About - Technology - Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine

We are located in the Center for Medical Student Services (216 O’Dowd Hall). Technology support staff and instructional designers are available to OUWB medical students and faculty during regular business hours.

Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine through the Office of Educational Information Technology supports ubiquitous self-directed learning through the mediums of:

Lecture capture
Virtual microscopy
Anytime access to library assets
Online content rich resources

The Office of Educational Information Technology Includes:

Medical Student Records and Registration
Information Systems
Student/Faculty Computer Support

Student Laptop Program

OUWB medical students will receive a 13” MacBook Pro for their use throughout their medical education. These laptops will include a 4-year AppleCare warranty. The laptops will have Microsoft Office, PDF Pen Pro, and Sophos virus protection software installed on them.

Student laptop’s Documents and Desktop files will be backed up to an external server through the use of CrashPlan software.

Laptop repairs are facilitated through the Helpdesk team and if needed, a loaner computer will be provided if a laptop in the event a laptop must be sent in to AppleCare.

Upon graduation, the laptop will be transferred to the student. Students who are not graduating are required to return the MacBook Pro.

Meet the Team

Robert J. McAuley, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Institutional Effectiveness and Technology Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences Robert J. McAuley, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Institutional Effectiveness and Technology
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences

Robert McAuley is the Associate Dean for Educational Information Technology and Clinical Assistant Professor of Biomedical Science. Dr. McAuley has an extensive and diverse work history at the University of Illinois at Chicago, serving as Chief Information Officer, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Associate Dean for Informational Resources, and Assistant Dean. He most recently served as a member of the AAMC Group on Informational Resources steering committee. His interests include medical education, instructional technology, and medical cognition.

Fred Glendenning
Helpdesk Technician

Fred Glendenning serves as a Helpdesk Technician for Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine. He has been at OUWB since December 2017. Fred comes to us with more than eight years of experience in the IT field. His experience includes computer diagnostics and repair, computer software/hardware troubleshooting and repair, server maintenance and repair. Fred also worked in the cell phone repair industry, where he discovered his love for working on electronics, which led him to computer diagnostics and repair. He is continuing his education at Oakland University in cyber security engineering.

Dawn Gorris
Helpdesk Technician

Dawn Gorris serves as a Helpdesk Technician for Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine. Dawn came to OU after providing technical support in a K-12 educational environment for ten years. Her experience includes computer hardware and peripheral support, webpage design and maintenance and application support and training. Prior to that Dawn worked as a data processing manager and technical support liaison for Electronic Data Systems and a data processing clerk for Ford Motor Company.

Fred Haydon
Helpdesk Technician

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Fred Haydon serves as the Helpdesk Technician for Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine. A Michigan native, Fred is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Communication Technology. Fred comes to OU with 15 years experience as a Data Specialist, Helpdesk Technician and a Macintosh Workstation Manager.

Timothy French, MS ITM
Director of School of Medicine Information Technology

Timothy French is the Information Technology Project Manager for the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine. His primary role of service entails the design, development, implementation, and support of administrative information systems for the School of Medicine. Prior to joining the School of Medicine in June 2010, Tim has been employed at Oakland in the Office of University Technology Services since May 1990. While he was there, he provided a variety of services involving database administration, security administration, applications support, systems analysis, electronic file transfer, report writing, and project management.

David Zhu, M. Eng.
Database Administrator

David Zhu serves as the Database Administrator for Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine. David received his Master of Engineering degree with a major in Computer Engineering from Wayne State University. He has experiences in database administration, system design & analysis, instructional support, application support, reporting service development and server administration, etc. His primary role of services in OUWB School of Medicine involves the design, development, implementation, administration and support of database systems, database warehouses and administrative reporting services. Prior to joining the School of Medicine in November 2010, David has been employed at OU School of Business Administration as Information Technology Analyst since May 2001.

iSEEK

iSEEK is an embedded web application that enables students, faculty, and staff to perform “smart” content searches in Moodle. The software aggregates data from Moodle to return relevant, contextual results to queries ranging from student research, data assessment, curriculum mapping, and accreditation inquiries. Basically, iSEEK is a search tool, similar to Google, that allows the user to search terms in all curricular materials on the OUWB Moodle website. The queries return answers in context, allowing the user to see the presentation or handout with the click of the button. Searches may be limited by academic year, course title, MeSH terms and other useful parameters.

Access

Upon entering a course within Moodle, users will notice a new Block for iSEEK Search to the bottom left of the navigation pane.

iSEEK provides the ability for students to search through the content for all of the OUWB courses for which he or she is, or has been, enrolled. Faculty members have been assigned ‘Reviewer’ access to all courses in Moodle to remove barriers and limitations, allowing them to search and view the entire curriculum.

Features

iSEEK performs searches through all course-associated materials that have been posted to Moodle; this includes presentations, course documents, articles, electronic resources, and Panopto video files.

Search filters include the following options: Academic Year, Graduate Year, Semester, Course, Section, MeSH, Date, Type, File Type, and Instructor.

Users may perform searches with or without quotations around the key term or phrase. Applying the quotations limits the search results to the specifics of the term or phrase within them.

Virtual Microscopy

Virtual Pathology/Microscopy is an emerging technology in research, education, and patient care.

Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine uses SlidePath for virtual microscopy. We view it as a powerful tool for teaching and learning. It extends the learning environment to anywhere a student has Internet access, be it the classroom, library, laboratory, dormitory, or the local coffee shop.

Virtual Microscopy provides tools that give our instructors the ability to annotate images and ensure the long term availability of irreplaceable glass slides. It allows students the freedom to explore and manipulate images, creates a familiarity with an important new technology, and frees students from the expense and responsibilities of rented microscopes and glass slides.

Virtual Microscopy

Virtual Pathology/Microscopy is an emerging technology in research, education, and patient care.

The Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine uses SlidePath for virtual microscopy. We view it as a powerful tool for teaching and learning. It extends the learning environment to anywhere a student has Internet access, be it the classroom, library, laboratory, dormitory, or the local coffee shop.

Virtual Microscopy provides tools that give our instructors the ability to annotate images and ensure the long term availability of irreplaceable glass slides. It allows students the freedom to explore and manipulate images, creates a familiarity with an important new technology, and frees students from the expense and responsibilities of rented microscopes and glass slides.

Educational Information Technology

Meet the Team

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