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THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
SA 5005
AUSTRALIA
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Leap case studies

Indexed by Learning and Teaching Focus

 

Assessment

Geoff Crisp An Applet a Day: Using Java for Interactive Assessment
Judith Pollard and Peter Veitch The Logic of Physics
Robert Hirsch Clinical Self-Assessment in Dental Practice
Philip Tow Multimedia Learning and Assessment Program in Pasture Agronomy
Garry Scroop Continuous Assessment in Physiology
John Wetherell and Gerry Mullins Drilling For Gold: A Problem-Based Approach in Oral Diagnosis
Jane Vernon-Roberts Simulated Patients

 

Curriculum

Holger Maier Mekong eSim: A role-play/simulation project for 2nd year Environmental Engineering students
Margaret Cargill An Integrated, Discipline-Specific Model of Communication Skills Development
Judith Pollard Development of a Studio Course in Physics
Simon Maddocks, David Tivey and Robert Kemp Making Practicals Practical: Introducing Student-Driven Experiments
Clement Macintyre The Internship Program
Deane Fergie Research at the Centre - A new orientation to undergraduate Anthropology
David M. Hart Using IT in Teaching and Learning the Humanities
Joanne Pimlott In the Business of Innovating Futures
Grant Townsend Adelaide PBL Bachelor of Dental Surgery Curriculum
Christine Ingleton and Barbara Wake Literacy Matters
Otto Schmidt Communication in the Agrifood Industry
Ursula McGowan and Barbara Wake English as a Second Language (ESL) for Mathematical and Computer Sciences
Tracey Winning Keith's Teeth
Ted Cleary Problem Based Learning in a Large Teaching Format
Janet Fuss Ouch! My Tooth Hurts

 

Evaluation

Derek Abbott And the Winning Email Question is. . . (or how I got students to ask the questions they needed to ask)

 

Learning Technologies

Michael Detmold, Henry Detmold, Bernadette Richards and Jenny Richards

ALICE: Tutorial Software That Makes a Difference

Holger Maier Mekong eSim: A role-play/simulation project for 2nd year Environmental Engineering students
Geoff Crisp An Applet a Day: Using Java for Interactive Assessment
Mark Buntine and Vicky Barnett Data Acquisition in the Undergraduate Physical Chemistry Laboratory
Rob Woodbury, Susan Shannon and Tristan Sterk Games in Early Design Education
Catherine Driscoll mailto: everyone@english
David M. Hart Using IT in Teaching and Learning the Humanities
Margaret Emery The Library Skills Workbook
Derek Abbott And the Winning Email Question is. . . (or how I got students to ask the questions they needed to ask)
Mike Keller The On-Line Management of Pests: Discussion Forums as a Learning/Teaching Tool
David Christophel Visual Aids to Computer Identification of Plants
Dr Glenys Bishop Plots, Blocks and Video Tape; Experimental Design Made Easy
Paul Scott Fractals are Fun!

David Taverner and Jason White

Enhancing Medical Students' Skills in Interacting with Drug-Seeking Patients
Rob Woodbury and Teng-Wen Chang Computational Composition
Tracey Winning Keith's Teeth
Philip Tow Multimedia Learning and Assessment Program in Pasture Agronomy
Jeff Trahair Use of PhotoCD & Portfolio Format in Teaching

Australian Physical Chemistry Enhanced Laboratory Learning (APCELL)

 

Problem-based learning

See also our Leap Into...PBL pdf document - leap into creating your own PBL approach!

Valerie Linton Investigative thinking, technical problem solving and customer relations
Holger Maier Mekong eSim: a role-play/simulation project for 2nd year Environmental Engineering students
Grant Townsend Adelaide PBL Bachelor of Dental Surgery curriculum
Bob Moles Law actors know more than they think, then think more so they know
Michael Liebelt Learning through design
Simon Maddocks, David Tivey and Robert Kemp Making practicals practical: introducing student-driven experiments
Neil Burgess A logical course of teaching
Dong-ke Zhang and Ray Peterson Collaborative learning in problem-solving tutorials
Tracey Winning Keith's Teeth
John Wetherell and Gerry Mullins Drilling for gold: a problem-based approach in oral diagnosis
Ted Cleary Problem based learning in a large teaching format
Garry Scroop Research project practicals

You may find the University of Delaware Problem-Based Learning home page of interest.
The Southern Illinois University School of Medicine has an interesting home page on PBL in the curriculum.
The University of Brighton's PBL Directory is a database linking PBL resouces from around the world.

 

Student support

Margaret Cargill An Integrated, Discipline-Specific Model of Communication Skills Development
Christine Ingleton and Barbara Wake Literacy Matters
Ursula McGowan and Barbara Wake English as a Second Language (ESL) for Mathematical and Computer Sciences
Margaret Emery The Library Skills Workbook

The Multimedia Enabling Technologies Group has some interesting information on developments, including the use of information technology, which address students with special educational needs arising from physical, sensory or learning disabilities.