Following on from the University’s highly successful conference on ‘Improving student satisfaction with assessment and feedback’ in February, Dr Judith Lock is presenting a seminar entitled ‘Technology – enhancing a first year Biology field course’. This session will provide an opportunity to hear in more detail how technology, particularly smartphones and tablet devices, can be used to enhance the student experience during field work and to discuss with colleagues.
Date: Tuesday, 7 October
Venue: 53/4025A (Mountbatten)
Time: 12:30 – 14:00. A light lunch will be provided from 12:30. The 30-minute presentation will start at 13:00 followed by discussion until 14:00.
Abstract:
Technology – enhancing a first year Biology field course
Alumni often cite undergraduate field courses as the most enjoyable aspect of their degree course. Within the Centre for Biological Sciences, I co-ordinate our first year field course to Spain (BIOL1001), a destination the department has visited for the last 40 years. The field course allows students to undertake hands-on fieldwork and has traditionally been very lo-tech. However, the rapid increase in prevalence of smartphones and tablet devices has provided an opportunity to use technology to enhance fieldwork learning of undergraduates. I have begun to incorporate technology into the field course. In particular, I asked students to use the app Splice, to make short films in place of posters.
To book your place, please register via the Eventbrite page.