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Society for Experimental Biology Annual Main Meeting
2nd–7th April 2006, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 143 (2006) S185
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E1–PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING - POSTER SESSIONOrganised by J. Pritchard (University of Birmingham), J. Wilson (LTSN Bioscience, University of Leeds) and S. Blackford (Society for
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1.1roblem solving activities in biology for Openniversity students
. Ash, D. Robinson, (Open University)
roblem-based learning is a valuable tool for enhancing student
arning and for providing remedial help in grasping difficult concepts
Biology. Most teaching at the Open University is by course texts,
VDs and television. Teaching material is written by academics and
xpert consultants. An important feature of the material is that it
cludes interactive in-text and self-assessed questions, and also
ctivities which may be home experiments or computer-based.
tudents are provided with a study calendar that outlines reading and
ther learning activities for each week of a course.
here is provision for face-to-face learning at regional tutorials
elivered by associate lecturers. For Biology, Associate lecturers may
ive a short lecture prior to the problem-based learning exercise, to help
tudents to focus on the relevant concepts. Problem based learning at
torials provides opportunities for students to engage with teaching
aterials and to apply principles to new scenarios not mentioned in
ourse materials e.g. species enzymes, signalling pathways. Problem-
ased learning also forms part of activities at Residential Schools.
xamples of problem based learning activities that have been used
uccessfully in tutorials for Biology at Levels 1–3 are presented. We
doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.01.057
demonstrate how the activities meet learning outcomes for courses and
link to level indicators within programmes of study. Some feedback
from students is included.
E1.2Undergraduate E-Journals
C. Knight, (University of Leeds)
Undergraduate E-Journals.
Biolog-e (http://www.biolog_e.leeds.ac.uk) is an undergraduate
e-journal and presents first class undergraduate research projects with
the permissions of both student and supervisor. In addition Biolog-e
presents student-written articles of a wide nature and an acceptable
standard, offering the motivated student opportunity to access the
academic environment and to produce a citation for their CV.
Student response is positive and provides an opportunity for strong
students to show their potential. Undergraduate e-journals focussing on
the research component are being developed at the University of Leeds
for other disciplines. Biolog-e offers potential for a national discipline-
based undergraduate research e-journal and the poster will invite
comments as to whether there is a demand for this within UK
Biological Sciences.
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