Departmental Self Review - UCLA Academic Senate

3) Strategies to offset resource use could include seeking industry sponsor to support annualteaching workshops, with enrollment extended to WOS faculty; this might be attractive thepharmaceutical companies who want to capture audiences of direct care providers. Onecaveat however is increasing pressure for professional to not be indebted to medicalbusinesses. Another strategy is to locate donor who wishes to sponsor such endeavors.Timeline:Planning:ImplementationEvaluation18 months18 months1 yearObjective #3Create Infrastructure To Promote Excellence In Pedagogy.Rationale:Excellent pedagogy requires a supportive, well-working system of responsible staff, materials, ITsystems, library services, administrative support, equipment, organizational procedures, andphysical space/virtual space that promotes excellence in teaching/learning. If we spendconsiderable energy to meet Objective #1 and #2, much efforts will be to be placed on theinfrastructure that serves as the “wind beneath our wings” to deliver predictable qualityproduct—education.Benefits:Faculty, administration, staff and students can count on a well-oiled, systematically organizedinfrastructure that supports the teaching/learning pedagogy.Barriers:Budget instability, unknown student pool, changing nurse/APN/PhD roles/market.Strategies:1) Coordinate course websites through standardization, use of software such as ANGEL,WebCT or Blackboard, etc.2) Create greater interface of IT and logistical support staff.3) Develop online course scheduling and room assignment.4) Develop structures to promote effective interface of faculty and staff regarding teachingneeds.5) Examine current physical space and equipment system for content delivery. Review othernursing programs that have state-of-the-art teaching spaces for ideas for re-vamping currentclassroom spaces—virtual and real-time.274