Third International Congress MoodleHealth 2013 - Network Learning and Moodle in Health

The Virtual Campus of Public Health (VCPH) of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and the VCPH-Brazil node coordinated by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation - FIOCRUZ and UNA-SUS/MS, are glad to invite you to participate in the Third International Congress MoodleHealth 2013.

This conference will be held from November 13-15, 2013 in the city of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, bringing together people and institutions interested in online education that work with the Moodle platform.

The Third International Congress MoodleHealth 2013 will be held in the context of the Third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health, organized by the Alliance (Global Alliance of health personnel) with the topic "Human Resources for Health: basis for Universal Health Coverage and the post-2015 development program" in Recife, Brazil, November 10-13. Among the topics included in the forum are:

• Training of health personnel: overcoming the political, social and cultural barriers
• Taking advantage of innovation and research in HR: new management technologies and models.

Focused on topics related to health and education, this conference intends to reflect on knowledge and technological and pedagogical practices associated with online education. The program includes main conferences, panels, and case and discussion forums. The event is targeted at content producers, teachers, tutors, researchers and users.

The call for papers is open from 08/27/2013 and closes on 09/28/2013. The proposals should be related to any of the following topics:

• Knowledge and pedagogical practices in health and networked education.
• Knowledge and technology practices in health and networked education.
• Knowledge and academic management practices for online education.

Papers should represent innovations, improvements or featured applications in Moodle, and must be submitted in files compatible with open document format. The structure of papers will be similar to case presentations and shall not exceed 10 pages, 1.5 line spacing, 11 point Arial font for headings and 10 point for texts with single spacing. Optionally, images and / or multimedia materials can be included in the presentations. An Academic Committee composed of various specialists of the organizing institutions will announce the accepted papers.

Papers must be written in one of the languages of the Congress (Spanish, Portuguese or English).  For information and registration, visit: http://moodlesaude2013.fiocruz.br

Contact email: moodlesalud2013@fiocruz.br

Paper submissions: http://moodlesaude2013.fiocruz.br