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MLA Webcast MLA eLearning

MLA Distance Education

Cut the Cord: Connecting to Our Mobile Users

MLA's Educational Webcast
Originally held Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m., central time

Agenda

Wraparound discussion session I
Allow 1/2 hour
Webcast 2 hours

Potential issues to be addressed include:

To top of page Part I: Mobile Technology: A Short History

To top of page Part II: Mobile Devices and Innovative Technology

  • Iphones - medical and health information applications
  • Netbooks and Kindles - ebooks
  • updated applications for the novice user
  • innovative applications
  • question & answer session

To top of page Part III: What's Hot Now! What's Next!

  • using Kindles for family medicine
  • direct patient care - patient managed medical records
  • integrating point of care resources into a mobile platform
  • what it would take to push the envelope
  • PubMed for handhelds
  • question & answer session

To top of page Part IV: Value and Specific Outcomes for the Library and the Librarian

  • ROI
  • getting beyond saying "hey we are hip"
  • case studies

To top of page Part V: Funding Opportunities

  • RMLs
  • partnering with people in your institution and health departments
  • levels of funding
  • question and answer session

To top of page Conclusion

 

Wraparound discussion session II
Allow 1 hour

To top of page For more information, contact Debra Cavanaugh, mlapd3@mlahq.org, 312.419.9094 x32.

 

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