Summary
In
Italy, requests for advanced training in veterinary public health
are increasing, both quantitatively and qualitatively; traditional
training models are inadequate to satisfy demand. The integration
of the new information and communication technologies with interactive
learning methods favoured the development of advanced and innovative
web-based learning solutions. The Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale
dellAbruzzo
e del Molise (IZSAM), centre for advanced training in veterinary
public health, is changing its offer, moving from traditional models
to the new solutions offered by e-learning. Training performed through
the new information and communication technologies is a great challenge,
not only because it employs advanced technologies, but most of all
because it requires the development of new teaching strategies,
better suited to the beneficiaries of thee learning solutions. In
order to better face these new opportunities and to apply them properly
to the reference market, the IZSAM conducted a survey to analyse
training requests in veterinary matters and potential participants
in e-learning initiatives. This investigation was performed to define
the e-learning knowledge of veterinarians who usually participate
in training courses (and, in this specific case, of veterinarians
who attended traditional courses carried out by the IZSAM), their
familiarity with information technologies and their interest in
terms of learning content. Two hundred and four people were interviewed:
32% knew what e-learning was and 97.6% were interested in attending
this kind of course.
Keywords
e-learning,
Training, Veterinary public health. |