Re-Launch of the SiMCentral Blog with a new purpose

The re-launch of the SiMCentral blog will take a new role in being primarily functional and formative to end-users, as opposed to being entirely informative in nature. In order to facilitate an ongoing means of development and growth in methods of instructional design and utilization of simulation, this blog has been reincarnated with a new intention. This is spawn from newly revised Policies and Procedures at SiMCentral which have required training for faculty and educators prior to utilization of facilities and resources, as well as on an ongoing basis. These Policies and Procedures will take effect on September 1, 2017. 3 units of faculty development credit will be required before a new faculty's utilization of resources at SiMCentral. For current users, ongoing development must be recorded at a rate of 1 credit every 6 months for continued use of SiMCentral resources.

On a sporadic basis, this blog will post new topics, questions, surveys and evidence-based research for your review and discussion. In some instances, posts will direct you to other external web resources. Some posts will be accompanied by a summative evaluation which will count as 1 or more units of faculty development credit. Participation through commentary and continued discussions which are supported by scholarly or peer-reviewed sources will also count toward development credit at a rate of 1/2 credit per supported post. Please review and adhere to our guidelines for commentary and discussions on this Blog. As an added convenience to the end-user (you), this blog will be syndicated through a twitter account. As a further convenience, it is recommended to subscribe to SMS notifications to catch all new posts, as they will sporadically be posted on the Blog. For current Twitter subscribers, to enroll in SMS notifications text START to 40404, then simply text FOLLOW @simc_updates to 40404. Once submitted your Twitter account will be following @simc_updates as well as receiving text notification when a new post has been submitted. For users that do not have a Twitter account, you can find simple instructions for creating a Twitter account here:Twitter Set-Up Guide. Once you have created your account, simply follow the text procedures above to enroll in SMS alerts.

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