Advanced Learning Technologies

Advanced Learning Technologies

Educational Programs:

• ECU College of Technology and Computer Science offers:
  • BS, BA and MS in Computer Science
  • MS in Software Engineering
  • Certificate in Computer Game Development
• ECU’s College of Technology and Computer Science allows AAS degree grads in an industrial or technology-driven field to transfer credits and complete a BSIT (Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology).  No other college or university in NC offers the capability to turn an AAS degree into a bachelor’s degree online.
• ECU School of Art and Design (SOAD) offers a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts degree with a concentration in Animation/Interactive design, one of only two 4-year programs in the state.
• SOAD is the largest and only accredited art school in NC as well as being one of the largest in the Southeast.
• College of Education’s Department of Mathematics, Science, and Instructional Technology offers a Certificate of Advanced Study in Virtual Reality in Education and Training
• Pitt Community College (PCC) offers a two-year program in Simulation and Game Development.  As a result of its membership in Apple’s iOS Developer University Program, PCC also teaches mobile application development and design through its SGD, Computer Programming, and Web Technologies curriculum.

Supporting Assets:

• ECU Emergency Medicine offers a Medical Simulation and Patient Safety Program for teaching and assessing knowledge and skills in acute care situations.  www.ecu.edu/cs-dhs/ecuem/res/simulator2.cfm
• ECU School of Nursing partnered with School of Technology and Computer Science to develop the Midwife Pocket PC, a technological innovation in nursing education and practice.  Licensed to Four-D Software, Inc through ECU’s technology transfer.
• ECU’s Concepts Integration Laboratories (CIL) consists of 8 labs with medium and high fidelity simulator patients.  The CIL fosters excellence in the preparation of professional nurses by assisting students of all levels to integrate nursing science concepts and critical thinking skills in the practice of quality patient care.
• ECU School of Nursing partners with Pitt Community College to teach students using patient simulators and to train faculty in the use of simulators.  Developed by ECU’s School of Nursing in collaboration with the Department of Computer Science, the “Virtual Patient” program creates patients with varied health scenarios.
• ECU is home to pioneers in minimally invasive robotic surgery:   In 2000, Dr. Randolph Chitwood of the ECU Brody School of Medicine, performed the first robotic heart valve surgery in North America.   Using this technology, surgeons at the school have performed more operations of this kind than any other center in the world.
• ECU’s Psychophysiology Lab and Biofeedback Clinic provides a virtual classroom experience where students interact with professors, lab assistants, clinicians and students from around the world.
• ECU is taking a leadership role in Operation Re-Entry North Carolina (ORNC), a university-wide initiative to address the rehabilitation and re-entry concerns of military personnel, veterans and their families.  The approach is to mobilize the university’s talent and resources – particularly in research, workforce training, clinical services, telemedicine & advanced technology, and statewide planning – to assist returning combat veterans and their families.
• ECU was picked as the home of the eastern chapter of the North Carolina Advanced Learning Technologies Association (NC ALTA). More than 50 faculty, staff and students at ECU’s Creative Technologies/Cybernetics Innovation group form the core of the chapter’s membership.
• ECU’s Innovation Design Lab is a collaborative vortex where industrial design, business, engineering and graphic design merge to produce unprecedented solutions to complex product development challenges   www.ecu.edu/cs-admin/oeied/design_lab.cfm
• The goal of RENCI at ECU is to build and maintain an integrated North Carolina coastal informatics system. Its opening in 2007 gave the RENCI virtual organization its first presence in a coastal region of North Carolina. Working with researchers at the RENCI anchor site in Chapel Hill and with faculty and community groups in the Greenville area, RENCI at ECU concentrates on studying coastal disasters.  www.ecu.edu/renci/

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