OB3 - Online Forums Reimagined™ Co-founder, strategist, researcher since 2008
OceanBrowser Ltd., New Zealand
Since 2008, I have lead research and conceptualisation of the feature design of OB3 - Online Forums Reimagined™. OB3 supports lecturers, students and administrative staff in their experience of online academic study.
This application is designed for time starved medical educators and students, to efficiently and effectively create sleek and media-rich online study documents. With minimal effort, users can import content directly from MS Word or Powerpoint (see image), add rich content such as videos or audio via drag and drop, add discussion and comments where there is content.
OB3 documents can contain interactive objects, video, audio-recordings, text, and images. These can be edited, updated by users, or anyone they share the documents with, anytime, anywhere. The help of a technology specialist is not required.
Publications
Gomez, G., Petsoglou, C., Fraser, C., Painter, G., Cornish, E., & Nilsson, J. (2024, 13 September 2024). Advancing ophthalmic education research at the Save Sight Institute. Eye2Eye, 28, 80-81. RANZCO https://online.flippingbook.com/view/167616172/80/
Gomez, G., Avendaño Franco, A., Daellenbach, R., Davies, L., Kensington, M., Wakes, S., & Wright, E. (2023, 29 November - 1 December 2023). Online teaching: Design and health insights for future pedagogies. The 7th International Conference for Design Education Researchers, London, United Kingdom. https://dl.designresearchsociety.org/learnxdesign/learnxdesign2023/conversation/10/
Gomez, G., Daellenbach, R., Davies, L., Kensington, M., & Petsoglou, C. (2022, 7 - 8 March, 2022). Students and teachers co-designing media-rich document resources in an asynchronous virtual personal learning environment. Proceedings of INTED2022 Conference. https://iated.org/concrete3/view_abstract.php?paper_id=93957
Petsoglou, C., Gomez, G., & Stoop, R. (2022, 15-17 February). Student-led journal club with a technology for asynchronous discussions in-line with content [ePoster]. Digital Health Week, Sydney, Australia. https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/DHW/article/view/16127
Gomez, G. & Petsoglou, C. (2021, 14-15 April). OB3 media-rich documents with embedded discussions: Lifting learning performance and engagement through interaction design [Reference paper]. FLANZ Conference 2021 for Flexible Learning, Wellington, New Zealand. https://www.flanzconference.org
Prier, P. & Gomez, G. 2021, (8-9 April). Embracing technology: Interactive eportfolios for midwifery students (peer-reviewed abstract) [Presentation]. Trans-Tasman Midwifery Education Consortium (TTMEC), Auckland, New Zealand.
Gomez, G., Daellenbach, R., Davies, L., Kensington, M., & Petsoglou, C. (2018). OB3 media-rich documents™ with embedded discussions: lifting learning performance and engagement. OB3 Working Paper Series. Short paper. Research. OceanBrowser Ltd. New Zealand. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/ob3-wpseries-03
Gomez, G. Daellenbach, R., Kensignton, M., Davies, L., Petseglou, C. (2017) ‘Benefits of Enabling Lecturers and Students to Author, Share and Discuss Media-Rich Documents for Online Study’, Accepted poster abstract, 34th International Conference on Innovation, Practice and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE 2017). http://bit.ly/ob3-ascilite-2017
Gomez, G. & Tamblyn, R. (2012, Jan 12-14). 'Product development in a small IT firm: an interaction design perspective', InProc. of PIN-C 2012 – Participatory Innovation Conference. Melbourne, Australia. http://www.gloriagomez.com/pubs/gomez-pinc2012.pdf
Gomez, G., Tamblyn, R. (2012, Apr 11 – 13). Enhancing the Online Study Experience in Postgraduate Medical Education, Accepted poster abstract, the Distance Education Association of New Zealand (DEANZ) Conference. Wellington, New Zealand Download from: http://bit.ly/gege-deanz2012
