Please find link to my prezi presentation about a year using an ipad for HE teaching.
Presentation given on June 20th 2011 as part of the DMU Health and Life Science Teacher Fellow Showcase.
Tuesday, 14 June 2011
Sunday, 29 May 2011
HLS Teacher Fellow Showcase
http://hlsweb.dmu.ac.uk/ahs/elearning/TeacherFellows/Teacher_Fellow_Home_Page.html
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
DMU Teacher Fellow Projects
Who I am and what my TF project(s) are on?
Graham Basten
Clinical Biochemist interested in health and wellness.
My TF projects look at using technologies to teach biochemistry, such as playing pacman or using the iPAD,for live interactive lectures. My other project is looking at how to manage student expectations and perceptions, specifically regarding the final year research project module.
Specific project details, collaborations, events, recent funding or publications?
Worked with team on the VAL project, which is a virtual lab. Also, with other TFs in the faculty, running Cafe style events to capture student’s expectations and perceptions of HE and technology.
How would you like staff to be involved?
I’d love to hear from you, how you teach and use technology for, please tweet me @grahambasten or drop me an email.
Friday, 13 May 2011
Teacher Fellow Presentation
As a DMU Teacher Fellow I presented this reporting my experiences of changing and evaluating a large and complex 3rd year honours project module.
Title: Undergraduate research projects: perceptions and expectations
Title: Undergraduate research projects: perceptions and expectations
Friday, 6 May 2011
Did you know...
Musing about contributions to a University UK event entitled "did you know?"
Serum is a Latin word for whey, as in curds and whey from clotted milk. Hence, serum is the liquid component of clotted blood.
Your red blood cells can live in your body for 120 days
Folic acid, found in leafy vegetables, is named after the word foliage (leaf)
DMU has been awarded a Royal Society Partnership grant
Folic acid can help protect against against heart disease and cancer
Just like children, insects do not like the bitter taste in green vegetables and they act as natural pesticides.
The bitter taste in green vegetables is actually good for you. However, children have a sensitive palette which is why they don't like them. During adolescence this sensitivity is lost and you'll start to love Brussels Sprouts!
Serum is a Latin word for whey, as in curds and whey from clotted milk. Hence, serum is the liquid component of clotted blood.
Your red blood cells can live in your body for 120 days
Folic acid, found in leafy vegetables, is named after the word foliage (leaf)
DMU has been awarded a Royal Society Partnership grant
Folic acid can help protect against against heart disease and cancer
Just like children, insects do not like the bitter taste in green vegetables and they act as natural pesticides.
The bitter taste in green vegetables is actually good for you. However, children have a sensitive palette which is why they don't like them. During adolescence this sensitivity is lost and you'll start to love Brussels Sprouts!
Friday, 8 April 2011
Internationalisation Special Interest Group (DMU)
To share best practice in curriculum development, teaching and supporting learning for internationals students
To share ways of better preparing home students for the globalised environment that they will participate in after graduation
To have a membership that includes international staff to encourage the sharing of experience and expertise about UK and International HE
To share ways of better preparing home students for the globalised environment that they will participate in after graduation
To have a membership that includes international staff to encourage the sharing of experience and expertise about UK and International HE
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
DMU boosts UK economy by £389 million each year
De Montfort University (DMU) boosts the UK economy by a massive £389m each year and creates more than 12,000 jobs, according to an independent study published today.
The university also benefits the Leicestershire economy to the tune of £255m and has created more than 8,000 jobs in the county.
The research also shows DMU’s 20,000-plus students use their spending power to create an additional £30m and more than 1,000 jobs in Leicestershire, while staff spending adds £50m to the UK economy and creates 1,667 jobs.
Tourism in Leicestershire has also been boosted by £5m a year due to visits from family and friends and prestigious public events put on by the university.
And DMU’s regeneration programme, which has recently seen the creation of the Hugh Aston building and the transformation of unsightly underpasses into the public Magazine Square, contributes £23.1m to the UK economy and creates 420 jobs.
The study was carried out by Scottish firm Biggar Economics, which has previously produced reports for institutions such as St Andrews and Edinburgh universities, University College Dublin and the University of East Anglia.
Professor Dominic Shellard, vice chancellor of De Montfort University, said: “This report shows what a vital role De Montfort University plays, not just in the education of our students and our investment in life-changing research, but in the impact it has on the local and national economy.
“We are proud of the contribution we make to the economy and look forward to working with our students, staff and partners to enhance our contribution even further in the future as a successful international university of quality and distinctiveness.”
According to the Economic Impact Report, work with businesses contributed a total of £41.8m to the UK economy and supported 251 jobs through activities such as Knowledge Transfer Partnerships - when academics or researchers from the university work on projects with companies - the offering of business services and the DMU Innovation Centre’s business incubation units for start-up companies.
The report also recognises the key role DMU plays in:
• contributing to the NHS and health research through its faculty of Health and Life Sciences, which includes the School of Nursing and Midwifery
• the creative industries, such as through its internationally renowned courses in contour fashion in the Faculty of Art and Design and its arts and festival management course in the Faculty of Humanities which help generate £97m and create 3,099 jobs
• its overall enhancement of the image of Leicester to the rest of the UK.
DMU was recognised for boosting the chances of a higher education for all, through its widening participation initiatives, with 40.5 per cent of students coming from black and minority ethnic groups, 32 per cent coming from disadvantaged backgrounds and a quarter being mature students.
Volunteering also plays an important role in the development of students, according to the report, with 160 organisations receiving help from the university.
Martin Traynor OBE, Group Chief Executive Leicestershire Chamber of Commerce, said: “DMU is not only a major economic force both locally and nationally, but continues to play a significant role in helping us to drive the Leicestershire economy forward. As we come out of this recession the expertise available to the city and county and the economic impact of DMU will play a pivotal role in our future prosperity”.
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NOTES FOR EDITORS
For further details and interviews please call Chris Johnston, media projects officer at De Montfort University, on 0116 207 8010 or 07500 071071.
The university also benefits the Leicestershire economy to the tune of £255m and has created more than 8,000 jobs in the county.
The research also shows DMU’s 20,000-plus students use their spending power to create an additional £30m and more than 1,000 jobs in Leicestershire, while staff spending adds £50m to the UK economy and creates 1,667 jobs.
Tourism in Leicestershire has also been boosted by £5m a year due to visits from family and friends and prestigious public events put on by the university.
And DMU’s regeneration programme, which has recently seen the creation of the Hugh Aston building and the transformation of unsightly underpasses into the public Magazine Square, contributes £23.1m to the UK economy and creates 420 jobs.
The study was carried out by Scottish firm Biggar Economics, which has previously produced reports for institutions such as St Andrews and Edinburgh universities, University College Dublin and the University of East Anglia.
Professor Dominic Shellard, vice chancellor of De Montfort University, said: “This report shows what a vital role De Montfort University plays, not just in the education of our students and our investment in life-changing research, but in the impact it has on the local and national economy.
“We are proud of the contribution we make to the economy and look forward to working with our students, staff and partners to enhance our contribution even further in the future as a successful international university of quality and distinctiveness.”
According to the Economic Impact Report, work with businesses contributed a total of £41.8m to the UK economy and supported 251 jobs through activities such as Knowledge Transfer Partnerships - when academics or researchers from the university work on projects with companies - the offering of business services and the DMU Innovation Centre’s business incubation units for start-up companies.
The report also recognises the key role DMU plays in:
• contributing to the NHS and health research through its faculty of Health and Life Sciences, which includes the School of Nursing and Midwifery
• the creative industries, such as through its internationally renowned courses in contour fashion in the Faculty of Art and Design and its arts and festival management course in the Faculty of Humanities which help generate £97m and create 3,099 jobs
• its overall enhancement of the image of Leicester to the rest of the UK.
DMU was recognised for boosting the chances of a higher education for all, through its widening participation initiatives, with 40.5 per cent of students coming from black and minority ethnic groups, 32 per cent coming from disadvantaged backgrounds and a quarter being mature students.
Volunteering also plays an important role in the development of students, according to the report, with 160 organisations receiving help from the university.
Martin Traynor OBE, Group Chief Executive Leicestershire Chamber of Commerce, said: “DMU is not only a major economic force both locally and nationally, but continues to play a significant role in helping us to drive the Leicestershire economy forward. As we come out of this recession the expertise available to the city and county and the economic impact of DMU will play a pivotal role in our future prosperity”.
ENDS
NOTES FOR EDITORS
For further details and interviews please call Chris Johnston, media projects officer at De Montfort University, on 0116 207 8010 or 07500 071071.
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