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Learning and Teaching Support
North Terrace Campus
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.