The Bridging Oases Workshop

Andrea Lorenzon (Giunti Labs, Italy)

Peter Greene (MedBiquitous, USA)

Thursday 14 September

Plenary 1: eLearning and medical education in the real world

1.1 Where are we with web-based learning in medical education?
Speaker: David A Cook (Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, USA)

1.2 Never worry about transfer again: strategies for converging learning and the real world
Speaker: Allison Rossett (Professor of Educational Technology, San Diego State University, USA)

1.3 Riding the rocky train of eLearning towards the Knowledge Society: from first generation solutions to open and interoperable Skills and Media Based Personal Learning
Speaker: Fabrizio Cardinali (CEO Giunti Labs, Vice President, European eLearning Industry Group, IMS Board of Directors)

Parallel Workshops A

W A2 Blended Learning and Medical Education
Organiser: Allison Rossett (San Diego State University, USA)

W A3 The significance of standards in e-learning - the MedBiquitous experience
Organiser: Peter Greene (MedBiquitous, USA)

W A4 Using XML and Reusable Learning Objects, Templates and Standards for Rapid and Eff ective Medical and Pharmaceutical Content Authoring and Management. Theory and Case Studies
Organiser: Alessandro Buttà, Franco Giovannini (Pharmaceutical and Medical Content Production Division,Giunti Labs, Italy), Francesco Pucci (learn eXact LCMS Product Manager, Giunti Labs, Italy)

W A5 The Bridging Oases Living Lab
Andrea Lorenzon (Giunti Labs, Italy)

Plenary 2: Case studies in eLearning

2.1 Toward Meaningful, Cross-domain Human Capital Data Exchange: a Nextgen Standards perspective
Speaker: Luk Vervenne (Synergetics, Belgium)

2.2 The use of instant training technologies – experience in dealing with pandemic risk management in veterinary medicine
Speaker: Barbara Alessandrini (Head of Department for eLearning and International Training, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale (IZS), Italy)

2.3 Using technologies for CPD: experiences from the pharmaceutical industry
Speaker: Massimiliano Presutti (Sales Training Manager, Pfizer, Italy) and Christian Dummer (BT Service Unit New Information Channels Manager, Pfizer, Italy)

Friday 15 September

Parallel Workshops B

W B1 Active learning on the web: how to design an eff ective instructional website
Organiser: David A Cook (Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, USA)

W B2 An introduction to Blogs and Wikis
Organiser: John Sandars (Medical Education Unit, University of Leeds, UK)

W B3 Mobile Learning, TV Learning, Wearable Training and Virtual Reality. Hype or reality? From EU R&D to practical medical scenarios
Organisers: Giancarlo Bo (MOBIlearn and wearIT@work Project manager, Giunti Labs, Italy) and Fabrizio Giorgini (JUST and Sculpteur Project Manager, Giunti Labs, ITALY

W B4 Constructive alignment and integrating eLearning into the curriculum
Organiser: Rachel Ellaway (University of Edinburgh, MVM Learning Technology Section, UK)

Plenary 3: What’s next? The future of eLearning

3.1 eLearning and the future of medical education
Speaker: Ronald Harden (Director of Education, International Virtual Medical School (IVIMEDS), UK)

Presentation will be available soon

3.2 The future of technology for medical education – predicting and preparing for the next ten years and beyond
Speaker: James B McGee (Associate Professor of Medicine, Assistant Dean for Medical Education Technology and Director, Laboratory for Educational Technology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA)

Presentation will be available soon