tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77548433287568691992024-02-20T00:03:11.126-08:00OVAL ProjectWikiVethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09162686733459367011noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754843328756869199.post-13940202594096441362012-05-19T10:07:00.000-07:002012-05-19T10:07:22.688-07:00<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><b>The project has now ended</b>. Please see the <b><a href="http://commons.wikivet.net/images/c/c7/OVAL_Final_Report_2012_version_1_3_%281%29.pdf">final report</a> </b>for more information and overall conclusions.</i></span><br />
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Many thanks to all of those that helped to make the project a success. Other projects are now in progress thanks to OVAL pilot, see their websites and blogs:<br />
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<b>Online Veterinary Anatomy Museum (OVAM)</b><br />
OVAM aims to provide access to veterinary anatomical resources in the form of a virtual museum, which will be hosted within the WikiVet platform. It will provide access to comprehensive and pedagogically structured set of veterinary anatomical resources produced by a variety of partners including universities and publishers.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/OVAM" style="background-color: transparent;">OVAM website</a></div>
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<a href="http://ovamproject.blogspot.co.uk/" style="background-color: transparent;">OVAM blog</a></div>
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<b>PublishOER </b><br />
The PublishOER project will develop new ways of expanding the open educational resources (OER) 'pool' with high quality published content by investigating new business models for embedding published works in OER. It is a partnership of organisations including Elsevier, JISC Collections, Rightscom (with links to all publishers) and educational providers, particularly the Royal Veterinary College (RVC).<br />
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<a href="http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/ukoer3/publishoer.aspx">PublishOER website</a><br />
<a href="http://www.medev.ac.uk/blog/suzannes-blog/2012/feb/6/publishoer-scenarios-to-inform-research-with-publishers/">PublishOER blog</a><br />
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We now have the Adobe Connect recording of the launch event. The whole day, including the <a href="http://en.wikivet.net/OVAM">OVAM</a> launch, is covered so the recording are quite long but you may find it useful to view if you are interested but were not able to come. Have a look at the <a href="http://commons.wikivet.net/images/9/91/OVAL_Dissemionation_%26_OVAM_launch_agenda.pdf">agenda</a> to see which part of the event you are interested in.<br />
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View it at:<br />
<a href="https://webconf.vc.dfn.de/p7gc19d7k4i/">Morning session 1 - <b>OVAL Dissemination</b></a><b> </b><br />
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<a href="https://webconf.vc.dfn.de/p2zekjf6c5d/">Morning session 2 - OVAM Launch part 1</a><br />
<a href="https://webconf.vc.dfn.de/p6p1fy5coqu/">Afternoon session - OVAM Launch part 2</a>WikiVethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09162686733459367011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754843328756869199.post-26313892629714194632011-11-29T09:41:00.000-08:002011-11-29T09:41:27.294-08:00Update on released pagesJust an update on the most recently published and advertised pages. We are coming to the end of the project! Just a few more pages to be tweeted and Q&A books advertised on Facebook and we are done.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdbLgREu1V36Q36tW3jZ2radd1f5xbPKXbJzrxuve5P0W35_1Bir6JRpCnfSVoVTKFNOhF-a8pmgvsIl4MXi3cLvg7OQ81G-P-IoaRLWkLZfB9JFGHvO4OnjsH-U059-xWJMctPBfs5VE2/s1600/LewisParkerBloombergCover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdbLgREu1V36Q36tW3jZ2radd1f5xbPKXbJzrxuve5P0W35_1Bir6JRpCnfSVoVTKFNOhF-a8pmgvsIl4MXi3cLvg7OQ81G-P-IoaRLWkLZfB9JFGHvO4OnjsH-U059-xWJMctPBfs5VE2/s320/LewisParkerBloombergCover.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Category:Small_Animal_Orthopaedics_Q%26A" style="font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Small Animal Orthopaedics Q&A</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><i><a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Trichomonas_gallinae">Trichomonas gallinae</a></i><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Trichomonosis_-_Birds">Avian Trichomonosis</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Trichomonas_fetus">Trichomonas foetus</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Trichomonosis_-_Cattle">Bovine Trichomonosis</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Bunostomum">Bunostomum</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Turkey_Viral_Hepatitis">Turkey Viral Hepatitis</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Channel_Catfish_Virus">Channel Catfish Virus</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Blue_Eye_Disease">Blue Eye Disease</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Streptococcus_%26_Enterococcus_Infections_-_Poultry">Streptococcus and Enterococcus Infections in Poultry</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Cryptobiosis">Cryptobiosis</a>WikiVethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09162686733459367011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754843328756869199.post-61566416827021079182011-11-24T10:24:00.000-08:002011-11-24T10:24:11.592-08:00OVAL Dissemination and OVAM Launch Event<div style="background-color: mintcream; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;">We are running an event on the 9th December to mark the dissemination of the <a href="http://en.wikivet.net/OVAL">Opening Access to Veterinary Literature (OVAL)</a> and the launch of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #002bb8;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://en.wikivet.net/OVAM">Online Veterinary Anatomy Museum (OVAM)</a></span></span> projects. It will be held at the <a href="http://www.rvc.ac.uk/">Royal Veterinary College.</a></div><div style="background-color: mintcream; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: mintcream; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;">You are probably very familiar with the OVAL project now, after all, you are reading the blog! As it is coming to a close, we are running the dissemination event. We were fortunate to receive funding for the OVAM project recently and as it is going to build on the lessons learnt during the OVAL project, we thought it is a good idea to combine its launch with OVAL dissemination. </div><div style="background-color: mintcream; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: mintcream; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;">The OVAM project is also funded by<a href="http://www.jisc.ac.uk/"> JISC</a> as part of the <a href="http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/digitisation/content2011_2013.aspx">Content Programma 2011-2013</a>. OVAM <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">will provide access to a comprehensive and pedagogically structured set of veterinary anatomical resources from UK veterinary schools and other institutions. These will be aggregated and ordered in an environment which will make them easily discoverable by different cohorts of learners. Key to the success of this project will be the development of effective methodologies to embed and integrate these materials within a traditional curriculum to maximise exposure, uptake and sustainability.</span></div><div style="background-color: mintcream; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-color: mintcream; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;">For more information about the event please see <a class="external text" href="http://commons.wikivet.net/images/9/91/OVAL_Dissemionation_%26_OVAM_launch_agenda.pdf" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://en.wikivet.net/skins/monobook/document.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #3366bb; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">the agenda</a>. Everyone is welcome but we would particularly like to encourage those interested in contributing to the anatomy museum (OVAM). The event is free but places are limited so please email <a class="external text" href="mailto:bstanikova@rvc.ac.uk" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://en.wikivet.net/skins/monobook/mail_icon.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #3366bb; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 18px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bara</a> to book your place.</div>WikiVethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09162686733459367011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754843328756869199.post-10345678908723168202011-11-14T11:30:00.000-08:002011-11-14T11:30:18.032-08:00WikiVet is on iTunesYou probably already know that as part of the OVAL project, we have recorded several podcasts. We have a selection of podcasts in English, French and Spanish. They are available free via iTunes.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers.. The front page of this displays high-profile podcasts from commercial broadcasters and independent podcasters and allows searching by category or popularity. Once subscribed, the podcast can be set to download manually, or automatically — and as with other audio, content can be listened to directly or synced to a portable hardware device like an MP3 player.</span><br />
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<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">WikiVet has now established a presence on iTunes and has published over 50 short podcasts on disease related topics. These can be listened to online through a laptop or downloaded onto an iPod or iPad. For those who want to keep up to date with new developments on WikiVet, you can choose to subscribe to a “feed” and new podcasts will then automatically be added to your iTunes account as they become available.</span></div><br />
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</span>WikiVethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09162686733459367011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754843328756869199.post-11396514344448268652011-11-03T09:38:00.000-07:002011-11-03T09:38:49.997-07:00New Pages and French WikiVet<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHdMtn4FVSvm-RD8xHDAiRyLCcHfIzK3GRec6oYSplmRXwiOOrMqb4sKvU5QiZ17hvqD6kP8Q0FKFt_NH5HGHXK3PtTOHPtMNYtO_k0ftUEQO42OIZDcIpoDub-BHtRzKYf3NdS-6qViBl/s1600/Moriello_Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHdMtn4FVSvm-RD8xHDAiRyLCcHfIzK3GRec6oYSplmRXwiOOrMqb4sKvU5QiZ17hvqD6kP8Q0FKFt_NH5HGHXK3PtTOHPtMNYtO_k0ftUEQO42OIZDcIpoDub-BHtRzKYf3NdS-6qViBl/s320/Moriello_Cover.jpg" width="220" /></a><br />
We are still progressing on the OVAL project. Some new pages that have been tweeted are:<br />
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<i><a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Trichinella">Trichinella</a></i><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Interdigital_Dermatitis_-_Cattle">Interdigital Dermatitis in Cattle</a><br />
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<i><a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Edwardsiella_tarda">Edwardsiella tarda</a></i><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Streptococcosis_-_Fish">Fish Streptococcosis</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Category:Small_Animal_Dermatology_Q%26A">Small Animal Dermatology Q&A</a> - This is again a selection of sample questions from this book pictured here. These types of questions seem to be popular with users.<br />
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Another piece on news is our new <b>French WikiVet </b>that currently hosts all the pages that have been translated into French during the OVAL project. It is a simple version on WikiVet but it is a start! Have a look for yourself at <a href="http://fr.wikivet.net/index.php/Accueil">http://fr.wikivet.net/index.php/Accueil</a>.WikiVethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09162686733459367011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754843328756869199.post-82135465377346977382011-10-30T15:59:00.000-07:002011-10-30T15:59:47.960-07:00Review Process<b><u>Reviewing Process on WikiVet for the OVAL Project</u></b><br />
<i>by Helen Dirrig</i><br />
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<b>Aims</b><br />
WikiVet aims to have all articles reviewed by an expert in the appropriate field. For the OVAL project,<br />
disease datasheets from CABI and self-assessment books from Manson were used. The role of expert<br />
reviewers was to check the information but most importantly to provide updates for any newly<br />
discovered strains, new diagnostic methods or treatments. This would ensure that the most up-todate<br />
information was available to the online veterinary community.<br />
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<b>Reviewer recruitment</b><br />
Reviewers were recruited by the WikiVet team and by CABI. The WikiVet team asked staff members<br />
from the RVC, experts in farm animal virology, bacteriology and large animal clinical medicine.<br />
CABI were able to contact experts from a wider range of backgrounds, including scientists from<br />
Brazil, Egypt, Denmark, Germany, the USA and the UK.<br />
An introductory email was sent to any prospective reviewers explaining the OVAL project and the<br />
role of reviewing. It was explained that the articles were aimed at the undergraduate veterinary<br />
student body and that they did not have to be comprehensive reviews of the pathogens or diseases.<br />
A financial incentive of £30 per article reviewed was offered.<br />
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<b>The reviewing process</b><br />
Reviewers that accepted the task were sent Word documents of the articles from WikiVet. One<br />
reviewer was already experienced in editing WikiVet and thus did not require the word document<br />
and could make any necessary changes.<br />
The response time from reviewers found by CABI was usually in the range of 2-3 weeks. RVC<br />
reviewers tended to take a little more time and needed several reminders.<br />
Reviewers were generally responsible for reviewing several articles from the OVAL list, as many as 19<br />
for one expert.<br />
Reviewers generally tracked any changes made using Word. Some people preferred making<br />
annotations on a printed document, and one reviewer preferred to discuss changes in person.<br />
Alterations generally concerned minor details and formatting. Diagnostic methods and treatments<br />
were often supplemented. Reviewers also offered more up-to-date references for certain articles.<br />
A considerable number of articles required no alterations at all.<br />
Their recommendations were collected by a member of the WikiVet team and transcribed onto<br />
WikiVet.<br />
The flashcards , which are question-and-answer pages associated with each article, were also altered<br />
accordingly if any changes had been made.<br />
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<b>Reviewer acknowledgment</b><br />
The reviewer’s involvement with the article was acknowledged at the bottom of each article with a<br />
box giving details of the reviewer’s name, qualifications, and the date the article was reviewed. A<br />
follow-up email sent by the WikiVet team gave the reviewers the opportunity to provide a link to an<br />
external page they may have about themselves, or offered to set up a page on WikiVet about their<br />
work.<br />
Most reviewers already had external links or university staff pages, and a few WikiVet reviewer pages<br />
were created.<br />
Reviewers were sent a link to the finished article on WikiVet and encouraged to contact the team<br />
with any comments.<br />
Several reviewers provided positive feedback on the concept of the site and recommended other<br />
diseases of importance that should be added to the database.<br />
Reviewers were also sent an invoice form to claim for their work. Overall, they were quite efficient at<br />
sending back the forms which were then forwarded on to the payroll team at the Royal Veterinary<br />
College.WikiVethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09162686733459367011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754843328756869199.post-89228834968972204082011-10-24T08:03:00.000-07:002011-10-24T08:03:14.386-07:00Current Developments<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip4TFA-sKLnaAmJpBtYjiWZlPhESNGGLiqwbsT9o9-Al4Qp-_y3X_X5BMP76J-i0CmyeCQz4KLzzUhl3qFqkqv4yzcGcJ1A8xIh2r-KP9NPwFzABiBgSh7NN_3hXVBjIeNXghfnWuaV9n5/s1600/KirbyCover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip4TFA-sKLnaAmJpBtYjiWZlPhESNGGLiqwbsT9o9-Al4Qp-_y3X_X5BMP76J-i0CmyeCQz4KLzzUhl3qFqkqv4yzcGcJ1A8xIh2r-KP9NPwFzABiBgSh7NN_3hXVBjIeNXghfnWuaV9n5/s200/KirbyCover.jpg" width="140" /></a>We have more content released now, some of which can be accessed below.<br />
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Manson books:<br />
<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Category:Small_Animal_Emergency_and_Critical_Care_Medicine_Q%26A">Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Q&A</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Category:Cytology_Q%26A">Cytology Q&A</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Category:Small_Animal_Soft_Tissue_Surgery_Q%26A">Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery Q&A</a><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyqusi-A6ZfbwO6xh_T-yCfAAN9Ssum0XLPcGJaZUojntAlL4ZAFlBurWs2lxYZjCKxUzEobJwovqJTKZXExdFdOPvjsaaKzoMVaL73UVSW4GhsMjfryjdg7nehUJdvh741m3I135qB4m5/s1600/423px-GilsonCover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyqusi-A6ZfbwO6xh_T-yCfAAN9Ssum0XLPcGJaZUojntAlL4ZAFlBurWs2lxYZjCKxUzEobJwovqJTKZXExdFdOPvjsaaKzoMVaL73UVSW4GhsMjfryjdg7nehUJdvh741m3I135qB4m5/s200/423px-GilsonCover.jpg" width="140" /></a>CABI pages:<br />
<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Amoebic_Gill_Disease">Amoebic Gill Disease</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Viral_Haemorrhagic_Septicaemia">Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Anaplasmas">Anaplasma</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Anaplasmosis">Anaplasmosis</a><br />
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Another development has been the creation of a <b>French WikiVet</b> site to host all the pages from CABI datasheets that have been translated into French. It is just a basic site for now but it is a start! Have a look for yourself: <a href="http://fr.wikivet.net/Accueil">http://fr.wikivet.net/Accueil</a>WikiVethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09162686733459367011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754843328756869199.post-78063826724386796042011-10-11T08:04:00.000-07:002011-10-11T08:06:19.130-07:00Released Content and Update<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">We have more released content, 24 questions from <a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Category:Feline_Medicine_Q%26A">Feline Medicine Manson Q&A book</a> and several reviewed pages:</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpnV5AF7DH1eeb263_76ur33wh0zcldCEcaglFSym4mZhSVaUBLSDMY-faMvDkcr4ARkL-N8W5syt3Xn0wBHORDZXasye8110zu2X-o5deTZcntTkJkfR-9Fw3Avwv4BMF5mTLs0S47YVu/s1600/468px-Feline_Medicine_13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpnV5AF7DH1eeb263_76ur33wh0zcldCEcaglFSym4mZhSVaUBLSDMY-faMvDkcr4ARkL-N8W5syt3Xn0wBHORDZXasye8110zu2X-o5deTZcntTkJkfR-9Fw3Avwv4BMF5mTLs0S47YVu/s200/468px-Feline_Medicine_13.jpg" width="156" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Avian_Pneumovirus" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #002bb8;" title="Avian Pneumovirus">Avian Pneumovirus</a></span></span><br />
<dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Spring_Viraemia_of_Carp" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #002bb8;" title="Spring Viraemia of Carp">Spring Viraemia of Carp</a></span></span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Infectious_Bovine_Keratoconjunctivitis" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #002bb8;" title="Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis">Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis</a></span></span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Sea_Lice" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #002bb8;" title="Sea Lice">Sea Lice</a></span></span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Edwardsiella_ictaluri" style="background-color: white;">Edwardsiella ictaluri</a></i></span></span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f5faff; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><u><br />
</u></span></span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Don't forget to check out the flashcards that are created from each of the page's content. You can find the link to them at the bottom of the page text.</span></span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">More content is being released as we go. </span></span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">We also really appreciate that we have been granted a project extension till the end of the year. We are sure we can deliver what we have promised, and lots more, but so far it is taking longer than expected. We have only minor issues with the Manson book, like quality of images and the fact that some of the pages on WikiVet that the questions link to still need to be checked. We are almost there with them though.</span></span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">The CABI datasheets have all been re-written into WikiVet format but the bottle neck is with the review process now. We had approximately half of the pages returned but are still waiting on the rest. That means that the extra resources we hope to produce are also being held back. Once the pages are reviewed, they get translated into French and Spanish and podcasts are recorded from them in all three languages. Obviously, we do not want to do all this work if we then would have to change something!</span></span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">I attended the ALT-C conference on behalf of OVAL and Wikivet, which was held in Leeds during September 2011. There were several themes of interest to us.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span><span>1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Next steps with OER – this was a key area of discussion, and one of the best attended sessions was delivered by JISC. There was discussion about where OER will go next, what happens to institutions who don’t engage, and where we go when the money runs out. It was clear that some individuals feel that OER should never have been funded – i.e. institutions should have wanted to release material anyway. However, this appeared to be quite a short sighted view, as many presentations discussed JISC funded projects which had helped in some way – whether through direct funding or just by raising awareness. The consensus seemed to be that the projects have been necessary to get the concept going in the UK HE environment, but that it will not last much longer and we need to be looking at long term sustainability. <i>I think we have already been applying much thought to this matter within the Wikivet steering group, and the OVAL project has realised the potential of working with publishers. We need to apply further thought to see where we go with this. We should aim to be a leader in this field and demonstrate that it is possible to produce a sustainable OER model.</i><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span><span>2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></i><!--[endif]-->Learning through gaming – I thought this would mean technology, but actually there are several teams looking at more basic game based learning, often involving board games. <i>I wondered whether a Wikivet board game could be produced to introduce new students to the usefulness of the site?<o:p></o:p></i></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span><span>3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Social networking – Anne Marie Cunningham, a GP in Cardiff, presented about developing a social media presence and the uses and pitfalls of this. She discussed developing a digital identity. <i>This is going to be key for Wikivet as an organisation. We also need to think about our individual identities as members of the steering group, and how we use this to publicise Wikivet.</i><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span><span>4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></i><!--[endif]-->Use of QR codes – again a prominent conference feature was the use of QR codes and smartphones. These can easily be produced to link to webpages via a simple scan. <i>There may be applications of this to help promote Wikivet on posters, or a video of the month scenario.<o:p></o:p></i></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span><span>5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></i><!--[endif]-->Copyright issues – this came up quite a lot, and one aspect I hadn’t considered previously was how you can safely create a resource with differing levels of C-C licenses. The Web2Rights group presented a really useful session on this issue and their powerpoint is <a href="http://altc2011.alt.ac.uk/attachments/0002/1834/IPR_interactive_session_Witt_and_Korn.pptx">here</a>. <i>We need to think about this as an issue for Wikivet and ensure we are sticking to the rules!<o:p></o:p></i></div>WikiVethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09162686733459367011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754843328756869199.post-61421713232879951342011-09-30T05:21:00.000-07:002011-09-30T05:21:33.565-07:00More pages and books availableWe have lots more pages reviewed and open to the public now. There are also more question and answer books available. Today we you can visit the <a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Category:Cattle_Medicine_Q%26A">Cattle</a> and <a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Category:Sheep_Medicine_Q%26A">Sheep</a> Medicine and some of the pages listed below.<br />
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Lots more pages and questions are ready but we only publicise (via Facebook and Twitter) one at a time to achieve a steady trickle. To view them all visit the <a href="http://en.wikivet.net/OVAL">OVAL Project</a> page on WikiVet.<br />
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</tbody></table><a href="http://goo.gl/PKE34">Renibacterium salmoninarum</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Porcine_Stress_Syndrome">Porcine Stress Syndrome</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Avian_Nephritis">Avian Nephritis</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Bovine_Herpesvirus_1">Bovine Herpesvirus 1</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Bovine_Herpesvirus_4">Bovine Herpesvirus 4</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Riemerella_anatipestifer">Riemerella anatipestifer</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Bovine_Herpesvirus_5">Bovine Herpesvirus 5</a>WikiVethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09162686733459367011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754843328756869199.post-62983236947706015552011-09-18T15:50:00.000-07:002011-09-18T15:50:00.327-07:00Steering Group MeetingOn Thursday, we had our fourth steering group meeting, which proved very inspiring. We showcased what has been completed under the OVAL project so far and what is going on at the moment.<br />
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All of the 100 pages created from CABI datasheets and their respective flashcards have now been completed. They are going through a review process and once reviewed, they are being publicised on WikiVet front page, Twitter and Facebook. They are also mentioned in this blog. The reviewed pages are than translated into French and Spanish and podcasts are recorded of them in the three languages too. These podcasts are published on iTunes. The WikiVet pages are also being used to provide public friendly version of the text on Wikipedia with a reference link back to WikiVet.<br />
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All of the Manson Q&A book sample questions are also already available on WikiVet. Some still require few images and completion of pages they link to, but majority is well under way.<br />
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Some of the staff have also Skyped in to provide a brief report on their work for OVAL. We discussed plans for dissemination and further focus group sessions. To see the <a href="http://upload.wikivet.net/images/8/8a/OVAL_Steering_Group_Meeting_4.pdf">meeting minutes see the pdf document on WikiVet</a>.<br />
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As part of the ongoing process, three more pages have also been reviewed. Why not have a look at what it is all about?<br />
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<ul><li><a href="http://goo.gl/LDpOu">Mycoplasma synoviae</a></li>
<li><a href="http://goo.gl/Z9Lts">Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Ornithobacterium_rhinotracheale">Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale</a></li>
</ul>WikiVethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09162686733459367011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754843328756869199.post-39955942751122153772011-09-08T15:32:00.000-07:002011-09-08T15:32:00.027-07:00More pagesThe most recent pages published and reviewed are listed below. We also have another of the question and answer books available, <a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Category:Equine_Internal_Medicine_Q%26A">Equine Medicine and Surgery</a>.<br />
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Have a look and let us know what you think!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Avian_Encephalomyelitis">Avian Encephalomyelitis</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://goo.gl/r5EEH">Vibriosis in Fish</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://goo.gl/masr5">Channel Catfish Virus</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://goo.gl/sOoIy">Infectious Salmon Anaemia</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://goo.gl/CLUOR">Turkey Coronavirus</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Epizootic_Ulcerative_Syndrome">Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome</a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Enteric_Redmouth_Disease">Enteric Redmouth Disease</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Mycoplasma_meleagridis">Mycoplasma meleagridis</a><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitnbeKkfhPKsRQpScJ2gHOjuLDENKG4NledlQl6GedF9cA_BBZr9Ix4SHF2yUwpbCAMex8MKG2iFeRROLxTYTqqHCVtkLur45Dci-4fEsAALQnH73t3rtImUvAlpPLPe00J4oEIUkWXxo0/s1600/Manson_Forbes_Altman_Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitnbeKkfhPKsRQpScJ2gHOjuLDENKG4NledlQl6GedF9cA_BBZr9Ix4SHF2yUwpbCAMex8MKG2iFeRROLxTYTqqHCVtkLur45Dci-4fEsAALQnH73t3rtImUvAlpPLPe00J4oEIUkWXxo0/s1600/Manson_Forbes_Altman_Cover.jpg" /></a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Avian_Adenoviruses">Avian Adenoviruses</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Avian_Orthoreovirus">Avian Orthoreovirus</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Dermanyssus_gallinae">Dermanyssus gallinae</a><br />
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<a href="http://goo.gl/1LSQd">Derzsy's Disease</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Duck_Hepatitis_Virus">Duck Hepatitis Virus</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Duck_Viral_Enteritis">Duck Viral Enteritis</a><br />
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WikiVethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09162686733459367011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754843328756869199.post-17725503228107918302011-08-30T10:06:00.000-07:002011-08-30T10:06:51.671-07:00More content!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSduv6KzFJpu1Ag_LTX0wd5QcMKIOvTTzuPiUGg2IUtk94zNng6DYcLzmOjro78LV0Uj4i1iiwRVEg3XTLhxCPKHD_Cqbdj4FAiWUAv7Y4Y9eMIAC-XRX2UBbUADCo9UGmzAdbAL5Pdr9m/s1600/Brown_Manson_cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSduv6KzFJpu1Ag_LTX0wd5QcMKIOvTTzuPiUGg2IUtk94zNng6DYcLzmOjro78LV0Uj4i1iiwRVEg3XTLhxCPKHD_Cqbdj4FAiWUAv7Y4Y9eMIAC-XRX2UBbUADCo9UGmzAdbAL5Pdr9m/s1600/Brown_Manson_cover.jpg" /></a>Another few pages have been reviewed. There is a sample of fish and poultry diseases, some are ready now. Check them out and let us know what you think!<br />
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<a href="http://goo.gl/xrbBl">Columnaris Disease</a><br />
<a href="http://goo.gl/6TVnU">Cold Water Disease</a><br />
<a href="http://goo.gl/aGNKP">Chicken Anaemia Virus Disease</a><br />
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Another book published by Manson is also ready, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 28px;"><a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Category:Small_Mammals_Q%26A">Small Mammals Q&A</a>. It contains a selection of 21 questions relating to a variety of small mammals.</span><br />
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WikiVethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09162686733459367011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754843328756869199.post-16623861949220338182011-08-16T08:47:00.000-07:002011-08-30T05:36:43.936-07:00New Page Reviewed and A Staff Member's Thoughts<div class="MsoNormal">Jaimie is another staff member that recently left to work as a veterinary surgeon. You can read her thoughts below. One of her pages has now been reviewed and can be seen at <a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Ascaridia_-_Poultry">Ascaridia in Poultry</a>.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">I joined the Wikivet team straight after finishing my finals in the interim before getting my first job as a Veterinary Surgeon. It has been a very enjoyable experience and I feel lucky to have worked on the Wikivet project. It was a good way to earn some money whilst learning a lot about different veterinary diseases through reading disease CABI sheets and summarising key facts and creating Wikivet pages. I also helped to choose useful revision questions from Manson Self<span style="color: #231f20;">-Assessment Colour Review guides to open these resources up to all vet students online. </span>It gave me great job satisfaction to know that my work is going to help other veterinary students who will benefit from this information and the revision flashcards that I have designed. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">It has been great to work alongside other students from different Veterinary Institutions and during the project I have met some really lovely people who are dedicated to opening up learning resources to veterinary students and different target audiences. During the project you get to work from home so you can work around other commitments. The project runs weekly Skype conferences so immediately you feel part of the team and your opinions and ideas really count and matter. The work areas are diverse and you can develop areas that you are interested in e.g. podcasts, dissection guides, information pages, quizzes etc . I really hope that Wikivet continues to grow and expand and I wish the team every continuing success. Wikivet really is a resource that current vet students cannot afford not to utilise and I only wish that I had had access to these resources as a student to aid my revision and learning.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Thank you for giving me this opportunity, <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Best wishes<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Jaimie Meagor<o:p></o:p></div>WikiVethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09162686733459367011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754843328756869199.post-32884037942192942112011-08-12T05:52:00.000-07:002011-08-12T05:52:25.819-07:00Project Staff ThoughtsOne of our temporary staff, this year's graduate form the University of Nottingham Stephanie Massey, has now left to enjoy some time in Australia and the surrounding area. She has done very good work for us, produced many WikiVet pages from the CABI datasheets and their associated flashcards. She also worked on the Manson questions and started to explore integration of WikiVet pages into Wikipedia.<br />
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Before she left, she produced a document outlining her experiences working for WikiVet and the OVAL project and useful tips for anyone that would carry on with the work. You can see her thoughts here: <a href="http://upload.wikivet.net/images/6/6c/Wikivet_hints_and_tips_from_Steph.pdf">WikiVet Hints and Tips</a>.<br />
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WikiVethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09162686733459367011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754843328756869199.post-62826829550975962932011-08-04T09:52:00.000-07:002011-08-04T09:52:59.651-07:00First Resources Reviewed<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUBNYiuf__yJ9Zdw2qeoFGvnT63pOFeMARNOrB_twKPUU6GdjfD974IlHYDoUVA-Bn7X0dpg9g9Z-_IKep0EM92QdLk2vRfn8ueHNkui_ZK1hO9UFP8cPLo7oQbof-NE5T0bRN5sC66a6/s1600/May_Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUBNYiuf__yJ9Zdw2qeoFGvnT63pOFeMARNOrB_twKPUU6GdjfD974IlHYDoUVA-Bn7X0dpg9g9Z-_IKep0EM92QdLk2vRfn8ueHNkui_ZK1hO9UFP8cPLo7oQbof-NE5T0bRN5sC66a6/s320/May_Cover.jpg" width="224" /></a>The review process of the pages created from the CABI datasheets and the flashcards from Manson question and answer book is now started. We have two pages already reviewed:<br />
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Have a look and let us know what you think.WikiVethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09162686733459367011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754843328756869199.post-89017926316452753392011-07-14T03:17:00.000-07:002011-07-14T03:20:38.729-07:00Nottingham Student Focus GroupWe held a small focus group on July 12, 2011 to find out what students think about the content and resources provided on WikiVet via the OVAL project so far. Seven students attended, a mixture of about to graduate students and current fourth years.<br />
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Overall, the impression was good. It looks like we are on the right tracks with both the content and resources we have created so far. Small improvements were suggested, e.g. keep questions and answers short within the flashcards and keep to the key points only. This is really only relevant to the flashcards we are producing from the CABI datasheet content as the Manson flashcards cannot be changed.<br />
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The main issue identified was that it is not widely known that WikiVet contains resources. Most students think of it as an encyclopaedia style information repository. Even the name (WikiVet) doesn't encourage thinking otherwise. We need to work on advertising the resources more obviously from the front page and each content page. The work regarding this had already started so hopefully we will see some improvement in the awareness soon.<br />
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It looked like creating podcasts from the content will be appreciated. Some students mentioned that they already listen to recordings of lectures whilst driving. Audio resources containing only the key information and avoiding anything that is difficult to follow, e.g. referring to an image that cannot be seen, will be preferential to these. <a href="http://upload.wikivet.net/images/c/c4/Nottingham_student_focus_group.pdf">More thoughts from the focus group can be seen here.</a>WikiVethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09162686733459367011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754843328756869199.post-43146806686727753472011-07-13T04:54:00.000-07:002011-07-13T04:54:08.280-07:00WikiVet Pre-Conference Workshop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>The workshop on July 12 was a success. During the morning session Nick explained the general concept and how WikiVet started, followed by Barbora briefly talking through the current content development. Gemma showed her Spanish version of the site in progress and Chris concluded with a showcase of our learning resources.<br />
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</div>Following a short break we asked the delegates to discuss what they think should be our priorities for the developments in the near future. It clearly transpired that we need to have a 'roadmap' so that we do not get distracted with too many things and that we are clear in what it is we would like to achieve in small steps. Sky is the limit really but we need to aim there a bit by bit. The issue of expert review process was also mentioned and the need for it if we would like WikiVet to be supported and advertised by university lectures. <a href="http://upload.wikivet.net/images/8/88/12_July_Workshop_Focus_Group_Thoughts.pdf">More thoughts from the focus group.</a><br />
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After lunch the delegates were shown how to edit the wiki, upload pictures and provide both internal and external links. The team and some of the delegates then enjoyed an evening meal at he local pub.<br />
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font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ten to 15 years ago it was fantastic to use PowerPoint Presentations instead of overhead projectors</em>,” she said. “<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lecturers thought it was great. The material could be uploaded, they could copy and past images and show them to students.</em>“</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Along came mobile phones and MP3 players, and students were downloading these files to their devices,</em>” she says. “<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Then came social networking, and students found lectures so interesting that they started uploading content onto their profiles on the Internet</em>.”</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">And here began the problem, because this raised serious copyright issues. “<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Within your VLE limited numbers of people saw it so it wasn’t really an issue, but once material is published online without permission then this becomes a problem.</em>“</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">OER was developed to sort out the kind of issues that arise with sharing material online, and it aims to promote best practice in this area. “<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">These are resources with an open licenses to reuse and repurpose as you see fit</em>,” says Gillian. “<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It’s not about re-inventing the wheel,” she adds. “It’s about sharing with colleagues and peers, and finding aspects that are useful for you and inserting it into your learning resources.</em>“</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">So what are the benefits of using OER? “Emerging evidence shows that the time staff spends on resources can be reduced by 50% by engaging with OER. Students also save time and money.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As Gillian explains, teaching staff need to arm themselves with the right information so they can understand and manage the risks associated with using OER, and in order to to make the most from OERs there are considerations to be taken into account. “<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What if you move institution?</em>” says Gillian. “<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cab you take the material with you? Do you own the copyright, or is it owned by the university?”</em></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Or what if you got promoted? Are you entitled to use your predecessor’s work that they left behind?</em>”</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Copyright is key with OER</em>,” she says. “<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Creative Commons is a legal statement outlining what you can and can’t do with copyrighted work. It is the way to guard yourself against copyright infringement. And if you train your staff on how to create resources that are safeguarded against being sued for copyright infringement this will filter down to the students.</em>”</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Websites of Interest</strong></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.ipo.gov.uk/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://s1.wp.com/wp-content/themes/pub/neutra/images/ico-icons.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #059bff; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 25px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Intellectual Property Office</a></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://elearningreports.wordpress.com/2011/06/29/using-creative-commons-to-get-the-most-from-oers/www.medev.ac.uk/ourwork/oer" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://s1.wp.com/wp-content/themes/pub/neutra/images/ico-icons.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #059bff; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 25px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Information on MedEv projects and deliverables, including the PORSCHE and ACTOR projects</a></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://creativecommons.org/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://s1.wp.com/wp-content/themes/pub/neutra/images/ico-icons.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #059bff; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 25px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Creative Commons</a></div>WikiVethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09162686733459367011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754843328756869199.post-72653725811449583362011-07-01T15:22:00.000-07:002011-07-01T15:22:37.792-07:00WikiVet - A New Model For Sharing OER<a href="http://elearningreports.wordpress.com/2011/07/01/wikivet-a-new-model-for-sharing-oer/">E-Health Conference 2011 Report</a><br />
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<div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Speaker</strong>: Nick Short, Head of eMedia Unit at the Royal Veterinary College, London</em></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">During this session, Nick Short, from the Royal Veterinary College in London talked about <a href="http://en.wikivet.net/Veterinary_Education_Online" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://s1.wp.com/wp-content/themes/pub/neutra/images/ico-icons.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #059bff; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 25px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">WikiVet</a>, a comprehensive OER resource for vets.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As Nick explains, WikiVet was established in 2007 using the Wiki framework to allow online collaboration and store resources. “<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Uploading into a repository can be clunky, and we wanted to avoid duplication</em>,” he explains.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">There was mixed funding, from the HEA, JISC, even the Donkey Sanctuary! A lot of people came in to fund this project</em>,” he says. And now the site has grown to include over 4000 pages of information. “<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">All the content is authored by student and recent graduates, and the web orientated content is accessibile via the web and mobile phone interfaces</em>,” he adds.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It’s huge! And it’s indexed in a very intelligent way</em>,” he says. “<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">There’s a lot of different ways to access the content. The key think is to make the information easy to find for our target audience.</em>“</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">With 11,000 registered users and an average of 50 new users joining per day, the success of this project is clear.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">All the content is OER compliant, and there are translations, with students translating the content,</em>” he says. “<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It’s an international resource and we have international partners. Everybody seems to want to get involved</em>.”</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">After the obvious success of the WikiVet resource, Nick feels that wider questions now need to be answered. “<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Do we really need an international audience? I don’t know the answer to this. And the issue of commercial partnership is also an interesting challenge. For example, would we be comfortable having Big Pharma involved</em>?”</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ultimately, these issues raise the question – can OERs have a commercial value. “<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It’s great to share, but can we ever sell them?</em>” he concludes.</div>WikiVethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09162686733459367011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754843328756869199.post-80020551622090502632011-06-30T02:34:00.000-07:002011-06-30T02:34:59.098-07:00Presentation at e-Health Conference 28th June 2011<div id="__ss_8448681" style="width: 425px;"><strong style="display: block; margin: 12px 0 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/nshort1/e-health-presentation-28th-june-2011" target="_blank" title="E health presentation 28th june 2011">E health presentation 28th june 2011</a></strong> <iframe frameborder="0" height="355" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/8448681" width="425"></iframe> <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The presentation examined a collaborative model for sharing OERs between veterinary schools through a wiki. The session described the lessons learnt from the JISC funded Opening Veterinary Access to Literature (OVAL) project. This is intended to trigger discussion as to how academic institutions can collaborate effectively with commercial publishers in the development of free to access learning resources.</span><br />
<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3902496216884954883" style="width: 500px;"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;">The intended learning outcomes include an appreciation of the issues involved in sharing OERs and the application of the MEDEV OOER toolkit to support this process. More specifically, the session discussed how OERs can be adapted from existing published texts to generate educationally valuable, quality resources which are open access.<br />
The WikiVet project has now been running for a 4 year period. In that time over 10,000 individuals have registered with the site representing over 198 veterinary schools from 68 countries. The presentation explained how the WikiVet environment has assisted in the publishing of OERs in an accessible format. A comparison was made with other approaches to repositories for OERs including JORUM and the case was made for new thinking on the most effective publishing models for the future.<br />
The relevance of this session to the wider healthcare community includes exposure to new working practices which help address current shortfalls in funding for resource development. This will include developing business models which facilitate collaboration between corporate partners and academia with benefits for both.<br />
To date review and evaluation of the project has been limited to feedback from small focus groups and statistical review of site usage. The session explored ways that these OER initiatives can improve feedback and evaluation in order to better focus provision on the needs of an international audience.<br />
Further information on WikiVet and the OVAL project can be found at <a href="http://en.wikivet.net/OVAL" style="color: #333355; text-decoration: underline;">http://en.wikivet.net/OVAL</a>. A compilation of key blogs relating to OERs is available on the MEDEV site at <a href="http://goo.gl/T4Zwe" style="color: #333355; text-decoration: underline;">http://goo.gl/T4Zwe</a>.<br />
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<strong>References:</strong><br />
Scase, T., Brown, G., Cox, B., Short, N., Smith, K., Whittlestone, K., Hammond, R. and Rhind, S. (2008) 'The WikiVet community of practice', The Academy Subject Centre for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine Newsletter 01, no. 17, Autumn 2008 pp. 15-16. ISSN 1740-8768 Also available online at:<a href="http://www.medev.ac.uk/newsletter/01.17/" style="color: #333355; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.medev.ac.uk/newsletter/01.17/</a> accessed [5 May 2011], ISSN 1479-523X.<br />
Brown, G., Quentin-Baxter, M. and Belshaw, Z. (2010) ‘WikiVet: building a community of practice to support a self-sustaining wiki for veterinary education’, Int. J. Web Based Communities, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp.183–196.</div></div></div>WikiVethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09162686733459367011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754843328756869199.post-42338777843978447962011-06-27T15:37:00.000-07:002011-06-27T15:37:53.920-07:00Life in Spain and Working for OVAL (by Gemma Gaitskell - Phillips)<div style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Living in Madrid and being involved with WikiVet has its problems and its advantages. Personally I think the advantages far outweigh the problems from both work and personal points of view! Being based here will definitely be an advantage as the Spanish site grows in terms of being able to visit and liaise with Spanish vets and vetschools which we hope will gradually become more involved as the site becomes more populated. Already I made a trip to Murcia to speak to the students who are going to be involved with the translation of the anatomy section over the summer and am in contact with a vet in Madrid who is keen to help with translation of the more clinically orientated articles. Spanish reference resources such as text books and libraries are also far more accessible form a Spanish base. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The downside is that communication has to be mainly via Skype, which although a brilliant tool can occasionally be a little bit temperamental! The advent of video calls means that I can feel just as much a part of the team as if I was in London! Face to face communication is always the ideal but this is the next best thing. As far as work on other aspects of the project go I don’t think that location has much of an effect, save perhaps if there is query and having to email or Skype to try and find out the answer. Last, but not least, the weather is definitely a huge bonus!</span></div>WikiVethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09162686733459367011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754843328756869199.post-89757298346698764662011-06-16T04:58:00.000-07:002011-06-16T04:58:56.418-07:00Datasheet progressThe datasheets are first selected by CABI according to the top world diseases. From the list they send us I choose the most appropriate diseases according to how much, if any, content is already available on WikiVet. The selected datasheets are then copied into a word document. These word documents I share with the team members via Dropbox. This is very useful as it allows us to share a regular looking folder on line. As we all work in different places, it makes our life much easier. I also create or tag the relevant page within WikiVet and put it in a 'To Do' category from where the team members select them to work on.<br />
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The work of the team members involves picking out the most relevant information from the CABI datasheets and putting it into the relevant WikiVet page. If the original WikiVet page already contained some information, this is seamlessly integrated to provide text that is suitable for the veterinary undergraduate or recent graduate level. We do not aim to cover everything there is to know about a disease as there are other online places more suited to this, such as the original CABI datasheets. In case there is some information missing from the datasheets, this is then complemented by other sources.<br />
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Another major part of the team member's work is to create flashcards for their pages. This is a question and answer style of a page that encourages students to first think about the question before the answer is revealed to them. It works along the same line as the Manson flashcards but is specific to the information provided by the converted datasheet.<br />
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Once the team members are happy with their work, they put the pages into a category for me to review. I then look through them, add links, redirect all the 'also known as' terms so that whichever name of a disease a student searches for they land on the correct page. I also correct any typing errors that become obvious and check that the page conforms to the WikiVet style.<br />
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So far there have been quite a few pages completed and I will share a sample with you soon.WikiVethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09162686733459367011noreply@blogger.com0