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10 minutes to talk about your research. Birgit Loch Mathematics. Overview. How I got into scholarship of L&T/Research (aka: the double-dip approach) Pen-based technologies. Capturing lectures/tutorials: Calculus. Recording lectures. Web/iPod/iPhone video files.
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10 minutes to talk about your research Birgit Loch Mathematics
Overview • How I got into scholarship of L&T/Research (aka: the double-dip approach) • Pen-based technologies
Recording lectures • Web/iPod/iPhone video files http://tinyurl.com/austms http://tinyurl.com/austms
Camtasia Relay for lecture recording • Beta trial in 2008 • Faculty trial in S1 2009 • Roll out across USQ in S2 2009
Student support via screencasts • Operations Research
The Improving Mathematics Education in School (TIMES) Project • AMSI (Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute)
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!
Electronic communication Ink chat tutorials • MSN Messenger (Windows Live Messenger)
Web conferencing software • Operations Research
Electronic marking • Word DOC files • PPT files • XLS files • PDF files
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
University of Queensland ACTS lab • 100 student tablet screens • $2.5M