The collegiate Blended Learning Community is based at the Centre for Learning and Teaching (ECU).

This meeting of the Blended Learning Community is being hosted by the Educational Enhancement Unit at UWA.

Nine short presentations will be delievred by colleagues from Curtin, ECU and UWA. Talks cover the theme of preparing students for laboratories and practice:

Using Virtual Specimens / Microscopy for Laboratory Based Teaching (and 'bringing the lab home')
Introducing the First Year Laboratory to Undergraduate Chemistry Students with an Interactive 360 Degree Experience
Encouraging Student Preparation for Laboratory Classes
When Theory Meets Practice - Making the Most of the Virtual Environment for Radiation Therapy Training
Implementation of Electronic Lab Books in First Year Chemistry Classes
Full STEAM Ahead: Lab Preparation Supporting Visual Literacy in Biology
Conducting a Virtual Reality Laboratory Experiment for 1000 first year Psychological Science Students
Using Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELNs) for Teaching and Research
Virtual Work Integrated Learning in Engineering

Also discussed at the event will be the opportunity for participants to contribute to a multi-disciplinary (cross-institutional) research project on “effective preparation”. The event begins with a morning tea from 9:45am. Presntations are planned to commence at 10:00am.

Online ticket availability: Mon 03.June (11:30am, AWST) to 10.June (5:00pm)

Contacts: A/Prof Yasir Al-Abdeli y.al-abdeli@ecu.edu.au and Dr Catherine Moore c.moore@ecu.edu.au

For more details on the Blended Learing Community: https://intranet.ecu.edu.au/learning/academic-development/learning-communities/blended-learning-community

Preparing Students for Laboratories and Practice