UniServe 2007 Winner

Pearson Education Australia is pleased to announce that the 2007 Pearson Education Uniserve Science Teaching Award was won by a team from Flinders University. The team, consisting of Karen Burke da Silva, David Wood and Ian Menz , are all involved in co-ordinating first year biology at Flinders University, and their research interests span the content of the first year program, from molecular biology to animal behaviour, enabling team members to contribute personal research knowledge to the design and teaching of first year biology. The background of the team has primed them to tackle the question of "What should an optimal first year biology program consist of?"

About the Award

The Award is a joint initiative of UniServe Science and Pearson Education Australia and is designed to recognise and reward those who make an outstanding contribution to student learning outcomes through the innovative and integrated use of information and communication technologies in university science teaching. UniServe Science is the national clearinghouse for information about the use of technology in science teaching and learning. UniServe Science is sponsored by The University of Sydney.

Pearson Education Australia is Australia’s leading educational publisher and supports UniServe Science’s aim to promote the use of technology in science teaching and learning.

About the Judges

The judging panel comprised of Professor John Dearn, previously Director of the Centre for the Enhancement of Learning, Teaching and Scholarship (CELTS), University of Canberra and now its Pro-Vice Chancellor; Dr Robert Hewitt, Director of the Science Foundation for Physics at The University of Sydney; and Professor Marjan Zadnik, Dean of Teaching and Learning, Curtin University of Technology.

For more information regarding this award, please contact:

Kaye Placing, Educational Technologist, UniServe Science
Ph: (02) 9351 2960 or email: BioSciCH@mail.usyd.edu.au or visit http://science.uniserve.edu.au

Helen Black, Marketing Manager Higher Education, Pearson Education Australia
Ph: (08) 8272 4770 or email: helen.black@pearsoned.com.au or visit www.pearsoned.com.au

For more information about the project, please contact:

David Wood - Flinders University
david.wood@flinders.edu.au