10 MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT YOUR RESEARCH Birgit Loch Mathematics.

10 MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT YOUR RESEARCH

Birgit Loch

Mathematics

ESER group, 20-7-2010

Overview• How I got into scholarship of L&T/Research

(aka: the double-dip approach)• Pen-based technologies

ESER group, 20-7-2010

Capturing lectures/tutorials: Calculus

ESER group, 20-7-2010

Recording lectures

• Web/iPod/iPhone video files

http://tinyurl.com/austmshttp://tinyurl.com/austms

ESER group, 20-7-2010

Camtasia Relay for lecture recording

• Beta trial in 2008• Faculty trial in S1

2009• Roll out across USQ

in S2 2009

ESER group, 20-7-2010

Student support via screencasts• Operations

Research

ESER group, 20-7-2010

The Improving Mathematics Education in School (TIMES) Project

• AMSI (Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute)

ESER group, 20-7-2010

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!

ESER group, 20-7-2010

Electronic communication

Ink chat tutorials• MSN Messenger

(Windows Live Messenger)

ESER group, 20-7-2010

Web conferencing software• Operations Research

ESER group, 20-7-2010

Electronic marking• Word DOC files• PPT files• XLS files• PDF files

ESER group, 20-7-2010

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

ESER group, 20-7-2010

Other input devices

ESER group, 20-7-2010

Other input devices

ESER group, 20-7-2010

University of Queensland ACTS lab• 100 student tablet screens• $2.5M

ESER group, 20-7-2010

University of Queensland ACTS lab