10 minutes to talk about your research birgit loch mathematics
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10 MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT YOUR RESEARCH
Birgit Loch
Mathematics
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Overview• How I got into scholarship of L&T/Research
(aka: the double-dip approach)• Pen-based technologies
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Capturing lectures/tutorials: Calculus
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Recording lectures
• Web/iPod/iPhone video files
http://tinyurl.com/austmshttp://tinyurl.com/austms
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Camtasia Relay for lecture recording
• Beta trial in 2008• Faculty trial in S1
2009• Roll out across USQ
in S2 2009
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Student support via screencasts• Operations
Research
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The Improving Mathematics Education in School (TIMES) Project
• AMSI (Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute)
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Current screencasting projects• AMSI: Secondary maths teachers• USQ: 1st year engineering students• James Cook Uni: 1st year sciences students• Open University: MSOR mini-project,
Master level maths students
• MERGA (special interest group)• University of Limerick, Loughborough University: Maths
support
• Swinburne University: Maths support!
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Electronic communication
Ink chat tutorials• MSN Messenger
(Windows Live Messenger)
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Web conferencing software• Operations Research
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Electronic marking• Word DOC files• PPT files• XLS files• PDF files
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Tablet PC Project (L&T Fellowship)Staff component:
Approx 5,500 students taught in S1 2009: All faculties, plus library
30+ lecturer interviews transcribed, email feedback, forum posts, reflections, publications
Student tablet PC component: 30 mini tablets
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Other input devices
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Other input devices
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University of Queensland ACTS lab• 100 student tablet screens• $2.5M
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University of Queensland ACTS lab