Category: Science and Engineering
From the Faculty of Science and Engineering.
Let’s elevate authentic Project Based Learning!
Vertical Integrated project base learning (vPBL) as vehicle for authentic learning and transferability skill development. Students solve real engineering in teams to develop employability skills.
How to read an X-ray
Combining expertise to create videos about how to read an X-ray.
The VR Underground
The story of creating VR versions of Caves in China. Also, Portable VR rigs delivered from the Reality Embedded In Motion (REIM) project are now available.
Do entrepreneurial skills enhance the employability of graduate engineers?
Integrating transferable enterprise skills into units by using MQIDEA to really boost student employability after graduation: find out more!
From fauna to flora: engaging students in species identification
An SPG grant that helps students untangle themselves from the invertebrate web of confusion and remain engaged and interested in research projects that answer meaningful questions.
3D Digital Heritage Capture: Macquarie Lightstation 200 years
On 30 November 2018, 200 years to the day of the first Macquarie lighthouse being lit, we launched a digital heritage resource at a civic event next to the lighthouse as well as on our website and the Trust’s website so...
Innovative assessment captivating Biology students
One Health Antibiotic Resistance Science Fair – integrating research, teaching and outreach in assessment practice.
Achieving a work-life balance while juggling research and teaching
Mike Heimlich and Stuart Jackson from the School of Engineering, Michelle Leishman from Biological Sciences, and Orsola De Marco from Physics and Astronomy talk about their personal paths towards achieving work-life balance.
Professors Profess: Ian Paulsen
Professor Ian Paulsen expresses his mutual love of science and gaming and the problem solving involved in both, his initial concerns about teaching and how diversifying and seizing opportunities is the way to survive the academic adventure.