About Us
The Learning Center (LC) helps Health Sciences Center students, faculty, and staff use computers effectively for teaching, learning, and research. Our goals are 1) to increase the availability and use of computers for teaching, learning, and research by students, faculty, and staff. And 2) support Health Sciences Center faculty in the use of computers to support their course curriculum and research.
The Learning Center staff provides training on productivity software, serves as technology consultants to the students, faculty, and staff, and provides training on various curriculum-related software programs supporting the schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy. Additionally, workshops are conducted on publication of electronic thesis/dissertations as directed by the WVU Libraries, use of medical databases, and reference related software tools. All Learning Center workshops are free, and open to Health Sciences Center students, faculty, and staff as well as WVUH and UHA employees.
Facility
The Learning Center facility on the 2nd floor of Health Sciences North contains two 25 seat computing classrooms that can be combined into one 50 seat classroom if desired and 63 public access workstations. The facility is available to HSC students, faculty, and staff for open-lab usage, computerized testing, and scheduled workshops. We offer faculty the opportunity to create their own workshops focusing on software that provides the best use of computer technology in the classroom and workplace. Our lab hours and scheduled closings are available here. Our workshop schedule is here.
The Learning Center offers Windows XP Professional computers with PentiumD 915/2.80 GHz, 1GB RAM, 19" flat panel display, 80GB Harddrive, DVD/RW, HP LaserJet, HP Color LaserJet, color flatbed scanners, OCR scanner with document feeder, digital sender, digital editing stations with VCRs, and Microsoft Office 2003/2007 and other educational software. Our computer-based classrooms include Smart Sympodium technology for instructor, electronic room controls for instructor podium to remotely control all classroom functions, and technology classroom software allowing the instructor to lock/start/stop all computers, view any computer screen in the classroom from the podium, two way chat from test computers to the instructor for questions, and ability to display any desktop on the projector for group problem solving. Additionally, six study tables with 30 laptop compatible stations featuring ethernet/power ports on the tabletop are available. Wireless Internet is available throughout the Learning Center and other student areas located within the Health Sciences Center. To find wireless hotspots within the Health Sciences Center, go here.
Directions
The Learning Center is located on the second floor of Health Sciences North in shared space with the Health Sciences Library. To reach the Learning Center, enter the Pylon entrance of Health Sciences, and take the stairs to the second floor. The Learning Center is through the large glass doors and on the left.
Software Workshops
The Learning Center offers a variety of software workshops using personal computers. The workshops cover common productivity applications like word processing, presentation software, spreadsheets, database, web development, electronic mail, and Internet connectivity access. Workshops are also provided for E-Thesis, Pub Med and Reference Manager.
All workshops are free, and open to WVUH and UHA employees, Health Sciences students, faculty, and staff. Please check our schedule for the dates of times of our current workshops.
Additionally, our documentation is available on-line to answer your questions regarding software programs supported by The Learning Center. To access our documentation, please visit our How To section .
Learning Center Staff
| Micheal Smyth | Manager Learning Center |
| Michelle Klishis | Technology Consultant |
| Amanda Briggs | Graduate Assistant |
| Ann Casto | Graduate Assistant |
| Laura Gage | Graduate Assistant |
| Melissa Phouthavong | Graduate Assistant |