Education that includes at least some online work is more effective than classroom-only teaching, according to a major research review done for the Department of Education.
Wikis, blogs and podcasts: a new generation of Web-based tools for virtual collaborative clinical practice and education BMC Medical Education 2006, 6:41
The centre maintains a list of academics interested in the application and development of e-learning in the Biosciences. Our initial purpose for this reference group was to enable community comment on specific matters or issues.
We will be asking each of the student to keep a reflective research blog as they work through the course and will be encouraging them to read and comment on each others blogs. We want them to experience the role of blogs in a research context and for them