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Streaming Video Technique for Veterinary Studies and Continuing Education

J.P. Ehlers, Jutta Friker, Julia Rankl, R. Stolla

Veterinary Clinic for Gynaecology and Obstetrics and Veterinary Institute for Anatomy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

ABSTRACT:

Digitised lectures and scientific talks with slides can be demonstrated with “New Media” including streaming video. This can be achieved with little technical effort. Such applications may be distributed via internet or CD-ROM.

The knowledge transfer via streaming media has special advantages in continuing education, which takes place decentralised in contrast to undergraduate education. Even complex procedures, for instance surgery, can be demonstrated very effectively with images and/ or video clips. A recapitulation of learning issues with digital media and independent of time and location may raise considerably the efficiency of continuing education.

The goal might be a library (on or offline) collecting all material available for continuing education. In Germany conceivably the ATF (Academy for Veterinary Continuing Education) seems to be a qualified centre for collecting and distributing such media. The development of digitised lectures requires a digital camcorder to film the lecturer. For the production of suitable media for the internet the clip has to be compressed to mpeg4 with a codec, for instance SQUEEZE (Sorensen). A similar procedure has to be used to prepare the images of a PowerPoint presentation for the web (for instance with a software like LIVE SLIDE SHOW). Both clips can be combined with QuickTime 6.0 Pro to a streaming video with a data transfer rate below 100kb/s. Such clips might be made available in the internet (an example of our clinic: http://www.vetmed.uni-muenchen.de/gyn_g/audiovision.html) or on CD-ROM.

The German law for Universities (HRG ß2 (1.1)) defines the continuing education as one of the responsibilities of the professors (Version: August 8th 2002). In some states of the Federal Republic of Germany (e.g. Baden- Württemberg (LVVO ß 2 (3)) the development of materials for continuing education is allowed for the teaching load. In 2000 the German Science Council (Wissenschaftsrat) suggested expanding into continuing education by using electronic media. In veterinary medicine a co-operation between universities and veterinary associations would be of great help in realising such plans. As example the medical association of Baden-Württemberg is mentioned. It offers online programs including tests for the official recognition of continuing education.

Digitised lectures will be demonstrated in an “electronic poster” and the technical aspects will be explained.

BENEFIT TO PARTICIPANTS ATTENDING SESSION:

With streaming video technique whole lectures with slides can be presented in the web or on CD-ROM. This has advantages in undergraduate education as especially in the decentralised continuing education. How to achieve this with little technical effort is shown by examples of veterinary medicine.

J.P. Ehlers1, Jutta Friker2, Julia Rankl1, R. Stolla1 1Veterinary Clinic for Gynaecology and Obstetrics, 2Veterinary Institute for Anatomy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany

Dr. Jan P. Ehlers

(1) Veterinary Clinic for Gynaecology and Obstetrics Koeniginstr. 12, D-80539 Munich

Germany

Phone: +49-89-2180-2626

Fax: +49-89-2180-2161

mailto:ehlers@lmu.de

Website: http://www.vetmed.uni-muenchen.de/gyn_g/home.html

CO-AUTHORS:

Dr. Jutta Friker

Julia Rankl

Prof. Dr. Rudolf Stolla

(2)Veterinary Clinic for Gynaecology and Obstetrics Veterinary Institute for Anatomy