Health Informatics Course Formats

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All courses for the Health Informatics Diploma are delivered online. It is important that you consider the learning format and its suitability for you in order to ensure that you have a successful learning experience.

Online Format

• Teaching methods may include weekly readings, facilitated discussion boards, videos, simulations, quizzes, narrated PowerPoint slides, group and individual projects, and assignments.  Participants are expected to interact with their fellow learners and course instructor each week; but you do not need to log on at a specific time. 
• Some instructors may schedule synchronous or “real-time” online events.  These sessions will be recorded and made available for those participants who are unable to attend at the scheduled date and time. 
• Learners should expect to allocate approximately six to ten hours per week to complete course work.
• A pre-course email with information on the course will be sent to course registrants prior to the official start date of the course.  Registrants will be notified when the course is active on Avenue to Learn.

Considerations for Taking an Online Course

• You are good at keeping yourself on task to complete a project.
• You are comfortable asking for clarification when needed and expressing yourself in written form through email or a discussion board.
• You are able to work independently.
• You have a quiet place to complete your work.
• You are comfortable using technology.

System and software requirements

	Required	Recommended
Operating system	Windows 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, Windows 7 Mac OS X	Windows 2003, XP Service Pack 2
Video	SVGA monitor Minimum resolution of 800 x 600	Resolution of 1024 x 768 or greater
Internet speed	56K modem	56K or cable modem, DSL
Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE)	JRE v1.4.2.x, 1.5.x, 1.6.x (Required to run LiveRoom 4.3 and Equation Editor.)	JRE 1.6 update 13
Java script	Enabled	Enabled
Cookies	Enabled	Enabled

 

Avenue to Learn Supported Browsers

Windows

Browser	Status
Internet Explorer 9	Investigation
Internet Explorer 8	Supported (recommended)
Internet Explorer 7	Supported
Firefox 4.0	Investigation
Firefox 3.6	Supported (recommended)
Firefox 3.5	Supported
Firefox 3.0	Maintenance
Chrome	Supported

 

Mac OS X

Browser	Status
Firefox 4.0	Investigation
Firefox 3.6	Supported (recommended)
Firefox 3.5	Supported
Safari 5.0	Supported
Safari 4.0	Supported
Safari 3.1	Supported