Presenters

• Ann Malosh, Dean, Health Occupations and Workforce Education Division

• Stacy Mallory, Program Chair and Director, Diagnostic Imagining

Learn to Change, Change to Learn

About Oregon

17 independent , autonomous community colleges

15 workforce regions: WIB’s

Urban “I-5 corridor” colleges & rural colleges

No “state system” of community colleges

Most ABE/GED/ESL (pre-college) provided by community colleges

Workforce Development (WIA) and community colleges housed in one state agency

Governed by State Board of Education (K-14)

2002 Landscape

• 15.3% vacancy rate – highest for all healthcare personnel – even higher than nursing.

• Educational supply compared to number of openings – 1:2

• New job growth rate – 10%

2002 Landscape

• Technology is inherent in the field, why not the program of education?

• Student needs– Local opportunities

• Employer needs– Shortage of Radiologic Technologists in

rural areas.– Recruitment and Retention

• Community College needs– Access to education– Funding

College Partners

Tillamook Bay CC

Southwester OR CC

OR Coast CC

Clatsop CC

Central OR CC

Blue Mtn. CCColumbia Gorge CC

LBCCAlbany

Lane CC/Florence

Clinical Partners

Tillamook Cty. Gen.

Bay Area Hospital

SamaritanPacific

Columbia Mem.

CORA & Bend Mem. Clinic

St. Anthony’s Hosp.Mid-Columbia Med.

Peace Harbor Hosp.

SamaritanN. Lincoln

Providence Seaside.

Blue Mtn. Hosp.-John Day

Providence Hood River

Mtn. View Hosp

Pioneer Mem.

N. Bend Medical CenterS. Coast Ortho. Clinic

Blue Mtn. Diagnostic Imaging.

St. Elizabeth’s Hosp.

Spine Institute

Mercy Medical Center VA Hospital

AlbanyLBCC

Our PartnersStakeholders and Partners

– Nine partner community colleges and their respective students

– 22 partner clinical teaching sites in coastal, eastern, and central Oregon communities

– Hospitals, clinics, and medical offices across the state that employee radiographers

…is the combination of multiple approaches to learning. Blended learning can be accomplished through the use of 'blended' virtual and physical resources. (Kirschner, Clark and Sweller, 2006).

Program/course outcomes – should drive choices of technology

– Virtual Classrooms– Wiki– Blogs– SoftChalk– Virtual Worlds– YouTube– Virtual Worlds

• MERGED: to join together; unite; combine

• DISCRETE: apart or detached from others; separate; distinct.

• of or pertaining to operation without the use of fixed time intervals

• not occurring at the same time.

• Developed “DE Strategies” course– Not all students are prepared to be DE

students (or do not want to be)

• DE students need support services– Distance counseling, tutoring, and technical

support was provided

• Technical issues are eminent– Flexibility & patience are necessary

• Focus on addressing student learning styles

• Constant change/adaptation/evolution

• Technology limitations

• “Untechnical” faculty/students

• Student expectations– Faculty Workload

• Limited capacity/clinical sites/market

Tillamook…65 miles…..Albany

Pendelton…..222 miles…..Albany

Coos Bay…..104 miles…..Albany

Bend ….96 miles…….Albany

Launched a New Way of Thinking… Statewide

*Oregon Healthcare Initiative*State-wide degree and

certificate programs

Model adapted to serve other healthcare occupations programs

• Occupational Therapy Assistant Program• Physical Therapy Assistant Program• C.N.A.

• Questions/Conversation

CONTACTS:

•Ann Malosh, Dean, Health Occupations & Workforce Division

•Ann.Malosh@linnbenton.edu

•Stacy Mallory, Program Chair & Diagnostic Imaging Director

•Stacy.Mallory@linnbenton.edu