VROC
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Virtual Researcher on Call (VROC) is a Canadian educational program administered by Partners in Research. The program connects students with knowledge partners — researchers and professionals — in health and natural sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM fields) through video conferencing and video podcasts.[1]
Video conferencing
Video conferencing technology is used to connect researchers and professionals in the STEM fields with elementary and secondary school classrooms for real-time, interactive discussion.
Partners
VROC is partnered with over 40 universities, colleges, and institutions as well as school boards across the country.[2]
Funding
VROC began with a "Reaching Higher" grant from the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities in 2006 under the Dalton McGuinty government.[3]
In 2011, Partners in Research was awarded a nearly million-dollar grant from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario to teach southern Ontarian students about careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.[4]
Partners in Research hosts a national annual awards reception and ceremony entitled The PIR National Awards to celebrate Canadian research in the STEM fields.[5] Proceeds from this evening support the Virtual Researcher On Call Program.
Recognition
In 2006 VROC was named a "New and Noteworthy Initiative" by the Canadian Education Association.[6]
VROC was awarded the ORION Discovery Award of Merit in 2008.[7]
References
- ^ VROC Video Podcasts
- ^ "Partnered Institutions". VROC. 30 August 2010. Archived from the original on 30 April 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
- ^ CNW Group (3 April 2006). "McGuinty Government Investing in Science Students". Retrieved 4 September 2010. [dead link]
- ^ Government of Canada Supports Science and Tech Programming for Southern Ontario Youth
- ^ "PIR National Awards". Partners in Research. Archived from the original on 25 April 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ "Virtual Researcher on Call". Canadian Education Association. 19 December 2006. Archived from the original on 21 September 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
- ^ "2008 ORION Discovery Award of Merit" (PDF). ORION. Retrieved 1 September 2010.[permanent dead link]
External links
- VROC web page
- Martinovic, Dragana; Pugh, Timothy; Magliaro, Jelena (2010). "Pedagogy for Mobile ICT Learning Using Video-Conferencing Technology" (PDF). Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management. 5: 375–392. doi:10.28945/1307.