e-Climate change Impacts & Adaptation Climate change impacts & adaptation is currently a first semester core course of the MSc in Carbon Management â a programme run jointly since 2008 by the Schools of GeoSciences, Economics, and the Business School. Dr Dave S. Reay, the programme director for MSc Carbon Management is working closely with …
Read MoreESSQ wins gold prize at 2010 E-Learning Awards
The 2010 E-Learning Awards were held last night at the London Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square. In the category “Best online or distance learning programme – Education” the LTS (Learning Technology Section) developed ESSQ (MSc in Surgical Sciences) took home the gold prize. For a full list of the other winners please visit – http://www.elearningage.co.uk/ Take …
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Collaborative Learning Environment Online CLEO is a collaboration of the four Scottish Dental Schools, Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow with NHS Education Scotland (NES). Each Dental School/Institute are creating learning resources using their particular expertise for their students. This will then be shared through a repository held by NES. Edinburgh Dental Institute and LTS are …
Read MoreInfection Control and Decontamination
Infection Control and Decontamination has been developed with Irene Black, Infection Control Training Team, NHS Education Scotland (NES). It is a series of tutorials for dental staff working in a clinical environment. It is based on the first In-Practice Training session provided by NES. It would also be suitable to reinforce the training and as …
Read MoreOOER Extensions
Organising Open Educational Resources (OOER) There is already significant activity in the area of sharing resources in medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine. This is typically on a sharing amongst limited discipline communities, around a particular area such as assessment and/or on a semi-commercial basis. The OOER project proposes to open up the process to a …
Read MoreeeSURG
Now in its 4th year, eeSURG is the distance learning website for the Edinburgh Surgical Sciences Qualification (ESSQ), run by the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh (RCSEd) in collaboration with Learning Technology Section. The course is delivered purely online, through innovative use of learning tools developed by LTS. Course material is explored by students in …
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2) Consultation / Workshops
Consultation & Workshop Services Case Studies Malawi: Virtual Patient Creation Since April 2007 LTS has been responsible for hosting several workshops in collaboration with the the College of Medicine, University of Malawi. Workshop participants have created a wide variety of Virtual Patient resources tailored to local needs. In addition to these interactive educational materials, LTS …
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