Report: Science Learning and Teaching Conference 2009
16-17 June 2009, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
The third Science Learning and Teaching Conference once again brought together science learning and teaching practitioners in higher education to discuss and share experiences, challenges and effective and innovative practice. A report of the 2009 Conference by Dorothy Aidulis, one of the presenters, was published in the Bioscience Bulletin (pdf format).
"This was a good platform for sharing experiences in an informal and friendly atmosphere"
"Some very novel ideas in use and lots of opportunity to network."
"Reassuring that there are many staff who are active in subject research and have an interest in learning and teaching."
Presentations, papers and a number of posters from the Conference are available to download in pdf format.
The proceedings of the Science Learning and Teaching Conference 2009 are available for download. The proceedings contain the abstracts submitted by authors for oral presentations, interactive presentations, workshops and poster presentations.
Download the conference proceedings ( 
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The online proceedings brings together papers from a number of the posters and presentations given at the conference. You can download the proceedings in full (available soon). Or download papers individually (see below).
K = Keynote presentation; IP = Interactive Presentation; O = Oral Presentation; W = Workshop; P = Poster
Day 1
- Welcome and Introduction
- Keynote – Professor Dave Barclay
- Introducing the Conference Themes
- Parallel Sessions 1
- Parallel sessions 2
Day 2
- Workshops
- Parallel Sessions 3
- The Subject Profiles - Dr David Adams
- Keynote 2 – Professor Maggie Gill
- Poster presentations
Day 1
Day 2
| Parallel Workshops | |
| W1 | Feedback in time! Anne Crook |
| W2 | 93 Reasons NOT to address graduate attributes William Rifkin |
| W3 | So you want your students to produce digital videos - some practical guidance Chris Willmott |
| Parallel Sessions 3 | |
| Developments in Learning and Teaching – Forward Thinking | |
| O23 | Student-produced podcasts as learning tools Chris Cane |
| O24 | Dude, where's my university? PLE, PDP & LLL Alan Cann |
| O25 | Can you really teach scientific inquiry online? Elizabeth Johnson O25 paper |
| O26 | YouTestTube.com - video sharing to promote reflection in year one chemistry laboratory sessions Stephen McClean |
| Developments in Learning and Teaching – Forward Thinking | |
| O27 | A practical alternative to final year projects in biomedical sciences Debbie Bevitt |
| O28 | Evaluating the provision of training in in-vivo sciences within UK undergraduate bioscience degree programmes Dave Lewis |
| O29 | The use of Human Patient Simulators to enhance the teaching of undergraduate physiology and pharmacology Peter Maskell |
| O30 | Student supervision and support in large laboratory classes: a tailor-made Graduate Teaching Assistant training programme to enhance the undergraduate experience Carol Wakeford Unfortunately Carol was unable to present at the Conference |
| Developments in Learning and Teaching – Forward Thinking | |
| O31 | Reinforcing the links between teaching and research: evaluation of a scheme to employ undergraduate students as laboratory assistants Jane Calvert |
| O32 | Linking research and teaching in microbiology Joanna Verran O32 paper |
| O33 | Student-directed final year discussion sessions Emily Wiles O33 paper |
| O34 | Phenomenographic study of problem solving in chemistry undergraduates Tina Overton |
| The Subject Profiles David J. Adams, Director, Centre for Bioscience |
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| Keynote: Skills to provide evidence in support of policy Professor Maggie Gill, Chief Scientific Adviser, Rural Affairs and Environment, Scottish Government |
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| Reflections on the Conference Paul Chin, manager of the Physical Sciences rounded off the Conference with some of the highlights of the Conference |
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| Thank you and close Tina Overton and David Adams |
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