Anne Crowley lectures in CIT in the areas of business, IT and project management. Anne is investigating the use of screen casting as a tool to enhance student learning in a project management module she teaches. To hear more watch Anne’s interview on her plans as a Digital Champion.
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Maud Cross – Filming fish dissection in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Science, UCC, 16th March 2016
I drove to Tipperary first thing in the morning, to buy rainbow trout from John Hayden at the Araglen Valley Trout Farm, Ballynamuddagh, Araglen, Kilworth, Co. Cork. The trout farm is set in a beautiful valley, and has a lake for fishing in the summer.
When I got back to the School of BEES in UCC, Patrick Cross, Sophie Gahan and I constructed a set for the trout dissection. Tom O’Mara arrived to give final recommendations on lighting and positioning. We used one of the School’s wooden dissection boards. The grain of the wood looked very well on film, under the lights.
I had bought 6 fish and we rated them on ‘fishy attractiveness’, depending on their size, colouration and general appearance. I dissected the smallest female first, as a trial. The largest, most colourful fish was used for filming. This female fish was gravid, and the orange eggs looked great on film.
The dissection itself took a short time, but we filmed the dissection of four fish in total, and plan to edit the best bits together for the final cut.
Simon Long Interview
Simon lectures in CITs Department of Computing in the area of web development and publishing. As Digital Champion, Simon will investigate using the Super Pro licence of CodePen, which will allow him to demonstrate live to his students how code is outputted online. Watch Simon’s interview to hear more about his project.
Roy Sleater Interview
GoSoapBox is a web-based app which allows students to indicate to the lecturer in real time whether they are having difficulty understanding the lecture material. As a senior lecturer in Biological Sciences in CIT, and Digital Champion, Roy will investigate the true pedagogical benefit of GoSoapBox in the lecture theater. Watch Roy’s interview to learn more.