Mapping the Larger Picture: The Benefits of an Electronic Curriculum Mapping Tool

Session Description:

Administrators, educational developers, and faculty preparing for a successful accreditation process for their higher education unit will benefit from this session focusing on an efficient electronic mapping of their curriculum. Participants will view a web-based curriculum mapping tool that is successfully being used in the School of Dental Hygiene and the Faculty of Dentistry. The tool shows where program competencies are addressed and how they evaluated within the curriculum. This outcome evaluation method will address redundancies and deficiencies for curriculum review, strategic planning, and preparation for accreditation.

Presenters: Dieter Schönwetter, Peter Tittenberger, Randy Mazurat, and David Singer

Dieter J. Schönwetter

Dieter is an Education Specialist with the Faculty of Dentistry. As a social psychologist, he enjoys exploring the cognitive dynamics between effective teaching and student learning in higher education. These dynamics include different teaching behaviours and teaching styles, as well as different student learning predispositions.
 

Peter Tittenberger

Peter is currently leading the Learning Technologies Centre initiative at the University of Manitoba. This initiative seeks to provide faculty and graduate students the resources and collaborative support to research, develop, and implement pedagogically and technologically sound instructional materials.
 

Randy Mazurat

Randy is the Associate Dean, Academic at the Faculty of Dentistry. He is interested in competency based education (CBE) and the use of curriculum mapping to improve the implementation and evaluation of CBE within the dental curriculum.

 

Dr. David Singer

David is Professor of Periodontics and Director of the Graduate Program at the Faculty of Dentistry. He became interested in curriculum mapping as a means for curriculum evaluation and to facilitate preparation for Accreditation during his previous tenure as (Associate) Dean Academic at the Faculty.