Category: Conference

Research plan for 2011

Jan 7, 2011

in Conference, PhD, Research

AMEE, Congress South African Association, Delphi, ece, goals, heltasa, Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association, International Association, phd, ple, research, saahe, south africa

I’ve just been asked by one of my supervisors for my research goals for 2011. This will include my own work, as well as planning how our undergraduate and Masters students’ work might feed into some of the bigger projects. The first goal I have for 2011 is to submit 2 articles based on my first…
Attendance of e-learning colloquium

Sep 20, 2010

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alignment, colloquium, e-learning, e-learning site, osce, social networks, teaching and learning

I attended the first few presentations of an e-learning colloquium on campus last Tuesday. Here are a few short notes I took during the short time I was there. Begin a section of work with a short test to evaluate pre-intervention knowledge. The questions should be aligned with important content from the module. This will…
Innovative practices in education (colloquium)

Aug 22, 2010

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Alwyn Louw, Amanda Morris, author, clickers, colloquium, creative solutions, Daniela Gachago, Edwine Simon, Engineering, feedback tool, Frontline, genre, granger bay, Ian Barbour, Ian Scott, Ingrid Mostert, innovation, Judith Jurgens, knowledge, knowledge construction tool, learning model, learning tool, lecturer, lecturer and teaching assistant, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Marie-Anne Ogle, Mark Herbert, Martjie van Heusden, Mbiya Baudouin, pedagogical practices using technology, personal learning environment, ple, poster and presentation Lecturer, Professor, scholarship, SMS, Somikazi Deyi, Suzanne Short, Taryn Bernard, teaching and learning, Vera Frith, Western Cape

Last week I attended a teaching and learning colloquium at Granger Bay, near the Waterfront. It was organised to showcase some of the teaching practices being used at the 4 teaching institutions in the Western Cape. I was fortunate to be invited to present one of the keynotes on Friday morning and since I’ve been…
Reflections on SAAHE 2010

Jul 28, 2010

in Conference, Research

dedicated wireless access, health education, internet access, medical education, reflection, research, saahe, south africa, wireless access

The SAAHE conference has come and gone for the 3rd year running. It’s been an interesting and engaging 3 days, and since I’ve already posted all my notes, these are just a few thoughts on what it’s like having a conference in South Africa. And it’s the last post, I promise. To get the negative…
SAAHE conference – Day 3

Jul 24, 2010

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Belgium, health education, healthcare team, medical education, reflection, saahe, SAAHE2010, scholarship of teaching and learning, sotl

How can teachers improve their teaching using concepts that matter? (Prof. Joke Denekens) We have to reduce the context, content and noise when moving from a clinical setting to an educational setting. In an educational setting, we have to create context and content There are, in principle, similarities between South health system and the Belgium…
SAAHE – Social networks and reflective practice in clinical education

Jul 24, 2010

in Conference, Education, Health, Research

clinical education, clinical practice, Michael Rowe, practice knowledge, presentation, reflection, reflective practice, research, saahe, social networks

Here is my presentation from the SAAHE conference. Social networks and reflective learning View more presentations from Michael Rowe.
SAAHE workshop – Curricular alignment. What does it mean?

Jul 23, 2010

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curricular alignment, Debbie Murdoch-Eaton, Miller’s pyramid, pence, Professor, saahe, workshop

Presented by Professor Debbie Murdoch-Eaton. If you don’t know where you’re going, you’re probably not going to get there. A clear vision of the intended outcomes should drive every aspect of teaching, learning and assessment Outcomes must be clear because they will determine your teaching methods, and will also direct assessment Preparing students for their…
SAAHE – short oral presentations

Jul 23, 2010

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assessment, Botswana, cognitive processing strategies, deeper cognitive processing, oral presentations, portfolio management, portfolios, saahe, teacher

Assessment challenges in UG medical education (GG Mokane) Medical school in Botswana is spiral, integrated, community based and problem-based, but the rest of the university is didactic Format, content, timing and feedback are important components of assessment Assessment in this course has an emphasis on 3 types of MCQ’s Matching Single best answer True/false (multiple…
SAAHE keynote – How to construct a medical curriculum that matters

Jul 23, 2010

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clinical education, clinical settings, healthcare environment, healthcare learning environment, healthcare setting, herman von rossum, Professor, saahe, suitable healthcare events

Presentation by Professor Herman von Rossum. In preclinical years, you insert learning stimuli from the context of application (i.e. a clinical environment) into the educational learning environment. In clinical years, you insert education moments into the healthcare environment In constructing a curriculum, you must first determine the health needs of a society, then determine the…
SAAHE keynote – What generic skills do students bring with them?

Jul 23, 2010

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Debbie Murdoch-Eaton, generic skills, graduate attributes, murdoch-eaton, No, Professor, saahe, stress management, teacher, time management, United Kingdom

This is the presentation from Professor Debbie Murdoch-Eaton. What impacts do we have on students life ambitions? Workers with general / transferable skills are better placed to succeed in a global knowledge economy. The skills need not be specific to the discipline The attributes are not only about economic drivers i.e. getting a job…they are…
SAAHE keynote – Improving health professions education to improve health (Bill Burdick)

Jul 23, 2010

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bill burdick, hans rosling, health education, health outcomes, healthcare, Professor, public policy makers, Ruth Levine, saahe

I’m going to split my blog posts up according to the different sessions, just for ease of reference i.e. a few posts, rather than one very long one. Here are my notes from the first keynote of the day, from Professor Bill Burdick. If you don’t continue the momentum for change, you’re going to be…
SAAHE conference, 2010 – day 1

Jul 22, 2010

in Conference, Research

health education, medical education, research, researcher, saahe

I had made notes for the presentations I attended during the first half of the day using the Scribefire plugin for Chromium, when it crashed and I lost all my notes 🙁 I knew that there wasn’t a save button in the plugin (I didn’t have an internet connection so couldn’t publish as a draft)…
SAAHE conference, 2010

Jul 19, 2010

in Conference, PhD, Research

johannesburg, online tools, phd, research, saahe, safri, social networks, University of the Witwatersrand

I’m leaving on Wednesday to attend the 3rd SAAHE conference at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg (link to programme). I’ll be presenting the results of a pilot study within our department to try and establish students’ access to computers and the internet, their experience with online tools and services, the learning strategies they employ…
Summary of PhD progress

Jul 15, 2010

in Conference, PhD, Research, Social media

article, Centre for Teaching and Learning, personal learning environments, phd, ple, research, saahe, safri, search rounds, social networks, Stellenbosch University, supervisor, survey, systematic review, writing, year research

I’m writing this after having read Christina’s post on her thoughts on the PhD process, and following a few of her links to other PhD students who are blogging their own progress. As I’m going through a little slump at the moment, I thought it might be useful to write a short post on where…
Misunderstanding the conversation around teaching with technology

Mar 17, 2010

in Conference, Education, Technology

e-learning, greater online community, heltasa, ICT, learning management system, learning management systems, lms, online space, teaching practice, teaching with technology

I’ve been going through the collection of abstracts from last year’s HELTASA conference, looking for a citation for a poster presentation that I’d like to use for an assignment. This gave me an overview of the event that I didn’t pick up on while I was there, as I tend to focus on individual presentations…
Opencourseware Consortium panel discussion at UWC

Feb 18, 2010

in Conference, Education, Open access

Andy Lane, Archbishop, Chancellor, derek keats, Desmond Tutu, ethics, internet superstars, lecturer, Neil Butcher, OCW Consortium, oer, oer africa, open university, Opencourseware Consortium, p2pu, peer 2 peer university, Peer University, philip schmidt, south africa, United Kingdom, Vice-Chancellor, Wits University

Last Friday I was fortunate enough to attend 2 panel discussions on the use of OER in higher education. It was a bit of an occasion as one of the panels included a few board members of the Opencourseware Consortium (on a side note, UWC is a member of the OCW Consortium). This post is…
TEDx Johanessburg (session 1) – Hennie Eksteen

Dec 7, 2009

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earthworms, Eksteen Here, food, Professor, tedx, tedxjohannesburg

Here are some interesting facts about earthworms: They have no immune system…or teeth The more rotten their food is, the better They are the most numerous animals on earth They lay cocoons every day or so Earthworms create, purify and sanitise soil OK, this is interesting but nothing I can’t get from Wikipedia. I’m in…
TEDx Johanessburg (session 1) – Mark Anthony Zimmerman

Nov 28, 2009

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broccoli project, collective value systems, disease, mark anthony zimmerman, maz, tedx, tedxjohannesburg, USD

“The universe is made of stories” Mark began by using the example of trisecting a banana with his finger to highlight the point that each of us possesses a hidden knowledge, although I wasn’t quite sure what the nature of that knowledge was, or how it related to the focus of the talk i.e. the…
Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association of South Africa conference

Nov 28, 2009

in Conference, Education

africa, education, Education Learning and Teaching Association of South Africa, heltasa, higher education teaching and learning association of south africa, johannesburg, printing facilities, speaker, The campus, university of johannesburg, wireless access

I just got home from the HELTASA conference (my first) at the University of Johannesburg. I’ve enjoyed the last 4 days, and think the conference organisers did a great job of making the programme interesting and engaging. The keynote speakers were all very different, and each brought an interesting dimension to the event. Here’s a…
TEDx Johanessburg (session 1) – Iain Thomas

Nov 18, 2009

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ambiguous stories, author, Carnegie Mellon, condition/injury, einstein, Fight club, iain thomas, johannesburg, ken robinson, micro stories, randy pausch, stories, tedx, tedxjhb, tedxjohannesburg, twitter

The first session at TEDx Johannesburg began with Iain Thomas, the author of ambiguous micro stories at I wrote this for you. Here’s the site tagline, which is great: “I need you to understand something. I wrote this for you. I wrote this for you and only you. Everyone else who reads it, doesn’t get…