary and/or Advisable in 2009?

8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Opening General Session

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Libraries/Educational Resources Section: Innovations in Teaching: Curricular Integration of Information Competencies for Students and Preceptors at Remote Sites

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Special Session: E-Health Leadership Strategies for Pharmacy Vision 2015

Monday 7/20

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
Topical Roundtable II - A You Tube Discovery Learning Project, Educating the Next Generation of Pharmacy Students: Early Experience with Virtual Learning in Second Life at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, E-Portfolios in the Pharm.D. Curriculum: Sharing Best Practices for Administration and Review, Social Networks in MTM, Using New Social Media for Pharmacy Student Recruitment and Alumni Engagement

8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Technology in Phamacy Education and Learning SIG: Technology Use to Facilitate Student Learning in the Clinical Years: Examples of Success and Failure

3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Special Session: Blended Learning: Making the Most of Online and Face-to-Face Instruction

5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. Technology in Phamacy Education and Learning SIG: Business Meeting

Tuesday 7/21

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Special Session: Web 2.0, Health 2.0, and Pharmacy Education: Opportunities for Pharmacy Educators to Reach Millennial Students

3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Special Session: Reflective and progressive E-portfolio: Longitudinal Documentation and Reflection upon Professional Development and Ability-based Outcomes Achievement

3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Special Session: Ethical and Legal Issues Regarding New Social Media (Facebook, Blogs, Wikipedia, etc.) and Pharmacy Education

3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Special Session: Novel Methods of IPPE Instruction Delivery

Wednesday 7/22

10:30 a.m. - Noon
Special Session: Intervention Databases: A Tool for Documenting Student Learning and Clinical Value

Hope to see you there.
Brent