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Virtual Veterinary Medicine Learning Commons
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Virtual Veterinary Medicine Learning
CommonsMark Stephenson, DVM President

• LIFELEARN INC.
• MacNabb House, University of Guelph
• Guelph, Ontario
• www.lifelearn.com

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Outline

• Virtual Veterinary Medicine Learning Commons
  (V2MLC)
• Project Summary
• Goals
• Specific Projects
• Portal and E-Learning Demonstrations

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V2MLC Summary

• Multi-regional, knowledge based community made up
  of a consortium of the four Canadian Veterinary
  Colleges and Lifelearn
• Ontario Veterinary College (U. Guelph)
• Faculte de Medicine Veterinaire (U. Montreal)
• Atlantic Veterinary College (U. PEI)
• Western College of Vet Med (U. Saskatchewan)
• Lifelearn Inc. (Guelph)
• All connected by CAnet 3

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V2MLC Goals

• Break down structural barriers to communication
  and collaboration
• Encourage sharing of medical knowledge and
  expertise (tele-vet-medicine)
• Leverage broadband network to develop effective
  and accessible learning modules

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V2MLC Projects

• Technology
• implementation of IP-based
• video conferencing system
• authoring workstations for
• learnware development
• video streaming, archive and control servers
• CAnet3 connection
• TeleVetMed
• digital imaging and capture
• shared consultation
• Learnware Development
• Portal Development

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V2MLC Learnware
Content Development Q/ Why develop interactive
multimedia with AUDIO, VIDEO, ANIMATION and
INTERACTIVE FEATURES? A/ LEARNING RETENTION IS
HIGHER Learners remember approximately 20 of
what they SEE 40 of what they SEE and
HEAR 70 of what they SEE, HEAR DO
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V2MLC Learnware

• Benefits of Interactive Multimedia
• Self-paced, self-directed
• Non-linear (facilitates cross-reference of
  information)
• Problem-solving and decision-making
• Personalized instruction/reference/help
• Provides for self-assessment, and immediate
  feedback
• Portable, accessible (multilocation)
• Cost-effective
• Engaging and interactive (FUN!)
• therefore effective and high retention (7X gt
  reading)
• DEMO

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V2MLC Portal

• Objectives
• Create a user-friendly Intranet to enable all
  veterinary college students and faculty
• 1. to access news, events and scheduling
• 2. to access learning modules
• 3. to access communication and collaboration
  tools
• Development to consider integration of existing
  and planned information technologies, for future
  integration and interaction

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V2MLC Portal

• What is a Portal?
• A web-based software application that turns
  unwieldy intranets into the equivalent of a
  personalized home page
• Accessed through a browser via single sign-in
  window
• Sign in parameters determines
• look and feel
• what news, events, collaborative tools, knowledge
  management and learning modules are available
• DEMO

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Virtual Veterinary Medicine Learning Commons
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Program Development

• Steps
• Identify market need and secure financing

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Program Development

• Steps
• Identify market need and secure financing
• Identify author(s) - Editing, Contributing

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Program Development

• Steps
• Identify market need and secure financing
• Identify author(s) - Editing, Contributing
• Objectives and initial flow (brainstorming)

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Program Development

• Steps
• Identify market need and secure financing
• Identify author(s) - Editing, Contributing
• Objectives and initial flow (brainstorming)
• Storyboarding and asset accumulation (text,
  audio, video, images etc.)

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Program Development

• Steps
• Identify market need and secure financing
• Identify author(s) - Editing, Contributing
• Objectives and initial flow (brainstorming)
• Storyboarding and asset accumulation (text,
  audio, video, images etc.)
• Graphic design

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Program Development

• Steps
• Identify market need and secure financing
• Identify author(s) - Editing, Contributing
• Objectives and initial flow (brainstorming)
• Storyboarding and asset accumulation (text,
  audio, video, images etc.)
• Graphic design
• Programming

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Program Development

• Steps
• Identify market need and secure financing
• Identify author(s) - Editing, Contributing
• Objectives and initial flow (brainstorming)
• Storyboarding and asset accumulation (text,
  audio, video, images etc.)
• Graphic design
• Programming
• Beta testing and quality assurance

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Program Development

• Steps
• Identify market need and secure financing
• Identify author(s) - Editing, Contributing
• Objectives and initial flow (brainstorming)
• Storyboarding and asset accumulation (text,
  audio, video, images etc.)
• Graphic design
• Programming
• Beta testing and quality assurance
• Replication of master disc