Karen Boland, M.S.

Computer Training & User Support

Faculty Development Training Sessions

Timely sessions designed and delivered to faculty of Marywood University.  Topics selected at the request of faculty and/or Deans and after careful analyzing of needs analysis and survey results. 

· “Excel Boot Camp,” an intense three-hour training session which covered basic and intermediate aspects of Microsoft Excel.

· “Breakfast with Kay and Karen,” training on the academic menus/selections of Marywood’s administrative system, offered a few weeks before the beginning of the advisement period.

· “Lunch with Kay and Karen,” scheduled at the end of the academic year to help faculty prepare to “work at home” during the summer months.

· “Learn in 30” workshops, designed to teach a useful skill in 30 minutes or less, for those faculty who tell us “I’d like to come to your training sessions but I just don’t have the time.”

· “Get Ready with Technology,” a series of workshops that will help faculty get ready for teaching, scheduled the week before the beginning of the academic year.

Computer Workshops

Basic and advanced sessions in Microsoft Office desktop applications, the AS400 Administrative Computing system, file management, email and Web-related topics, are delivered monthly to the Marywood community.  Workshop descriptions and a monthly calendar are available on the Computer Training & User Support Workshops page.

Academic Courses Taught

MED 516, E-Learning Systems

E-Learning Systems uniquely allows the learner to participate in E-learning as a student and as an instructor.  They contribute to discussions about E-learning, its advantages and disadvantages, and how E-learning is being utilized in different sectors.  Electronic tools used in E-learning environments are investigated as well as how to choose the best ones.  The “learning” part of E-learning is also considered as students read about learning styles and theories, and how people learn best.  As a final project, the student will follow an instructional design (ID) model and create a learning environment using an electronic, computerized, or other digital tool.  Syllabus

 

D/ED 1007, Instructional Design: Theory and Applications

This course introduces the learner to the systems approach of designing instruction.  Each of the nine major elements of the Morrison, Ross and Kemp instructional design (ID) model will be presented.  Group activities will aid in mastering these systematic elements, culminating in the creation of an ID Plan for the design of a unit of instruction.  The topic will be chosen by the learner.  Syllabus

ND 536, Communication Techniques in Nutrition and Exercise

This course enables students to further develop their communication skills (oral, written, electronic) in order to provide effective education to clients. This goal is achieved through various projects where students design instruction on a particular nutritional topic meant for a specific audience. This includes development of a scenario, identification of a target audience, and the writing of objectives. Various computer technologies are used as tools to support these projects.  Syllabus

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