Jolanta Maria Czerwinska, Ph.D. - College of Pharmacy - Nova ...

Jolanta Maria Czerwinska, Ph.D.
Director of Educational Technology
Assistant Professor
College of Pharmacy
Nova Southeastern University
3200 S. University Drive
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33328
Phone: (954) 262-1385
e-mail: jolanta@nova.edu
Education:
1993 – Ph.D. in Physics, University of Gdansk, Poland.
1984 – MA in Computer Science, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.
1981 – Masters Degree in Experimental Physics, University of Gdansk, Poland.
Employment history:
2000 – Present
College of Pharmacy, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Director of Educational Technology, Assistant Professor
Web-based/database application designer and developer
Assistance to faculty for online course development and other computer applications
Research/Evaluation of new technologies to assist the COP in implementation of
computer based education.
Member of the university-wide Academic Computing Committee.
Member of the COP Technology Committee
Member of the Distance Education Task Force
1995 – 2000
University Computing Services, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
Multimedia Technology and Development Group Leader.
Web-based course designer and developer.
Trainer, to prepare clients in operation of technology and utilization of applications.
Teaching CS110, a course to prepare Computer Science students in dealing with
variety of computer applications and technologies.
1991-1995
University Computing Services, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
Sr. Analyst/Consultant; Designed and developed software by using multimedia tools
and resources. Directed multimedia utilization and training at Ball State University.
1987-1991
University Computing Services, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
Senior Programmer/Analyst; Designed and developed applications by using Oracle
DBMS, University Computing Services, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.
1984-1987
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
Instructor in the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Physics and
Astronomy,
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.

1982 – 1984
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
Graduate Assistant – teaching physics laboratories
– research in atomic spectra
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
Achievements and Skills:
• Designed, developed, implemented and maintains the College of Pharmacy website.
• Designed, developed and implemented a number of online applications to serve the College of
Pharmacy Students and Faculty: Online Academic Assessment Tool, Faculty Information
Database, JobConnection, Publications/Presentations/Grants online database.
• Developed and implemented number of various online surveys (i.e.Traditional, Post Bac,
International Program Exit Surveys, VideoConferencing Survey, Post Bac Program Survey,
PDA Survey, Teaching Methods Survey, Alumni Survey, Air Force Survey, Physician
Prescribing Patterns of Oxycontin and the Impact of the Media Survey, and others)
• Designed, developed and implemented the ongoing CAPSTONE exam online.
• Designed and developed in collaboration with a faculty member the first module of online
course in Pharmacodynamics. This work is the prototype for the complete online in that
subject area.
• Designed, developed and implemented the websites, including online registration, abstract
submission and presentations selections tool for the conferences sponsored by the College of
Pharmacy (i.e. Southern Pharmacy Association Conference 2004, Therapeutics 2005)
• Designed, developed and implemented (ongoing process) the Online Professional Experience
Program – a web-based system to gather and maintain data on students, preceptors and
sites, to facilitate random assignment of students to the Professional Experience sites based
on student preferences selections, to manage the information on student assignments and to
report various data for students, preceptors and administrators. The system also facilitates the
assessment tools and communication and information exchange between students,
preceptors and administrators.
• Designed and developed (ongoing) the Continuing Contract/Promotion Online Portfolio
system. The system facilitates the electronic construction of professional portfolios
with the intention of submitting them along with the application for Continuing Contract
or/and Promotion. When submitted, the portfolios are available to the Committee as
well as to the Dean for viewing and discussions. Once the system is in place, it will
replace the process of creating/viewing/storing the paper-based portfolios that has
been in place up to now.
The system is tied also to the Research and Development database that is facilitating
the management of faculty professional data, professional interests, scholarly
activities and achievements as means to conduct searches, generate reports and
standard grant applications, as well as to provide other tools for maximizing research
funding opportunities for the COP faculty
• Supervised the development of the Pharmacy Calculations Online course.
• Received 2 nd and 3 rd place for Innovative Software Development in the University Tech Fair.

• Received the internal COP grant for online course development in Pharmacodynamics.
• Developed a WebCT course template for the COP faculty to utilize in course development.
• Assisted faculty in creating WebCT based courses.
• Participated in the COP Technology Committee and the Distance Education Task Force.
• In Ball State University - designed, developed, implemented, and supervised the development
of more than 40 software products that satisfy the university’s academic and operation needs,
such as:
Art Gallery cataloging and browsing system, Career Services Database (Oracle) and student
job-searching software, Range of Motion Multimedia application for School of Nursing, a
Helpdesk application (programmed with artificial intelligence engine in OPS5), Clinical
Encounters multimedia case studies for School of Nursing, Epidemiology software, Plant
Recognition multimedia software for students in Botany, Web-based contents and materials
for Business and Administration Department, Web-based Bioethical Decision Making Model
delivered over the Internet, evaluation software for the exam scanning services, a multimedia
application demonstrating the fundamental algorithms used in computer science (sort and
recursion), Web-based Water and Air Pollution software for Natural Resource Department,
and others.
Also designed and developed interned-based on-line distance education registration system
using Microsoft ASP, SQL Server and dynamic HTML technology for School of Continuing
Education and Public Service in Ball State University.
• Actively participated in the clients development through workshops, minicourses, one-by-one
training, and daily consultations.
• Pioneered the application of the Internet and multimedia for educational purposes in Ball State
University.
• Guided, consulted and actively participated in the establishment of the Web-based distancelearning
curriculum design and development for School of Nursing in Ball State University.
• Participated in organizing and presenting the Computers in Education fair, the purpose of
which is to promote the development of computer applications for teaching and learning at Ball
State University.
• Contributed as a referee in the Faculty Development Grant Program. The purpose of this
initiative is to promote and financially support faculty with creative and innovative approaches
to teaching.
• Participated in the Multimedia Committee, which provided the definition of services to satisfy
the demands for this technology in our university.
• Collaborated with Media Production Services in Teleplex for development of media used in
educational applications.
• Recommended the multimedia computer equipment for Faculty Development laboratories.
• Wrote more than 10 handouts and tutorials on various topics ranging from the use of Oracle
database calls imbedded in higher level language programs, to online tutorials on the
development of courses on the World Wide Web.

• Taught faculty workshop on graphics, digitized video and sound and its use in the
Internet applications.
• Taught a pre-conference workshop on web course development at IUPUI in
Indianapolis.
• Contributed as referee for Hypermedia 97 conference “Integrating Technologies into
Teaching and Learning”.
• Served as a referee for the Journal of the Optical Society of America.
Publications:
1. J. Czerwinska “Computer simulation of experimental Zeeman-effect patterns of forbidden lines
of BiI and BiII and estimation of electric-quadrupole admixture in mixed-type radiation,” J. Opt.
Soc. Am. B4, 1349-1357 (1987)
2. J. Czerwinska, S. Mrozowski “Further computer simulation studies of experimental Zeemaneffect
patterns of mixed second-order radiation of BiI,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B8, 940-945 (1991)
3. S. Mrozowski, J. Czerwinska, R. Drozdowski “Study of the Zeeman effect in second-order
mixed radiation of SbI,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B10, 607-612 (1993)
4. C. McKnight, M. Ferrara, J. Czerwinska “Intercollegiate Ice Hockey Injuries: a three-year
analysis”; Journal of Athletic Training, 27, 338-343 (1992)
5. K. Russel, A. Miller, J. Czerwinska “Epidemiology for Community Health Nursing: An
Interactive Computer Assisted Instruction Program”, Computers in Nursing, 12, No.2, 98-105
(1995)
6. Proceedings from the Nursing in Education ’96 Conference in Washington, DC – “Range of
Motion multimedia software”
7. Cited in “Who’s who in Polish America” – page 74, 1 st edition (1996-1997)
8. R. Nemire, J. Czerwinska, “Assessing the Impact of Pharmacy Services During a
Medical Mission.” Poster presented at the ACCP-ESCP International Congress on
Clinical Pharmacy, Paris France 2004. (Published in conference proceedings, April
2004).
9. M.A. Hernandez and J.M. Czerwinska, “Effectiveness Of A Chemistry Online Module As
Didactic Tool In The Pharmacodynamics Course”, AACP Annual Meeting. Salt Lake
City, Utah, July 10-14, 2004.