Tamar Field Sites

Matthew Sharples, Phil Tubman

This site was created by the experiential learning CETL to bring together information of field locations in the Tamar Catchment currently used by staff from the University of Plymouth. It uses an interactive map to identify locations and link to further information on their environmental characteristics and educational value.

Click here to view the Tamar Field Sites website

Simulated laboratory experiments in environmental radioactivity

Prof. Geoff Millward, Ben Jaeschke, Phil Tubman

Animated representations of real laboratory instruments are provided in an interactive manner. The simulations are authentic in terms of the instruments, the data and the practice. This allows students to (i) prepare for lab experiments (ii) revisit lab experiences and methodology and (iii) broaden their investigations through analysis of virtual samples. All this can be achieved in their own time and in a safe environment.

Click here to view the simulations (Flash plugin required)

Phase 1 Habitat Management Learning Package

Dr Paul Lunt, Phil Tubman, Jenny Plackett

The package contains information on two local sites (Butspill Woods and Lopwell Dam) which are used to train students in phase 1 habitat survey. A formative mode allows users to ‘practice’ the survey process on one site prior to undertaking a field trip to the second site to collect data for a ‘real’ survey. The software features interactive site maps with example species data at key locations and ArcGIS base maps which are used to present survey data.

Butspill Woods
Lopwell Dam

Preparing for fieldwork - Wembury

Dr Richard Sandford, Prof. Paul Worsfold, Phil Tubman

This website gives support to students on the Wembury project which is part of EOE2204 Research Methods in Environmental Science. Not only does the site provide pre-field information on destinations but also includes video demonstrations of field equipment and embeds PowerPoint files on key concepts to support data interpretation.

The website was also designed to be used as a stand-alone pre-fieldwork preparation package demonstrating use of generic field instrumentation and fieldwork best practice. It can be combined with pre-field practice on instruments that are stored in Labplus.

http://www2.plymouth.ac.uk/science/wembury/

Fine Art Degree Show & Faculty of Arts Degree Shows Sites

Created by Becky Freeman (Learning Technologist, Arts) and Mark Pannell (EdaLT).

Fine Art Degree Show:
This was a interactive site illustrating the final year degree show work created by the Fine Art students and providing information about the various exhibition locations for each student's work. The site contains interactive floor plans detailing where students' exhibits can be found and was intended as a guide for the external examiners to use.
http://demo.lsa.plymouth.ac.uk/fads2008/
Faculty of Arts Degree Shows:

This site provides floor plans of the 3 Faculty of Arts buildings, showing the location of the various subject area degree show exhibitions for the Faculty. http://demo.lsa.plymouth.ac.uk/fadegreeshows2008/

Passage Website (History in Politics)

Created by Becky Freeman (Learning Technologist, Faculty of Arts) working with Dr Peter Hinds from the School of Humanities.
The website is intended as a resource/information site for students as well as external users and is currently still being developed. The site contains historical information linked to literature, and includes glossary notes and links to related literary texts and further reading.

Virtual Tensile Test.

This Computer Aided Learning (CAL) program was created by Rebecca Allen (Faculty of Technology) and provides students with an introduction to materials (tensile) testing. An understanding of materials testing is essential for graduate mechanical engineers. The simulator is especially relevant for materials science and structural mechanics classes. It takes the user/s through the essential steps of conducting a tensile test, shows a test being performed (in real-time) and then provides the specimens actual load-deflection data for analysis. The purpose of the program is therefore to familiarise the students with the testing equipment and to support or supplement the concepts and theories presented in the lecture theatres and tutorial rooms. The program can be used in a classroom environment (or embedded within a distance-education course) to show how the mechanical properties of a specific material (in this case mild steel) can be characterised using experimental methods.


For further information please contact Rebecca Allen - Faculty of Technology Learning Technologist