The Education Subcommittee Goals are to:

Perform a learner needs assessment to evaluate the student's:
   Accessibility to the World Wide Web
   Technical savvy
   Accessibility to course materials
   Flexibility of meeting course expectations
   Time constraints associated with work and family

Determine the most effective method of presentation, taking into consideration:
    Audience demographics
    Background education
    Media accessibility
    Cost

Work with sub-committees to evaluate mode of learning content presentation:
    Instruction-Based
    Problem-Based
    Situational-Based
    Standards-Based
    Knowledge Management

Work with sub-committees to ensure that content is:
    Comprehensive
    Reliable
    Accurate
    Complete

Compile educational requirements from each of the subcommittees.

Review content based on the recommendations from the corresponding subcommittees to the following topics:
    Basic Sciences
    Regulatory and Documentation
    Autotransfusion (plasma sequestration, blood salvage)
    Biological Wound Healing (platelet gel, autologous growth factors,autologous adult stem cells)
    Transfusion
    Coagulation Monitoring
    Hemofiltration
    Autologous Priming
    Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution
    Pharmacological Interventions
    Blood Substitutes
    Special Patient Situations (Sickle Cell, Jehovah Witness, HITT, etc.)

Work with Examination Committee to determine adequacy and
relevance of educational content for certification exam(s).

Evaluate Managed Learning Environment (MLE) infrastructures
(i.e. Blackboard, Angel Learning, Moodle, etc.) evaluating:
    Reliability
    Affordability
    Ease of use
    Installation requirements
    Expandability
    Administrative functions
    User interface

Evaluate Server requirements for Managed Learning Environment architecture, determining:
    Run time environment required
    Cost: Purchase versus Lease
    Anticipated student enrollment
    Number of ports required

Evaluate teaching mode of distance-learning for Managed Learning Environment:
    Synchronous
    Asynchronous
    Computer Based Training (CBT)
    Classroom,
    Hybrid

Evaluate Managed Learning Environment for:
    Manpower requirements
    Installation
    Courseware creation
    Hardware maintenance
    Hardware repair
    Emergency preparedness (i.e. server down for a year)
    Software maintenance
    Software and information management and backup
    Instructor credentials
    Multiple time-zone limitations
    Course duration
    Effectiveness of learning architecture
    Need for student remediation
    Cost.

Develop a distance-learning environment that is:
    Organized
    Labeled for easy retrieval
    Readily accessible

Evaluate the content delivery and authoring software needed if interactive content is to be used (i.e. Flash, ToolBook, Ready GO!, SyberWorks):
    Will this be AICC Compliant?
    Will this be SCORM compliant?
    Does interactivity matter?

Continuing Education:
    Perform a needs assessment of Continuing Education requirements for ABMT, ABMS and CCP.
    Determine most appropriate mode of Continuing Education delivery architecture.
   Work with subcommittees to develop continuing educational materials using asynchronous e-Learning environment.