Technology Update: New Technologies Used in Health Sciences Education and Training

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Technology Update New Technologies Used in
Health Sciences Education and Training

• John Bramble, Outreach Services
• Jeanne Le Ber, Education Services
• Nancy Lombardo, Systems
• Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library
• May 14, 2005 MLA in San Antonio

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Welcome!

• Lets get started!
• Our teaching models the use of the technology
• Introductions
• Agenda

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Agenda

• Tablet PC
• Break
• Wireless networking
• Lunch
• PDAs
• Break
• Internet Communication Technologies

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Questions?
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• Tablet PC for Instruction
• Our Pilot Project

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Our Opportunity

• State funded health sciences education
  building
• New interdisciplinary classroom space
• Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health and
  Informatics

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Our Opportunity

• Library involvement
• Planning for optimum use of the building space
• Working with all players
• Help address faculty development issues
• Scanning slides to digital format
• WebCT and Web pages, sound,
  video, etc.

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Our Opportunity

• HSEB will have a standardized podium with a
  control panel
• Projection for PC or Mac
• Document camera
• Encourage use of leading edge
  technologies
• What about using Tablet PCs?
• Why not invite faculty to join a pilot project?

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TPC Pilot Project

• Purchased Toshiba convertibles
• Identified library faculty as trainers
• Identified key players from the School of
  Medicine, and Colleges of Health, Nursing and
  Pharmacy
• Learned from each other

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Course Development

• With input from the health sciences faculty
• Monthly meetings
• Sharing ideas
• Basic instruction
• Developed a 1-hour standardized session

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Teaching Course to Others

• Presented at
• Scheduled classes
• College Council
• Faculty and department meetings
• Curriculum steering committee
• Pilot faculty taught colleagues
• Sample course follows

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• Tablet PC Overview
• For Health Sciences Faculty

Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library
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Overview

• What
• Types
• Pen
• Screen orientation
• Input panel
• Annotation

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Available for Faculty Use

• If you are teaching for the semester
• If you are teaching for a week
• Check out two weeks before class starts
• Return when class is over

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What is a Tablet PC ?

• A notebook computer you can write on
• Handwriting can be converted to text or remain as
  handwriting
• Uses digital ink technology pen strokes are
  recorded on the LCD screen
• Only works with Windows XP OS

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Two Types of Tablet PCs

• Slate
• No built-in keyboard
• Convertible
• Built-in keyboard
• Available for library checkout

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Uses Special EMR Pen

• Calibrate for handedness
• Calibrate when you change screen orientation
• Performs mouse functions
• Drag and drop opens menues double click
  functions
• Use to write and erase text
• Take care of your pen

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Screen Orientation

• Screen can swivel
• Primary
• Landscape and portrait
• Secondary
• Landscape and portrait
• Recalibrate pen when you change screen
  orientation

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Input Panel

• On screen keyboard
• use pen to hunt and peck type
• Symbol pad
• Writing pad or character pad
• use handwriting
• Speech
• dictation
• command
• speech tools

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Windows Journal

• Allows you to
• write directly into a document
• search and organize your handwriting
• convert handwriting to text
• Allows you to import
• Microsoft files and image files for annotation
• Save and print or publish online

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Common Uses for Faculty

• Windows Journal
• Annotate
• PowerPoint
• Word
• PDF/Acrobat
• White Board

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Common UsesPowerPoint
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Common UsesWord
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Common Uses PDF
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Common UsesWhiteboard
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How do I get my teaching materials on the tablet?

• Memory stick (mass storage device/ memory device)
• USB drive
• External drives also (CD/DVD, Zip)

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Using Your Memory Stick

• Insert into USB port
• Find in My Computer
• Removing Memory Stick
• Find icon in task bar and click it
• Click on the Safely Remove Device button that
  pops up
• Remove memory stick from computer

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Demo

• Geography of Tablet PC
• Pen calibration
• Screen orientation
• Input panel
• Annotation

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Exercises

• Refer to Tablet PC Exercises handout
• Typed text
• Screen orientation pen calibration
• Using Windows Journal
• Annotation
• Images and annotations

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Break

• Wireless Networking next