Novice International Conference Insights for online professional communities
4th-5th October 2012 at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest, Romania

NOVICE is the Network Of Veterinary ICt in Education, an EU funded Project which aims to investigate the use of Web 2.0 tools such as discussion boards in informal lifelong learning. The project has led to the development of a veterinary online community, www.noviceproject.eu.

The project will host a conference entitled 'Insights for online professional communities' on 4th-5th October 2012 at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest, Romania. .

The conference aims to bring together members of a range of professions and disciplines. Presenters with experience of participation in or development of, online professional communities are invited. Delegates with no prior experience are warmly welcome to attend and find out more about the potential of online professional communities for learning. Though the NOVICE website focuses on the veterinary profession and veterinary education, the conference is open to any profession, e.g. Web 2.0 developers, educators or healthcare practitioners. .

Abstracts for short communications, poster presentations and workshops are invited before 30th June 2012.

 

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Admission:

€100* * Free for students
* No registration fee will be charged to speakers and/or workshop moderators.   Register Now

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Key-note Speakers
Speaker 1 Full Bio

Niki Lambropoulos

Immersive New World: Web 3.0 Communities, Social Networks and Shared Dreams

Niki Lambropoulos, Immersive Worlds Expert

immersive-worlds.com

Speaker 2 Full Bio

Maarten de Laat

Professor at the Open University Netherlands

Maarten de Laat is full professor at LOOK, a research centre on teacher professional development, at the Open University of the Netherlands

Speaker 3 Full Bio

Anne Cunningham

General practitioner

Dr Anne Marie Cunningham is a GP in South Wales and leads on the use of technology in the undergraduate medical curriculum at Cardiff University.

Speaker 3 Full Bio

Esther de Groot

Researcher on learning communities and NOVICE Core Team Member

Esther de Groot is a researcher on learning of professionals in communities and on (informal) lifelong (e-)learning

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Conference Schedule Find the sessions that interest you
Day 1
Thursday 4th

Registration and Coffee

09:00 - 10:00

Welcome adresses

10:00 - 10:30

Keynote I

Niki Lambropoulos (Greece)

10:30 - 11:15

Short Com I

11:15 - The NOVICE animal welfare discussion group: personal reflections from a user perspective.
Andrew Gardiner

11:30 -NOVICE: Results of the Third Year Evaluation.
Tierney Kinnison

11:45 - International Approaches to Expanding Aquatic Veterinary Education & Day-One Competency
David Scarfe

Lunch

12:00 - 13:00

Keynote II

Anne Cunningham (UK)

13:00 - 13:45

Workshops I - parallel sessions

Supplementing Veterinary Curricula & CEPD with Aquatic Veterinary Medicine.
David Scarfe

Formal and informal learning combined: how 1 and 1 makes 3.
Renee Filius, Esther de Groot

Implementation of an e-buddy system in secondary education
Paula van Kempen

13:45 - 15:15

Coffee-break

15:15 - 15:45

Short Com II

15:30 - Creating an environment for role-based e-learning: the adelaide experience
Frederick Chew

15:45 - Experiences moderating and participating in the online NOVICE group: ‘Veterinary Clinical Skills'
Emma Crowther

16:00 - CasE-Study, an interactive case demonstration tool
Márton Balogh

16:15 - New technology to improve communication in on line networks.
Jan Haarhuis

16:30 - Synchronous communication - The use of virtual classrooms in social networks.
Yu-Wei Lin

16:45 - 17:00 Short coffee break

17:00 - Impact of lecture recording on veterinary student learning
Nick Short

17:15 - Twelve years of Online Professional Veterinary learning experience 2000-2012.
Olutayo Babalobi

17:30 - ‘If you build it, will they come?’ (Why are some groups less popular than others?).
Tierney Kinnison

17:45 - Easter Bush Farm: developing a Second Life project.
Eoghan Clarkson

Plenary Session (Discussion about day 1)

18:00 - 19:00

Gala dinner

20:00
Day 2
Friday 5th

Keynote III

Maarten de Laat (The Netherlands)

09:00 - 09:45

Workshops II - parallel sessions

The use of NOVICE in formal education.
Pim Polak

Collaboration of online communities NOVICE and FECAVA
Monique Meegens

Online communities: the new way of continuing learning in practice?
Peter van Beukelen, Wim Kremer, Esther de Groot

09:45 - 11:15

Short Com III

11:15 - Experiences of student eCurators from the Online Veterinary Anatomy Museum (OVAM) project
Lubberta de Jong

11:30 - The use of tablets to assess the quality of clinical examinations performed during equine clerkships.
Robin van den Boom

11:45 - Learning from the medical world: the Video enabled on line community.
Frank Ruge

12:00 - Use, Misuse and Abuse: The need to moderate professional online groups.
Olutayo Babalobi

12:15 - Promoting aquatic veterinary education through Novice and other social media.
Laura Urdes

Lunch

12:30 - 13:30

Keynote IV

Esther de Groot (The Netherlands)

13:30 - 14:15

Workshops III - parallel sessions

NOVICE & Web-based Aquatic Veterinary Education Programs
Laura Urdes

NOVICE: ‘the facebook for vet students’ or ‘the substitution of blackboard’? What would suit you?
Pim Polak

Attitudes towards the use of animals and the role of education.
Nelleke Verhave

14:15 - 15:45

Plenary session

15:45 - 16:15
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How to Attend Location, Prices, etc...

Location:

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest
Splaiul Independenţei Nr. 105, sector 5
050097, BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
Phone: +4021 401 1129 / +4021 318 0469
Fax: +4021 318 0498

www.fmvb.ro

The conference will be held at Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (central area of Bucharest) and it is part of University of Agronomic Science and Veterinary Medicine – Bucharest. The faculty had celebrated last year the 150th anniversary. There are around 200 employees and 1960 students.

Getting to the conference venue

Hotel Parliament and Ibis: 5 minutes walk to the Faculty campus Hotel Venetia: 20 minutes walk to the Faculty campus University of Agronomic Science and Veterinary Medicine (student dormitory): take tram 41 (tram station is in front of the university) and travel towards Crângaşi station. Alight at Crângaşi and take the subway train towards Eroilor Station. Alight and walk towards Faculty campus (5 minutes)..

€100* * Free for students
* No registration fee will be charged to speakers and/or workshop moderators.   Register Now