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July 2013
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Thursday 18 |
Lecture capture system records and processes lectures in 75 lecture venues around UWA [http://www.catl.uwa.edu.au/e-learning/lcs/venues]. The system records audio (your voice) with any computer visual presentation. For centrally timetabled classes, lectures are automatically scheduled for recording (...)
17:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Reaching new heights: antioxidants in wheat : 10 years of research on how to enhance levels of antioxidant compounds in wheat
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Cereals typically are not considered as dietary sources of antioxidants even though they can compare well with some berries known for their high antioxidant content. Wheat antioxidant levels vary substantially –even within a cultivar– across years and geographic location. Learning how to (...)
The 2013 Vincent Fairfax Oration by Tony Cripps Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Bank Australia.
Tony Cripps will talk through his banking experiences in markets across different continents, and how financial services should change and respond to meet the political and regulatory challenges (...)
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Friday 19 |
8:00 - CONFERENCE - PEG Scientific Meeting - Merging Qualitative and Quantitative Research
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Monday 22 |
LMS for New Users will provide participants with an introductory overview of the Moodle powered LMS (Learning Management System) used as our online learning environment here at UWA. You will need to complete this workshop before being eligible to take part in any intermediate or advanced Moodle/LMS (...)
12:00 - SEMINAR - Medical Research Seminar Series : "Understanding childhood susceptibility to otitis media: genetic and environmental risk factors"
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LIWA invites you to a free seminar on: "Understanding childhood susceptibility to otitis media: genetic and environmental risk factors" by Dr Sarra Jamieson,
Genetics and Health Division, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research. A light lunch will be served from 12.00pm with a 12.30p (...)
Assignment is the activity in which students are able to submit various types of files (word documents, presentation, images) via the LMS. Use this tool if you wish to set up an online assignment drop box for your students, then collect, grade and give feedback on their submitted work in your LMS (...)
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Tuesday 23 |
8:50 - SYMPOSIUM - Symposium of WA Neuroscience : Free symposium for neuroscientists, clinicians, students and the public
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The Symposium of WA Neuroscience (SWAN) will be held in association with the Neurotrauma Research Program of WA on Tuesday the 23rd of July, 2013 at The University of Western Australia in the MCS lecture theatre (G33).
This year SWAN will comprise four sessions. The first of these is (...)
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Wednesday 24 |
13:00 - SEMINAR - Regulation of mitochondrial gene expression : School of Anatomy, Physiology & Human Biology Seminar Series
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Note change of date: now Wednesday 24 July
The Seminar: Mitochondria play a key role in energy production that is essential for cell health and function. Human mitochondria contain a small and compact genome that is transcribed as long polycistronic transcripts that encompass each strand (...)
16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Presents : Identifying performance benchmarks in Ghanaian agriculture through efficiency analysis.
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Agricultural production in Ghana is mainly carried out by smallholder farmers on a subsistence basis. Smallholders constitute about 95% of the farming population and produce 80% of the annual output.
This study investigates the level of technical efficiency of farms using a sample of 294 (...)
19:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - New Treatments in Dementia: Alzheimer's Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia : A free public seminar presented by Professor Peter K Panegyres
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Professor Peter K Panegyres will be presenting a FREE public seminar on New Treatments in Dementia: Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD). This seminar is designed as an information and discussion session for patients, their families and interested individuals. Topics (...)
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Thursday 25 |
This workshop will provide an overview of what a rubric is and how to develop one. The practical hands-on workshop will allow staff to consider their current/future assessment tasks and effective ways of assessing these using rubrics. Staff are requested to bring a unit outline (containing (...)
Online quizzes are a popular assessment tool – both for students to check their progress, and for formal assessment. Participants are introduced to the quiz activity in the LMS, its component parts and the creation, organisation and management of quiz questions and quizzes. The Workshop is (...)
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Friday 26 |
Effective learning activities involve group work, and the LMS has extensive opportunities for group activities and group management fulfilling its underpinning social constructivist theoretical base. The Moodle software manages groups through two facets: groups and groupings.
In this workshop (...)
At the AeRO Forum, participants will be actively encouraged to collaborate to advance eResearch throughout Australia. The fifth AeRO National Forum will be an excellent event for anyone with an interest in eResearch, whether that is locally, in the State or Nationally to discuss challenges and (...)
14:00 - ORATION - Three Minute Thesis Competition Final : An 80,000 word thesis would take 9 hours to present - their time 3 minutes!
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The task for the 10 finalists is to give an engaging talk on their PhD topic and it's significance in language that everyone can understand - in just 3 minutes. The audience will vote for its People's Choice.
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Monday 29 |
The program will provide a solid introduction to the body of research around student learning and effective teaching. For those who have some teaching experience, it will provide a firm foundation upon which to improve your teaching and develop your teaching skills. For those new to teaching, it (...)
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Tuesday 30 |
13:00 - SEMINAR - Use of animal models to gain novel insights into human masculinisation disorders : School of Anatomy, Physiology & Human Biology Seminar Series
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The Seminar: The ‘testicular dysgenesis syndrome’ (TDS) hypothesis proposes that maldevelopment of the testis, which could have numerous primary causes, leads secondarily to malfunction of the Leydig cell (LC) and/or Sertoli (SC) cells and consequent downstream disorders. For example, fetal LC (...)
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August 2013
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Thursday 01 |
Tutors, including postgraduate students, teaching in any subject area. Note: Business students should contact Professor Phil Hancock for subject-specific workshops. In this workshop, you will examine a range of strategies for facilitating discussion and running engaging, interactive classes.
13:10 - PERFORMANCE - FREE Lunchtime Concert : Visiting Alumni Artist: Ashley Smith (clarinet)Buffet-Crampon Artist
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Free 50min Concert every Thursday during Semester at 1:10pm
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