Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Biomedical Multimedia Unit

Seminars

BMU research and development seminars are a chance to hear about current investigations into using technologies in learning, teaching and professional practice settings that are relevant to medicine, dentistry and health sciences.

2007 Semester 2

Venue:  Sanderson Room, Medical Centre (Building 181 Level 2 Room W206)

9 August (Thursday)
12pm - 1pm

The Virtual Kidney: An e-research interface and grid portal Peter Harris
FITU
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
The University of Melbourne

16 August (Thursday)
12pm - 1pm

Net-gen medical students, Wikipedia and the web

Terry Judd
Biomedical Multimedia Unit
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
The University of Melbourne

29August (Wednesday)
12pm - 1pm

Understanding the Net Generation’s use of new technologies: Implications for implementing new learning technologies in higher education

Jenny Waycott & Gregor Kennedy
Biomedical Multimedia Unit
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
The University of Melbourne

13 September (Thursday)
12pm - 1pm

Developing the social context for learning? Social capital and online learning technologies

Jo Barraket
Department of Political Science, Criminology and Sociology
The University of Melbourne

4 October (Thursday)
1pm - 2pm

Student Engagement in Campus-based and Online Education

Hamish Coates
Australian Council for Educational Research
(Co-hosted by METTLE,
venue: Old Geology Theatre 1, Building 155)

18 October (Thursday)
12pm - 1pm

Strategies for teaching clinical reasoning - an observational study

Geoff McColl,
School of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
The University of Melbourne

23 November (Friday)
1pm - 2pm

Adult part-time learners’ expectations of and satisfaction with the elearning experience, in adjunct, blended and online courses

Wendy Knightley
University of Cambridge
Institute of Continuing Education
Madingley Hall


2007 Semester 2 flyer [PDF 89 KB]

 

2007 Semester 1

Venue: Sanderson Room, Medical Centre (Building 181, Level 2, Room W206)

7 February (Thursday)
12pm - 1pm

Searching for a sustainable model for the reuse of learning materials and designs

Matthew Riddle
Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies
University of Cambridge

22 March (Thursday)
12pm - 1pm

Beyond Accuracy: How certainty and timing data from computerised testing can inform teaching practices and test design

Eugene Gvozdenko &
Dianne Chambers
Faculty of Education at the University of Melbourne

4 April (Wednesday) 12:15pm - 1:15pm

Understanding student behaviour in Web-based learning environments

Judy Sheard
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Information Technology
Monash University

19 April (Thursday)
12pm - 1pm

Technological Scaffolding and PBL

Tom Petrovic
Biomedical Multimedia Unit
The University of Melbourne

3 May (Thursday)
12:15pm - 1:15pm

Using communications technologies to improve student learning in clinical settings: teacher perspectives

Kathleen Gray
Biomedical Multimedia Unit
The University of Melbourne

17 May (Thursday)
12pm - 1pm

Cutting IT on the Edge with New Media the Deakin Way: engaging student learning in contemporary higher education settings

Dale Holt, Ian Smissen and Stephen Segrave
Institute of Teaching and Learning
Deakin University


2007 Semester 1 flyer [PDF 83.2 KB]

Seminar attendance is open to all interested staff and students.

If you would like to propose a seminar, or if you would like further information about the seminar series, please contact Kevin Sweeney (email: sweeneyk@unimelb.edu.au, phone: +61 3 8344 8964).

 

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