20 or 40 credit module Almost all students and staff are involved Keeping a laboratory experimental record is required and assessed Are there any advantages for teaching or learning of Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELN)? ELN= Any computer-based method of experiment-recording 2
student- supervisor interaction Social Web (Web2.0) Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, RSS Can Social Web research project interactions benefit supervisor or student?
ELN… Simple to use for students of mixed ability Yet expandable with powerful Social Web tools Should improve supervisor-student interaction Better access to student work Better opportunities for commenting and interaction My chosen ELN is WordPress blog software Free, open-source, very well tested by millions, active development Quick tour…. 5
data They prefer web-based nature Advantages for Supervisors Comments and feedback are better Problems can be identified earlier I am alerted to new student work Students cannot fib about progress “I forgot my book” I can work from home (student too) Scales well- I can deal with a greater volume of student work more easily 14
lab-books no matter what format Social Web has many tools useful for teaching Monitoring; tracking student work is much easier Mentoring; commenting and feedback is MUCH better ‘Extras’ may become valuable Archiving, publishing, distance learning 15