Web Enabled Veterinary Public Health Project Sri Lanka

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Web-Enabled Veterinary Public

Health Networking in Sri Lanka:Teasdale-Corti Global Health Research

Initiative Project

Symposium 27 July 2010

Dr. Tim DeJager, Project Collaborator

Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada


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The KTE Challenge for VPH in Sri Lanka Success and enthusiasm built up in T-C

project challenging the knowledgesharing capacity of traditionalcommunication face to face meetings,print reports and publications etc.

Cross agency and internationalcollaboration requires more rapid andmore stable and sustained knowledgeflow pipelines.

Need to share different kinds ofknowledge encoded, experiential,embedded (tacit).


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Knowledge Sharing

Before Internet

Geographically limited

Encoded knowledge in

paper publications

repositories, libraries

Face-to-face required

real presence

With Internet

Social Web

GlobalGlobal ManyMany--toto--manymany

Rapid to real timeRapid to real time

FaceFace--toto--face possible inface possible in

virtual onlinevirtual online


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Our solution

Develop a connected, web-based VPH KTE networkbuilt on professional social networks and Web 2.0

tools.

(i) broaden and create new channels for knowledge

flow, (ii) expand the number of connected knowledge

nodes in the veterinary public health sphere;

(iii) improve knowledge relations across Ministries,

universities and nations to speed the exchange and

application of expertise and knowledge to

preparedness, response and research agendas


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Project Objectives (continued)

(iv) increase capacity for mentored training offuture research users

Outcome: A distributed network ofresearchers, program managers, regulators,mentors, teachers, students and fieldpractitioners equipped with a means to

connect with each other to share knowledgein real time via web tools in a collaborativeonline workspace.


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How do we build it?

Requirements analysis what dowe need, what will work, what willmotivate use? Methods: surveys,interviews and stakeholder visits.

Translate into menu of featuresand tools. (January July 2010)

Identify best tools and software(open source and operate throughweb browser and mobile devices -developer consultation). Developand test and launch (March2010 January 2011)


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Project Work Plan (continued)

Develop training modules andsessions to build start-up user

capacity and nurture in-country

trainers. November 2010

September 2011 Grow the network. Apply it to

meet existing project objectives

and then expand the network to

additional issues and objectivesidentified by network members.

2011


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POST Approach*

People: What are the capabilities and needsof the people who will use and benefit?

Objectives: What will you do and how will it

benefit you and those they serve? How canwe measure progress?

Strategy: What will be different after we are

done? Technology: What tools will help to

accomplish all of this?

* From Josh

Bernhoff,

Groundwswell,

2007


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Evaluate Tools to fulfill desired functions

Example: Essential: Build a growing library of digitalresources that can be easily accessed, shared,discussed. Possible: Build a personal library based onyour interests.

Tools

Social Bookmarking and Tagging Uploading / Downloading

RSS Feeds

RSS Feed aggregators

Personalization tools(add to My Library, add Tags)

Discuss / comment on resources

Image: http://www.palmbeachschools.org/imlms/VirtualLibrary.asp


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How to Build a Library

Share web resources with each other email, etc http://whqlibdoc.who.int/trs/WHO_TRS_907.pdf

http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/diseases/zo

onosessect1.pdf http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5013a1

.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/nczved/

http://www.fao.org/docrep/012/ak738e/ak738e00.htm

Open Access no barriers of subscription / cost

Craig Stephen DVM PhD, Director, Centre for CoastalHealth


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More Resources

Health Geographics Journal - http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/QGIS open source GIS project - http://www.qgis.org/Spatial Analysis Online Book -

http://www.spatialanalysisonline.com/output/Spatial Analysis for Epidemiology and Ecology usingR, online modules -http://www.apsnet.org/education/advancedplantpath/topics/RModules/default.html

ColinRobertson


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Contribute to the Library


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Bookmark in Delicious.com


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Create RSS Feed from VPH-KTE tag

and add to library automatically


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Suite of Tools

A question and answer and discussion forumwhere people can pose a question and members of

the community or designated experts can provide a

direct answer or contribute to a discussion on a given

topic. A mentoring system for researchers and

professionals willing to answer questions and provide

guidance.

A web meeting space online that enables people

from remote areas to participate in meetings via text,

voice, video and screen or application sharing.


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Tool Suite 2

A system that sends alerts and importantinformation from the web site to email or

mobile phones (e.g. SMS).

A calendar where upcoming meetings,workshops, conferences and other relevant

events can be posted and people can register

for attendance.

Others decided by community, can be added

over time.


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What it might look like

http://www.frameweb.org/


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or

http://km.fao.org/fsn/


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It is your contribution that is needed

to make it fly!


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The role of social learning in building

sustainable aquaculture in rural Sri Lanka

New IDRC project readying tolaunch in Sri Lanka partneringCCH/U Calgary with U Wayambaalong with NAQDA and NARA

Dr. Craig Stephen and Dr. SamDaniel co-PIs

Working with partners toenhance extension services

involving communities insustainable aquaculture policies,meeting food security andpoverty reduction goals.


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Focus of the Project

How can social learning andparticipatory approaches play astronger role in knowledgetranslation and sharing? Verticaland horizontal.

What are the motivations andgender differences for informationsharing and how can those beharnessed for best practices?

Work on health management of

aquaculture as target. North and east regions of Sri

Lanka


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Knowledge the most important asset

The future of foodsecurity in thedeveloping worlddepends more onknowledge than onresource-intensiveagriculture," VenkataramanBalaji of the International Crops

Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics in Patancheru, India.(Science, February 12, 2010).


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Thanks

Department of Animal

Production and Health, Sri

Lanka

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

and IT Department, University of

Peradeniya

Teasdale-Corti KTE Grant Global Health Research

Initiative

Dr. Craig Stephen, Dr. Sam Daniel, Dr. A. Chandrasoma,

Dr. Preeni Abeynayake, Jenny Dawson-Coates, Suraj

Gunawardana

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