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Subject Centre for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine Annual Report 2006-7 21.6 Project 6: Using Blogs and Wikis to Support Communities of Practice Aims and Objectives • To develop our CoP support capacity • To be more strategic and proactive in promoting the use of blogs and wikis • To seed fund approximately 10 CoPs in their initial set up period • To launch the blog concept at a CoP physical meeting • To train blog moderators in the use of the technology and coach them in good practice for supporting on-line communities. Overall comment A call for proposals went out in the Subject Centre newsletter, 01.12, in Autumn/Winter 2006, with a deadline of 31 January 2007 for submissions. The call went out in the Subject Centre eBulletin on 1 November 2006 and was repeated fortnightly until the deadline. Submissions were collated and sent out to review. Once collated and ranked, the proposers were notified of the panel’s decisions and asked if they wished to take up the offer. 5 projects were offered and accepted funding. The results were announced via a news item on the Subject Centre website on 30 April 2007. The projects are at differing stages of development – some have not started yet, however we are confident that all will complete on time. Where materials/content is available to view, this information has been included. 1. The Viki (Veterinary Information and Knowledge Interface) Wiki Project - Professor Susan Rhind - The University of Edinburgh, £1,260 http://www.medev.ac.uk/dinky?dinky_id=782 The project has started with veterinary pathology resources, and will move on to other areas of the curriculum as the project progresses. The content to date can be viewed at: http://w01.rvcwiki.wf.ulcc.ac.uk/index.php/WikiPath 2. Development of a framework for the teaching of Veterinary Public Health in UK Universities - Professor Malcolm Cobb - University of Nottingham, £2,450 http://www.medev.ac.uk/dinky?dinky_id=783 3. Scottish medical schools’ online community of practice for medical ethics teachers - Dr Al Dowie - University of Glasgow, £2500 http://www.medev.ac.uk/dinky?dinky_id=784 4. Professional Education Public Involvement Network – a resource to facilitate collaborative working and practice development - Ms Penny Morris - University of Leeds, £2600 http://www.medev.ac.uk/dinky?dinky_id=785 This project is in the process of investigating which software/combination of software may be most apposite to its needs. Suzanne Hardy has advised, and the team is consulting with patient educators to make sure the chosen solution is fit for purpose. 5. Supporting a community of MEDEV professional developers - Mrs Clare Morris - University of Bedfordshire, £2,500 http://www.medev.ac.uk/dinky?dinky_id=786 As there was a lack of cohesiveness from projects as to which platform they might choose to use, it was agreed to support each project individually rather than have a single meeting to train staff in the use of blogs and wikis. Project Outputs Each project will use its chosen platform to try to enhance communication and networking between partners, following on from a required face to face meeting. The resulting blogs/wikis will be available to appropriate groups for as long as the resultant discussions and materials remain relevant. It should be noted that due to the sensitive nature of some of the materials being shared and developed, software may require a username and password to access content. A planned meeting for CoP project holders will be reported on in the Subject Centre newsletter. The outputs of the projects, in terms of mid-term and final reports will be available from the individual project webpages on the MEDEV website (see URLs above). Final reports will be available by the end of the reporting period. These will be shared with the JISC in the form of a report. 172
Subject Centre for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine Annual Report 2006-7 Dissemination A planned meeting for CoP project holders will be reported on in the Subject Cente newsletter, 01. Each project will additionally be offered a two page article in the newsletter. Project leads will be asked to complete a case study template as part of the final report. This will standardise some of the outputs from the JISC funded DeL work, in order that the outcomes can be shared more easily. Project Outcomes The planned outcomes remain as the original proposal to increase understanding of and explore the appropriateness of the use of social software to support geographically dispersed and socially isolated medical education developers in UK healthcare education. Unanticipated Outcomes It should be noted that the Subject Centre received a proposal it its workshop call for a workshop promoting the pedagogic use of blogs and wikis, and this staff development requirement is therefore being met from other Subject Centre activity. Remaining Project Activity As projects only got underway recently, there is still much to be done. The Subject Centre will continue to support the projects to enable them to achieve their objectives and to ensure they finish and submit final reports by the end of the funding period. The Subject Centre has yet to invite successful CoP applicants to a meeting, where they can share experiences to date. This meeting has now been planned for Spring 2008. Following the meeting and completion of projects the final summary report will be collated and sent to the Academy and the JISC. Budget Item Budget Expenditure DeL1.5 funding – Using Blogs and Wikis to Support Communities of Practice £10,000 **NB see below. 5 communities of practice 0 £11,310 Total £10,000 £11,310 ** Due to a mix up with contracts the Subject Centre received 10K less than expected/budgeted in DeL1.5 (30K rather than 40K) and so some adjustments were made to the planned expenditure. If this is rectified then MEDEV will match the contribution and further communities of practice can be offered. The overspend here of £1,310 was met by the Subject Centre. Programme Support The programme support offered by the JISC and the Higher Education Academy has been sufficient to meet the needs of this project. Future Work The experiences of the project holders and the successes of individual projects will inform future work the Subject Centre in the area of support for geographically and socially dispersed communities of medical education practitioners. 173
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