Anatomy TV

Academic staff and colleagues from Learning and Information services attended a demonstration of Anatomy TV. Which is a great electronic resource available to all staff and students of the university; accessible with your Athens password. If you are a nursing, radiography, physio or occupational therapy student this resource could be a benefit to you.


Anatomy TV has a series of anatomical images taken from real people, everything from cross-sections of the head to moving image files of the knee. They can all be used in an educational context to illustrate essays, reports or presentations. If you are preparing for exams there is a comprehensive study guide section, which is a great place to start. As its online, you can access the resource 24/7 and from anywhere with internet accesss.

The National Year of Reading starts today

so why not celebrate by cuddling up with your favourite book!

GATEWAY STAFF SUCCESS

Four members of the Learning Gateway staff have been successful in their team application for University of Cumbria Teaching Fellowships for the 2006/7 academic year.


Claire Foster, Heather Benson, Liz McGlynn and Linda Moses-Allison are pictured above shortly after receiving the good news.

On awarding the Fellowships, Professor Sue Bloxham - Head of Centre for Development of Learning and Teaching wrote:-

"The panel were very impressed by the depth of your commitment and enthusiasm in a pioneering role, emphasis on collaboration with other parts of the University and concern for evaluation and learning from experience"

Gateway staff continue to develop learning resources to assist students and are currently engaged in the CDLT Enhancing Learning and Teaching Project.

SWABS Student Presentations

Some of our Social Work and Behavioural Science students had the opportunity of using the lecture theatre to give their assessed presentations on Tuesday April 15.

Time was allowed during the previous day for the students to try out the theatre facilities and rehearse the presentation in advance of the "big day". Our facilitators had been giving assistance and advice to the students over the two weeks leading up to this and were also available on the day to help with the setups.

Using the unobtrusive IPVCR system installed in the lecture theatre, we were able to record the proceedings without distracting the students and provide a hard copy of the proceedings on DVD.

The recorded DVD can be used to provide valuable feedback to the student to enhance their learning as well giving the assessing panel or external examiner the ability to review the assessed presentation at a later date.

If you or any member of your Faculty would like to use or see a demonstration of this equipment, please contact a member of the Learning Gateway staff.

Faculty of Education Away Day

Thursday 10th April saw a busy day at the Learning Gateway as members of the Faculty of Education met to engage in developmental activities with a view to the future and the Faculty's strategic direction in research and enterprise.

The Away Day, introduced by Dr Neil Simco, Dean of Faculty, made use of nearly every room and space in the Gateway, with sessions focusing on a wide range of topics including; Getting a Book Published, Capturing Creativity using Digital Video, Empowering Beginning Teachers, Teaching in the Classroom of the Future and Developing an International Profile.

On Tuesday 18 March 2008 at 4.15pm the Learning Gateway lecture theatre hosted the 'Mathematics is a problem-solving discipline' lecture led by Mike Ollerton.

The event was well attended and our lecture theatre facilities were very well utilised with Mike Ollerton presenting with two different laptops, one on each screen and the lecture was recorded to the web using our IPVCR system.