The Seminar Series is designed to provide Health Sciences faculty, students and staff with the skills they need to stay abreast of current software tools used to produce documents, graphics, course and informational Web sites, presentations and more. Communications technology has, for several decades, been critical to the regional scope of University of Washington programs in the health professions. The ongoing deployment of high bandwidth Internet access will enable more flexible and media rich educational services across a wider range of home, office and institutional locations. Seminars focus on skill development and hands on practice. The series covers basic introductions to the major tools used for Web authoring, graphics and multimedia production.
Some topics have advanced sessions.
Most seminars are held in the Health Sciences Library computer lab and specific exercises are practiced using several related software tools. Faculty and students alike are faced with rapidly changing learning environments. It is one aspect of emerging business practices of healthcare organizations as they strive to deliver quality improvement and balance costs. Staff at all levels are called on to develop new skills and support more complex teaching, research and service missions of the university. Several of the new seminars are geared to help staff use current desktop software applications to achieve more efficient administrative and support operations.