Life Sciences Education

Members

Summary

The Life Sciences Education Research Group aims to:

• support and inform the School in the development of strategies to improve the student learning experience
• evaluate the implementation of new strategies
• develop research and scholarship in all aspects of life and health sciences higher education

The work of this group encompasses all aspects of pedagogic research within life and health sciences higher education. The research is partly intended to inform all those involved in teaching within the School in the development of strategies to improve the student learning experience. At present there are several areas of research activity and these include: improving how students respond to and use feedback; developing and evaluating blended learning; and developing strategies to improve students understandings of their future employment opportunities. The School has also embarked on a project to deliver distance learning and this will be evaluated.

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Recent Publications

Kerrigan MJP, Oradini F, Saunders G. (2009) The use of RSS feeds in Blackboard to support student learning and academic interactions. BBWorld 09. Conference abstract.

Kerrigan MJP, Clements M, Bond A, Oradini F, Saunders G. (2009)  eReflect - enhancing student support though a reflective online process. BBWorld 09.  Conference abstract.

Kerrigan MJP, Clements M, Bond A, Nedelcheva Y, Saunders G. (2009) University of Westminster, Making Assessment Count - A JISC funded project. Association for Learning Technology.  Conference abstract.

Kerrigan MJP, Clements M, Bond A, Saunders G.  (2009)  eReflect - Making Assessment Count.  Fourth International Blended Learning Conference. Conference abstract.

Kerrigan MJP, Scott R.  (2009)  Podcasting in the School of Biosciences a review. Fourth International Blended Learning Conference.  Conference abstract.

Isbell B.  (2008)  Complementary therapies education for the 21^st century.  World review of science , technology and sustainable developments, 5: 177-188.

Kerrigan M. (2007) Pod-casting in the School of Biosciences ALF A virtual online anatomy tool SOBIS School of Biosciences intranet support. Student Centred Active Learning.

McEldowney S.  (2005)  Viewpoint: Science education and the public interest. Law, Science and Policy 2, 251-268.

Willmott CJ, Bond AN, Bryant JA, Maw SJ, Sears HS, Wilson HS (2004) Teaching ethics to bioscience students: A survey of undergraduate provision Bioscience Education e-journal 3: 3.9. Published by HE Academy Centre for Bioscience. Available at http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk

Bond A, Bullen V, Elliott R. (2002) Lessons learned from a bioscience ethics module. LTSN Bulletin 5: 4. Published by the LTSN Centre for Bioscience.

Current Grants

Isbell B.  Awarded 3,000 by Aimhigher to develop healthcare immersive educational experiences for school and colleges.

Isbell B.  Awarded 2,000 by the West London Lifelong Network to develop a health sciences blended learning tutorial course using Blackboard.

Kerrigan MJP and Mackenzie J.  Awarded 15,000 in conjunction with the School of Informatics by LUTDC (EIC) to study relative simple syndication (RSS) communication and the use of the Blackboard Gradebook with the aim of developing best practice.

Moir F and Scorzon C.  Awarded 1573.20 by RDF to use a wiki to develop an e-book on Chinese medical thinking on disease.

Wilson J.  Awarded 688.25 by RDF to develop a structure for the writing of appropriate case histories from the University Polyclinic suitable for publication in professional journals.

Saunders G, Bond A, Kerrigan MJP, Clements M and Rumpus A.  Awarded 200,000 (over 2 years) by the JISC E-learning Programme for a project entitled Making Assessment Count. Referred locally as "eReflect".