Research from personnel invovled with the VLL over the past five years has consistently shown that visual learning can help teach complex concepts. Staff in the Faculty of Science have been taking advantage of this to great effect.
The microscope is an excellent teaching facility and the specimens that we have examined have certainly inspired some of our students to carry out their research projects in the laboratory.
Dr Mike Davey is a Research Officer in the Plant and Crop Sciences Division at Sutton Bonington Campus. He has been using a digital micropscope with a digital camera facility in the laboratory.
Staff in the School of Computer Science have worked on two projects. One project attempted to use visual learning aids to enliven the teaching of computer graphics . The second one established an interactive visual online environment to help computer scientists learn the basics of programming .
Dr Colin Melia and Dr Matthew Boyd from the School of Pharmacy led on the wide-scale integration of multiple new visual technologies into School teaching practice.
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