Our region in focus | This Week At Macquarie University

Professor James Dalziel, Director of our E-Learning Centre Of Excellence (MELCOE), co-hosted the 9^th International LAMS Learning and Design Conference at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

“Macquarie has been a supporter of the open source LAMS software for the past ten years,” said James. “It is currently used by thousands of educators in more than 80 countries, and translated into 33 languages.”

The conference placed special focus on e-learning in medical education, which included a presentation from the Lee Kong Chian Medical School about their revolutionary use of live technology in the classroom to support Team-Based Learning (TBL).

“TBL is a new approach to teaching complex subjects using individual self-testing and group-based learning in a technology rich classroom environment,” he said.

Learn more about MELCOE and LAMS.

Organisational Psychology Placement Coordinator Linda Yeomans [pictured left] and six of her post graduate students have been showcasing Macquarie’s strong research and applied programs to our Chinese partner universities, consulting businesses and organisational psychology companies, to encourage student exchange and research collaborations.

PhD candidate, Legal Governance Concentration of Research Excellence Jed Goodfellow [pictured 2^nd from left, 2^nd row] has recently returned from conducting a three-day workshop on animal welfare legislation with government representatives of the Pacific Community in Fiji.

“Having identified the growing importance of animal welfare to the region, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community recently embarked on the process of developing an Animal Welfare Strategy for the Pacific Region,” said Jed. “The review and development of animal welfare legislation is a key component of the Strategy.”

The workshop was a great success with agricultural and veterinary representatives from nine Pacific nations attending, said Jed. “It also included visits to Fijian pig farms to put our learning into practice and engage in hands-on animal welfare assessments.”