OVAM Launch Event Recording

We now have the Adobe Connect recordings of the launch event. They are split into three sessions to reflect the agenda.

Morning session 1 - OVAL Dissemination - find out more about the OVAL project

Morning session 2 - OVAM Launch part 1
Afternoon session - OVAM Launch part 2

The whole day 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.

OVAM Project Launch Event

The OVAM launch event took place at the Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Campus on Friday 9th December and was well attended by over 30 people representing different partners and other interested organisations and institutions. Many important aspects of the project were discussed, with useful contributions and thoughts put forward by the attendees, including discussions on the following topics:

- which species should be the main focus, and how much comparative anatomy should be included

- whether there should be a historical aspect to the museum,

- the main audience the museum should target,

- ethical concerns about certain content being open

- the technical limitations for the project within the timeframe and the type of interface that will be possible

There were also attendees via adobeconnect from across the world including Scotland, Germany and Australia. The days events were recorded and videoed and will shortly be available to view for those who could not attend in person.

Project Launch

The Online Veterinary Anatomy Museum (OVAM) project was recently awarded funding by JISC. The official start of the project was the 1st November 2011 and it will run for 12 months.

The project will aim to provide access to veterinary anatomical resources in the form of a virtual museum. All UK vet schools are partners in the project as well as other European vet schools and commercial partners. The museum will be hosted within the WikiVet platform.

OVAM 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.

For more information please see the OVAM Project Proposal Summary.

If you would be interested in collaboration with us, please do not hesitate to get in touch with Bara or Gemma

The opening event for OVAM will be on the 9th December 2011 at the Royal Veterinary College's Hawkshead Campus. For more information please see the agenda. If you would like to attend please email Bara, places are limited.