There are increasing and varied pressures driving the rise in use of e-Learning within UK higher education. There is no doubt that new technologies provide exciting opportunities for enhancement and innovation in learning.
Materials Science – being a technology-driven subject – lends itself well to this, and a number of specialist resources have been created by those working in the discipline, for use by everyone.
MATTER
MATTER was set up as a non-profit consortium of UK materials science departments in 1993 to develop and help integrate computer-based learning (CBL) materials into mainstream teaching.
Since then they have gone on to create a number of very high quality resources, including websites, in-depth simulations and CD-ROMs to assist in the delivery of teaching Materials Science.
These include:
*Some of the content of this CD-ROM has now been converted for use online or in a VLE, you can find the pages here.
DoiTPoMS
Based at Cambridge University, the DoiTPoMS (Dissemination of IT for the Promotion of Materials Science) project has developed a high quality series of Teaching and Learning Packages (TLPs) based on the key areas of Materials Science. In addition they have an extensive Micrograph library, containing over 650 micrographs intended for use in teaching and learning, and also a Video library.
Other Resources
Some key resources: (click here for a full list of resources)
To view the full descriptive record for each resource click the '[View full description/Comments] ' link after the title.
Full list of from the elearning section listed below.
Effective practice in a digital age : a guide to technology-enhanced learning and teaching
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This guide updates the 2004 JISC guide, Effective Practice with e-Learning, and draws on outcomes from the Design for Learning and Technology Enhanced Learning Environments themes of the JISC e-Learning Programme. It is aimed at those in further and higher education, both experienced practitioners and those new to the field. Ten new case studies "offer a choice of pathways reflecting the diversity of approaches taken by practitioners in current UK practice". This web page contains download options for the guide and links to other related resources.
Author(s): JISC (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.jisc.ac.uk/practice
The design of a computer-based maths toolbox for engineering students
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This document outlines the design of a computer-based maths toolbox
for engineering students, resulting from Mini-Project funding awarded by the Engineering Subject Centre. The paper discusses guidelines for effectively collating and integrating learning, support, application, communication and diagnostic tools, to produce a "Mathematics Gateway" for engineering students. Consideration is also given to effective ways of integrating the gateway into engineering curricula, and to creating a local (e.g. departmental) identity for access and use of the gateway over the internet by others
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Author(s): Esat Alpay, Spyridon D. Masouros
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/maths-gateway.pdf
Global people resource bank
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This is the website of The Global People resource bank. The resources were designed for those who are planning and running international collaborative projects. It origins are in the eChina-UK Programme1 that created new collaborations between UK and Chinese Higher Education Institutions around the development of e-learning materials. Downloadable resources include reports, reviews and research papers written by the Global People team - including the Life Cycle Model, the Competency Framework and the Learning Process Model.
Author(s): University of Warwick Centre for Applied Linguistics
URL(s):
• http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/globalpeople/resourceban…
Electronic Voting Systems (EVS) resources from reap
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This is a web page about Electronic Voting Systems (EVS) from Re-Engineering Assessment Practices in Scottish Higher Education (reap.ac.uk). It includes links to training material, evaluation reports, evaluation instruments, papers, books, dvds and websites.
Author(s): Martin Hawksey
URL(s):
• http://www.reap.ac.uk/resourcesEVS.html
Electronic Voting Systems and interactive lectures : entrance lobby
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This web page is the entry point for Steve Draper's web pages on Electronic Voting Systems (EVS) for use in lectures and interactive lectures. It provides further information about EVS, interactive lectures and pedagogy.
Author(s): Steve Draper
URL(s):
• http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/~steve/ilig/
Using electronic voting systems to support student learning in engineering
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Using electronic voting systems to support student learning in engineering was a free seminar from the Engineering Subject Centre's online seminar series that ran on November 12th, 2008. The event explored the theory and successful application of Electronic Voting Systems and Personal Response Systems (EVS/PRS) within education. This web page provides a complete recording of the session, two videocast recordings featuring the views of the presenters and access to an online networking and discussion tool.
Author(s): , Prof. Jim Boyle
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/nef/events/onlineseries/evsseminar.asp
Disability legislation: practical guidance for academics
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This is a guide jointly produced by the Equality Challenge Unit and the Higher Education Academy. It provides academic staff with information about the application of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) Part 4 to learning and teaching and is suitable for staff training and development. It draws on sector resources and provides examples of issues and good inclusive practice when teaching disabled students. It covers: admissions and induction; programme design and validation; lectures; practicals; group work, seminars and tutorials; e-learning and distance learning; work placements, field trips
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Author(s): Sue Cavanagh, Yvonne Dickinson
URL(s):
• http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/York/documents/ourwork/tla/dis…
Summary of learning technologies survey results
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This is a summary of the results of the Engineering Subject Centre's scoping survey, which focussed on the engineering community's engagement with learning technologies. The document covers the respondent's role; electronic learning resources; VLEs; pedagogical aspects of learning technologies; and Engineering Subject Centre resources.
Author(s): Rob Pearce, Jane Pritchard
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/scholarart/learning-techologies…
Working in Partnership with Students: The Summer School at Cambridge
Other title: UKCME Case Study
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This is the first of a series of case studies that look at the outcomes of the Supported Change Programme developed with Departments across the Materials community. This case study focuses on the University of Cambridge Summer School, where academics and students work together to develop e-learning resources.
Author(s): Mr Adam Mannis, Mr Ian Taylor
URL(s):
• http://www.materials.ac.uk/pub/case-cambridge.asp
The following resources are all related to e-learning in Materials Science and related subjects:
http://www.materials.ac.uk/search/result.asp?look=e-learning&submit=Search&hi=-1&acdb=tres
