SONET - Educational Technology Group 
SONET - Educational Technology Group 
Next SLOHSIG meeting: Tuesday 23rd March, 1:30-3pm, Clare College, Cambridge University. Further details...
The Sharing Learning Objects in Healthcare Special Interest Group (SLOHSIG) was conceived at the Sharing Learning Objects in Healthcare conference held at the University of Nottingham on 24th March, 2009 which was attended by some 70 delegates from all over the UK with an interest in Learning Objects and e-learning repositories and their application to healthcare education. Some of the delegates attended a post-conference meeting in order to take things forward and maintain the momentum of the conference, and to organise similar future conferences annually. The SIG is an attempt to take this momentum forward.
The SIG is primarily focussed on the use and reuse of learning objects, and indeed e-learning resources in general, in the teaching of healthcare in UK Higher Education and the National Health Service. We are also seeking to build sharing and collaboration with colleagues outside the UK. Areas of interest include, but are certainly not restricted to:
The strategic aim of the SIG is to integrate the vast number of teaching resources online into a ‘one-stop shop’ for teachers and students of healthcare, so that they can ‘pick and mix’ from a massive store of e-learning resources to use in their teaching and learning. It quickly became very clear at the conference that there are masses of resources developed, and under development, in UKHE institutions and the NHS, but very few people outside the institution are aware of them. The SIG aims to promote sharing and reuse of these materials, and to promote collaboration amongst colleagues and institutions engaged in learning object development and repositories, both within and outwith the UK.
There's no formal membership of the SIG - anyone who's interested in the topic can read, and comment on, the SIG blog, and are welcome to attend future SIG meetings. If you would like to take an active part in the SIG, perhaps by writing articles for the blog, please contact one of the people below.
The SIG is currently coordinated by the SONET-ARC centre at the School of Nursing, Midwifery & Physiotherapy at the University of Nottingham. Principal contacts are:
The second meeting of SLOHSIG will take place on Tuesday 23rd March, 2010, 13:00-15:00, Clare College, Cambridge University. This meeting will be part of the Open Educational Resources 2010 conference. Further information on the SLOHSIG blog.
The inaugural meeting of the SIG took place on Monday, 5th October, 2009, 10am-3pm. It was hosted by the Centre for Interprofessional e-learning (CIPeL) at Coventry University. Outcomes of the meeting are on the SLOHSIG blog.
Page last updated 30 April, 2010 . Site maintained by Fred Riley.
