All seminars are held in the Biology Meeting Room, Carslaw 535, from 1-2pm unless otherwise stated.
SEMINARS in SEMESTER 1, 2003
1. February 25th: Adrian George (Chemistry)*, "Getting around the Week 1 information overload."
2. March 18th: Mary Peat and Sue Franklin (Biology), "Use of online and offline formative and summative assessment opportunities: have they had any impact on student learning?" Abstract
3. April 15th: Manju Sharma and Ian Cooper (Physics)**, "The use of research based teaching and learning methods in the design of a service course." Abstract
4. May 13th: Tom Hubble (Geosciences), "Driving curriculum change with PBL: an example from the geosciences." Abstract
5. June 10th: Don Taylor (Maths & Stats)**, "Learning objects and a component approach to mathematics instruction." Abstract
6. July 8th: Howard D'Abrera (Maths & Stats)*, "Using EXCEL in an introductory statistics course." Abstract
SEMINARS in SEMESTER 2, 2003
7. August 5th: Prof. Peter Reimann (Faculty of Education, Computer-supported Learning and Cognition Group (CoCo), "Supporting Collaborative Science Learning with Web Technologies". Abstract
8. August 26th: Sue Gordon (Mathematics Learning Centre / Faculty of Education), "Methodological Issues in Science Education Research -Is Rigorous Research Possible?" Abstract
9. September 16th: Gareth Denyer (Biochemistry)*, "More Generic Skills: Relational Databases for Biochemistry & Nutrition Students." Abstract
10. October 14th: Sue Franklin and Alison Lewis (Biology)**, "Contextualising Human Biology for Education Students: a Case Study." Abstract
11. November 11th: John O'Byrne (Physics)*, "Finding students `at risk' - harder than it looks." Abstract
12. December 9th: End-of-year lunch.
(*) = Report on a Faculty of Science Teaching Development Grant Project.
(**) = Report on a Teaching Improvement Fund Grant Project.