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Resources

Education Links:

Active learning: http://trc.ucdavis.edu/trc/active/definiti.html
Ascilite - http://www.ascilite.org.au/
Biomedical Libray, UNSW - Educational Technology Subject Guide
Caudit - http://www.caudit.edu.au/caudit/it_resources/teach.html
EdNA - http://www.edna.edu.au/index.html
HERDSA - http://www.herdsa.org.au/
ILT - the institute for learning and teaching in higher education http://www.ilt.ac.uk/
LTSN - The Learning and Teaching Support Network http://www.ltsn.ac.uk/
LTSU - http://www.uwic.ac.uk/ltsu/resources.htm
Learning and Teaching Support Unit - University of Wales Institute, Cardiff -
Milken Family Foundation - http://www.mff.org
Other case studies: http://illinois.online.uillinois.edu/casestudies
Renewal@RMIT - http://www.lts.rmit.edu.au/renewal/
University of Swinburne - Learning and Teaching Support - http://www.swin.edu.au/lts/

Technology Resources:

Adobe - http://www.adobe.com
Macromedia - http://www.macromedia.com
Syllabus - Technology for Higher Education- http://www.syllabus.com/

Educational Resources:

The Gateway to Educational Material - http://www.thegateway.org/
Online Education Resources: http://illinois.online.uillinois.edu/resources/

Image Databases:

Faculty of Science Image Database: http://www.life.unsw.edu.au/imagingunit/iu_imagedb.html
The Learning and Teaching Support Network: Imagebank http://bio.ltsn.ac.uk/resources/bioscience/ibank/ibankhome.htm
Links to other image databases: http://bio.ltsn.ac.uk/imagebankuploads/search/links.htm
Links to Royalty free clip art images http://edtech.sandi.net/emmie/ppt/freegraphics.html
Microsoft Design Gallery: http://dgl.microsoft.com/
http://dlp.cs.berkeley.edu/photos/about.shtml

Streaming Video:

LIFESIGN is a JISC funded project to develop, catalogue and evaluate the use of streaming media in learning and teaching in the broad life sciences. http://www.lifesign.ac.uk/public/default.asp

Books:

The Imaging Unit has a small selection of books which can be borrowed by staff within the Faculty on short term loans. Further books will be made available in the future.

  • Teaching online - A Pratcical Guide: Susan Ko and Steve Rossen, 2001 Houghton Mifflin Company, ISBN:0-618-00042-9
  • Teaching for Quality Learning at University: John Biggs, 2002. ISNB:0-335-20171-7
  • Shelia Tobis:
  • Interactive Media: Essentials for Success. Brian Blum, 1995 ISBN:1-56276-347-4
  • Handbook on Teaching Undergraduate Science Courses - A survival Training manual. Gordon E. Uno 1999, Harcourt Brace & company ISBN:0-03-025926-6
Journals:

A collection of journal articles are also available from the Imaging unit for borrowing or photocopying. A record of these papers is currently being compiled and will be listed below:

Search Engines:

We recommend http://www.google.com