Welcome to the ETI
The Education and Technology Innovation Support Office (ETI) provides instructional design and educational technology development support for USUHS faculty.
Announcements
ETI and LRC Applied Medical Informatics Help Desk Release Blackboard Quick Reference Guides for Faculty Members:
The ETI has worked with the LRC Applied Medical Informatics (AMI) Help Desk to develop a set of Blackboard Quick Reference Guides for faculty members. These guides are designed to help faculty members who have already been introduced to the Blackboard system learn how to use some of the tools available to them in Blackboard. To download these guides, which are PDF documents, go to the Resources page.
ETI Team Partners with USUHS and National Capital Area Simulation Center Faculty and Staff to Make Four Presentations at the E-Learn 2009 Conference:
In October, 2009, ETI staff members made four presentations at the E-Learn 2009 World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare & Higher Education, a conference organized by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. Three of these presentations were collaborations with members of the faculty and staff of USUHS and the National Capital Area Simulation Center that discussed the faculty members’ use of ETI-developed course materials in their teaching.
- Benefits of a Blended Learning Experience: A Course Redesign Success Story
Authored by faculty member Jeffrey Goodie (SOM) and ETI staff members Beth Marcellas and Dina Kurzweil.
Presented by Beth Marcellas
- A Missing Link
Authored and presented by ETI staff member Dina Kurzweil
- Using Emerging Technologies to Decrease Anxiety and Improve Performance in a Doctoral Statistics Course
Authored by faculty member Dorraine Watts (GSN), and ETI staff members Jennifer Chuba, Brandon Henry, Dina Kurzweil, Beth Marcellas, Jan Mulkern, and Sara Tarr.
Presented by Dorraine Watts, Dina Kurzweil, and Beth Marcellas
- A Multidisciplinary Team Approach to Develop and Validate an Online Course
Authored by faculty members Dorraine Watts (GSN), Susanne Gibbons (GSN), Joseph Lopreiato (SOM/Simulation Center), and Gilbert Muniz (GSN/SOM/Simulation Center); Simulation Center staff members Judith Wilber and Fred LaBrecque; and ETI staff members Dina Kurzweil, Beth Marcellas, and Brandon Henry.
Presented by Dorraine Watts, Dina Kurzweil, Fred LaBrecque, and Beth Marcellas
ETI Team Presents 3 Papers at the ED-MEDIA 2009 Conference:
In June, 2009, ETI staff members presented three papers at the ED-MEDIA 2009 World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, a conference organized by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. Two of these papers were collaborations with USUHS faculty members that discussed the faculty members’ use of ETI-developed technology in their teaching.
- Expanding the Learning Space: Transitioning from a Face-to-Face to a Blended Learning Experience Without Losing the “Human Touch”.
Authored by ETI Staff Members Beth Marcellas, Dina Kurzweil, and Brandon Henry and USUHS SOM faculty member Jeffrey Goodie. - Lighten the Load: Creating Effective Online Tutorials for Dense or Abstract Content.
Authored by ETI Members Sara Tarr, Beth Marcellas, and Dina Kurzweil and USUHS GSN faculty member Sandra Bibb. - Changing the Face of Online Courseware (Literally!).
Authored by ETI Staff Members Brandon Henry, Dina Kurzweil, and Beth Marcellas.
More information on AACE and ED-MEDIA
Contact Information
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
4301 Jones Bridge Road
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
ETI Office:
M–Th 8 am–4 pm
Fri 8 am–3:30 pm
G070 - located inside the Audio Visual Center on the ground floor of
Building B
301-295-3980
Email: eti@usuhs.mil