An important part of the GENIE CETL work is the development and dissemination of resources. Resources arising from GENIE's Project Work will be included on GENIE's Virtual Genetics Education Centre.
To obtain more information, a full description, evaluation data, links, downloads etc. on a specific GENIE project click on the title of the project.
Plagiarism, whilst always a problem, has become more of an issue with students cutting and pasting from web resources, and when students work in groups. This project addresses this problem from by giving students a clear view of what constitutes plagiarism and by instilling good academic practice and how to avoid it. A key aim is to involve students in developing a culture of academic integrity.
Bioethics is an important topic but teaching it is often difficult for the non-specialist. Access to good teaching resources is often the key to successful classes. Bioethics Bytes is a ‘blog’ type web resource which highlights current issues in bioethics in the media both in short review type articles and also listings of resources in the press, on the web, and on TV.
With the growing diversity of the students within Higher Education, taking a global approach to the student experience is paramount in all areas. This project is aimed at developing an approach to globalisation to practice in teaching and learning that can be introduced as an accredited part of staff development.
This project, aimed at second year undergraduates, has two strands: the first uses model building to improve students’ understanding of DNA structure, and the second involves a simulation of the processes used in DNA sequence analysis. . Further details of these projects, materials, evaluations etc., can be found on the accompanying CD-ROM
GENIE is developing a series of short educational videos covering common molecular biology laboratory techniques. The production of these is in collaboration with the University of Leicester Audiovisual Services Unit. Two videos have been produced so far covering pipetting and gel electrophoresis. The videos are aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students and can be viewed on DVD or as streaming media on Blackboard. The pipetting video won two awards at the 2007 HeSCA Meeting in Toronto and the running an agarose gel video won an award at the 2008 HeSCA Meeting. Click here to read more.
Feedback is important in allowing students to improve their performance in coursework, particularly in the first year when students can struggle to understand exactly what is expected in assignments. This project is aimed at investigating types of feedback offered to students, looking at the way in which students use this information and comparing staff and student perceptions of feedback.
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